For Russian speakers

American English pronunciation for Russian speakers

Russian brings a handful of predictable sounds into English. Susanne works through them with constant review of the ones before.

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American-English Pronunciation Tips for Russian Speakers

Her tips for Russian speakers work through a few of those problem sounds on camera, and one of her Russian-speaking clients recorded what the coaching changed.

More lessons for Russian speakers

Speech Athletes Russian Testimonial

A Russian-speaking client on working with Susanne.

Sounds every learner works on

Three Vowel Sounds: Short I, Long U, Horseshoe U

Short i before ll, as in hill and still; long u, as in you and shoe, closing all the way to a w; and the horseshoe u.

Er, Final L, Long O, W, Final N and Short I

How to form six American-English sounds: ER, final L, long O, W, final N and short I.

Speech Athletes Accent Reduction: Short I, E, A

Techniques for the short I, E and A, with exercises from the book English Pronunciation Made Simple.

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