The most important thing about your accent is how you shape your body. This includes how you shape your throat, tongue and muscles. Every language is spoken with a body holding unique shapes. I’ll show in this video how to think about the shape of your body and what shape it needs to be in if you want to sound more like a native speaker.
00:00 Introduction
00:13 Topic: How to shape your body when you speak
00:21 Live class on how the Spanish voice should be different from the American voice
01:03 What happens when you speak English without changing the shape of your body
01:13 Rachel working with a student on how to say the phrase "I'm living"
01:46 Where your voice vibrates as a heat map
02:23 Piccolo analogy
02:44 Piccolo/Flute difference
03:09 Minnesota Orchestra
03:25 Piccolo
03:55 How does it relate to voice
04:48 Placement / link in the video description
05:28 Student exercise
09:52 More mellow exercise
10:37 Huge thank you to student who volunteered in live class
10:45 Live class in Rachel's Academy
11:17 To learn more, visit RachelsEnglishAcademy.com
11:34 Subscribe and watch
Best English Accent - Speak Like A Native Speaker - PLACEMENT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W-KUSb3DTM
Get Rachel’s free guide to the sounds of American English: https://rachelsenglish.com/cheat-sheet
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Improve your American Accent / spoken English at Rachel's English with video-based lessons and exercises. Rachel uses real life English conversation as the basis for teaching how to speak English and how to sound American -- improve listening comprehension skills. Study English vocabulary and English phrases such as phrasal verbs, as well as common expressions in English. Learn American idioms and American slang.
#RachelsEnglish #LearnEnglish #EnglishPronunciation #AmericanEnglishPronunciation
00:00 Introduction
00:13 Topic: How to shape your body when you speak
00:21 Live class on how the Spanish voice should be different from the American voice
01:03 What happens when you speak English without changing the shape of your body
01:13 Rachel working with a student on how to say the phrase "I'm living"
01:46 Where your voice vibrates as a heat map
02:23 Piccolo analogy
02:44 Piccolo/Flute difference
03:09 Minnesota Orchestra
03:25 Piccolo
03:55 How does it relate to voice
04:48 Placement / link in the video description
05:28 Student exercise
09:52 More mellow exercise
10:37 Huge thank you to student who volunteered in live class
10:45 Live class in Rachel's Academy
11:17 To learn more, visit RachelsEnglishAcademy.com
11:34 Subscribe and watch
Best English Accent - Speak Like A Native Speaker - PLACEMENT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W-KUSb3DTM
Get Rachel’s free guide to the sounds of American English: https://rachelsenglish.com/cheat-sheet
Get Rachel's Book: http://RachelsEnglish.com/book
Follow her on Facebook: http://bit.ly/RE_FB
She’s also on Instagram :) http://www.instagram.com/RachelsEnglish
Join her YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/rachelsenglish/join
Join Rachel's Circle or Rachel's Superstars for awesome YouTube perks!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/RachelsEnglish/join
Study in Rachel's online school to speak better, more confident English: https://www.RachelsEnglishAcademy.com
Get your FREE Sounds of American English Cheat Sheet: https://www.RachelsEnglish.com/cheat-sheet
SUBSCRIBE!: http://bit.ly/RE_sub
New to Rachel's English? Where to Start Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrqHrGoMJdTRwaQFCCDp4G88yX5D3gOdP
Get Rachel's Book: http://RachelsEnglish.com/book
Follow on Facebook: http://bit.ly/RE_FB
I'm also on Instagram :) http://www.instagram.com/RachelsEnglish
Improve your American Accent / spoken English at Rachel's English with video-based lessons and exercises. Rachel uses real life English conversation as the basis for teaching how to speak English and how to sound American -- improve listening comprehension skills. Study English vocabulary and English phrases such as phrasal verbs, as well as common expressions in English. Learn American idioms and American slang.
#RachelsEnglish #LearnEnglish #EnglishPronunciation #AmericanEnglishPronunciation
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