3. Paco decided to watch some videos to learn the American accent

Be patient with yourself. It is not easy to identify and reproduce some differences in pronunciation between American and British pronunciation. It takes some time to get used to it. Paco also needed plenty of time to learn some differences between these two pronunciations, so he decided to watch some videos to improve his level of American English pronunciation.
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Watch the video about the letter R and learn some differences in pronunciation between American and British English.
Say if the statements below are true or false.

1) The letter R is always silent in American English.

2) American English always pronounces the letter R if it is placed at the end of a word.

3) American English never pronounces the letter R if it is placed before another consonant.






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American Accent: difficult words pronunciation
It is usual in American English to avoid the pronunciation of some vowels that are usually pronounced in British English.

 

Watch this video about the pronunciation of some words and say if the statement above is true or false.


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Emphasis

In American English the emphasis in many words that came from French is placed on the first syllable, whereas in British English it is more often placed on the second syllable. This can make the word sound very differently:

BrE: con-TRO-versy, a-DDRESS, A-dult, don_ATE

AmE: CON-troversy, A-ddress, a-DULT, DON-ate

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Ice Hockey
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals, and captured five division titles. In 1997, the team moved their home hockey rink from the suburban Capital Centre to the new Verizon Center in Washington's Chinatown neighbourhood. Former AOL executive Ted Leonsis has owned the team since 1999, and has revitalized the franchise by recruiting all-star players such as Alexander Ovechkin, Mike Green, and Alexander Semin, and head coach Bruce Boudreau.
Los Angeles Kings' Mike Weaver battling for the puck against Calgary Flames' Daymond Langkow, December 21, 2005. Alex Ovechkin. September 17, 1985.
By J. Teterenko. GNU license.
By Keith Allison. Creative Commons.
Taken from Wikipedia.

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