{"id":1264,"date":"2015-04-29T10:47:32","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T14:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachel-smith-live.prev21.rmkr.net\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2024-05-19T09:51:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T09:51:38","slug":"listening-comprehension-aa-ae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/listening-comprehension-aa-ae\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening Comprehension: AA [\u00e6]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Test yourself: \u00a0can you identify which word has the AA as in BAT vowel? \u00a0By sharpening your listening skills, you will improve your pronunciation.<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"entry-tags\">Tagged With: <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/tag\/test-yourself\/\" rel=\"tag\">Test Yourself<\/a><\/span> <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=KVqguy5cPpE\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"Listening Comprehension: AA [\u00e6], American English Pronunciation\" title=\"Play video &quot;Listening Comprehension: AA [\u00e6], American English Pronunciation&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KVqguy5cPpE<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KVqguy5cPpE\" title=\"Listening Comprehension: AA [\u00e6], American English Pronunciation\">Listening Comprehension: AA [\u00e6], American English Pronunciation (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KVqguy5cPpE)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/p>\n<p><h2>Video Transcript:<\/h2><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"STtranscriptContent1\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">Today we&#8217;re going to work on<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent2\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">listening comprehension for the &#8216;aa&#8217;<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent3\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">as in &#8216;bat&#8217; vowel sound [\u00e6].<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent4\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">You will hear one word spoken out of a word pair.<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent5\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">And you need to decide if you are<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent6\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">or are not hearing the &#8216;aa&#8217; as in &#8216;bat&#8217; sound.<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent7\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">In the first set, the aa sound will be<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent8\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">contrasted with the &#8216;eh&#8217; as in &#8216;bed&#8217; sound [\u03b5].<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent9\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">You&#8217;ll hear each word twice; guess what you are hearing:<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent10\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">bat, bed, ban, man, head, sand, gas, pen, said.<br \/><\/span><span id=\"STtranscriptContent11\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span id=\"STtranscriptContent11\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">The next set of word pairs have the &#8216;aa&#8217;<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent12\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">as in &#8216;bat&#8217; and the &#8216;ah&#8217; as in &#8216;father&#8217; vowel sounds [\u03b1]:<\/span> <span id=\"STtranscriptContent13\" class=\"STtranscriptContent\">pond, hat, banned, rock, gnat, pat, cop.<\/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-1264-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/60875a31ee079ef966cb-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.r13.cf1.rackcdn.com\/67%20-%20Listening%20Comprehension%20AA,%20American%20English%20Pronunciation.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/60875a31ee079ef966cb-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.r13.cf1.rackcdn.com\/67%20-%20Listening%20Comprehension%20AA,%20American%20English%20Pronunciation.mp4\">https:\/\/60875a31ee079ef966cb-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.r13.cf1.rackcdn.com\/67%20-%20Listening%20Comprehension%20AA,%20American%20English%20Pronunciation.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Test yourself: \u00a0can you identify which word has the AA as in BAT vowel? \u00a0By sharpening your listening skills, you will improve your pronunciation. 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