{"id":1251,"date":"2015-04-29T09:55:35","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T13:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachel-smith-live.prev21.rmkr.net\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2024-04-14T08:46:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:46:18","slug":"listenrepeat-aa-ae-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/listenrepeat-aa-ae-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen+Repeat: AA [\u00e6] Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Solidify the AA as in BAT vowel by listening to it, repeating it, and imitating the mouth position that you see.<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">YouTube blocked?<\/span> <\/strong><a href=\"#video\">Click here to see the video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wHqqFtLFCyU\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"Listen+Repeat: AA [\u00e6] Sound, American English Pronunciation\" title=\"Play video &quot;Listen+Repeat: AA [\u00e6] Sound, American English Pronunciation&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wHqqFtLFCyU<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wHqqFtLFCyU\" title=\"Listen+Repeat: AA [\u00e6] Sound, American English Pronunciation\">Listen+Repeat: AA [\u00e6] Sound, American English Pronunciation (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wHqqFtLFCyU)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/p>\n<p><h2>Video Transcript:<\/h2><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"STtranscriptContent1\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">This video will give you the opportunity to practice<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent2\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">the &#8216;aa&#8217; as in &#8216;bat&#8217; vowel sound.<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent3\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">If you have not already watched the video<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent4\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">on how to make that sound,<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent5\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">you should watch that first. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent6\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">You will hear a word with the &#8216;aa&#8217; <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent7\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">as in &#8216;bat&#8217; vowel sound and then be given time<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent8\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">to repeat that word while looking at a picture<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent9\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">for the correct mouth position for the &#8216;aa&#8217;<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent10\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">as in &#8216;bat&#8217; sound. <\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent11\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">I encourage you to do this with a mirror<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent12\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">so that you can watch your own mouth<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent13\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">and make sure that you are taking the correct mouth position. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"STtranscriptContent14\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Scrap, tap, adapt, collapse, chapter, hat, sacrifice, black,<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent15\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">plastic, act, attack, rack, slap, plaster, slab, table,<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent16\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">stagger, flag, pastor, relax, apple, shallow, brag, crack,<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent17\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">California, kick back, Macintosh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"video\"><\/a><strong>Video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1251-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/07f1c47b71c75472a3cc-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/64%20-%20Listen%20and%20Repeat%20AA%20Sound%2C%20American%20English%20Pronunciation.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/07f1c47b71c75472a3cc-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/64%20-%20Listen%20and%20Repeat%20AA%20Sound%2C%20American%20English%20Pronunciation.mp4\">https:\/\/07f1c47b71c75472a3cc-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com\/64%20-%20Listen%20and%20Repeat%20AA%20Sound%2C%20American%20English%20Pronunciation.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solidify the AA as in BAT vowel by listening to it, repeating it, and imitating the mouth position that you see. 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