Do NOT say TO like TOO or TWO!

In this English pronunciation lesson I’ll show you how to pronounce the word TO. And you’ll see why it’s actually NOT pronounced the same as TOO and TWO in spoken English. This lesson will help you make your English accent more smooth and natural by showing you exactly how the word TO reduces. Unfortunately we learn to pronounce TO the same as TOO and TWO. Even native English speakers! But the reality is that TO almost always reduces when speaking English, whereas TWO and TOO don’t. You’ll hear many examples of how native speakers reduce TO in conversation. I’ll help you understand how the reduction of TO functions in spoken English and then I’ll take you through a training session to help your body start getting it right!

00:00 Introduction
00:22 How to say the words to, two and too / using reductions
00:54 How to pronounce to
01:55 reductions
02:37 Shounds of American Englishg Cheat Sheet
05:02 Four examples by native speakers
06:13 Asking parents how to pronounce to, two and too
06:56 Going to
07:02 Example by native speakers using to
08:47 To reduction
09:14 Examples by native speakers on gonna, wanna, gotta
10:45 Rachel's English Academy
11:04 Flap T / True T Sentence Breakdown
13:51 Join the Academy

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