GOAT

Lerner

yesterday

This weekend, I finally had some time to work on my American pronunciation. I watched a couple of videos about the so-called ''GOAT'' vowel, a diphthong you guys pronounce in the word ''goat''. A few people have already pointed out that I tend to mispronounce this vowel, so this was my main focus yesterday.
Last summer was the first time I started working on my accent. Back then, I had a rather thick Russian accent, and as with almost everything I undertake, I started learning about phonetics on my own. I think a lot of people neglect this aspect of language learning and don't pay enough attention to their pronunciation at the very beginning, therefore ingraining incorrect pronunciation habits. Unfortunately, I had also made that mistake, greatly increasing the amount of work I need to put in in order to get to my goal, speaking General American. In order to not make the same mistake again, I started working on my German pronunciation from day one. Over time, I also learned to read IPA (International Phonetics Alphabet), which can come very handy when dealing with rare words and old dictionaries.

1) (goat, boat, coat, road, home, hope, rope, soap, nose, rose, close, stone, phone, bone, tone, broke, woke, spoke, smoke, joke, choke, note, vote, wrote, code) - https://voca.ro/1khiCuug8CJT
2) me reading the second paragraph out loud - https://voca.ro/1e0PtlYZjPSy
If you're from the US or Canada, I'd really appreciate you pointing out any mistakes I might've made during the recording. Big thanks in advance!

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frozendish

This weekend, I finally had some time to work on my American pronunciation.

I watched a couple of videos about the so-called ''GOAT'' vowel, a diphthong you guys pronounce in the word ''goat''.

A few people have already pointed out that I tend to mispronounce this vowel, so this was my main focus yesterday.

Last summer was the first time I started working on my accent.

Back then, I had a rather thick Russian accent, and as with almost everything I undertake, I started learning about phonetics on my own.

I think a lot of people neglect this aspect of language learning and don't pay enough attention to their pronunciation at the very beginning, therefore ingraining incorrect pronunciation habits.

Unfortunately, I had also made that mistake, greatly increasing the amount of work I ~~need to~~must now put in in order to ~~get to~~reach my goal, of speaking General American English.

In order to not make the same mistake again, I started working on my German pronunciation from day one.

Over time, I also learned to read IPA (International Phonetics Alphabet), which can come very handy when dealing with rare words and old dictionaries.

Feedback

To my ear, your pronunciation is much closer to British RP (əʊ) than generic American pronunciation (oʊ). There are some small pockets of the US that lean more toward the schwa (ə) sound at the start of the diphthong, notably in coastal North Carolina, but it is not the norm. If it's helpful, here's my native pronunciation of your example word list https://voca.ro/19FhKA2j2o6J

gaezer

GOAT

This weekend, I finally had some time to work on my American pronunciation.

I watched a couple of videos about the so-called ''GOAT'' vowel, a diphthong you guys pronounce in the word ''goat''.

A few people have already pointed out that I tend to mispronounce this vowel, so this was my main focus yesterday.

Last summer was the first time I started working on my accent.

Back then, I had a rather thick Russian accent, and as with almost everything I undertake, I started learning about phonetics on my own.

I think a lot of people neglect this aspect of language learning and don't pay enough attention to their pronunciation at the very beginning, therefore ingraining incorrect pronunciation habits.

Unfortunately, I had also made that mistake, greatly increasing the amount of work I need to put in in order to get to my goal, speaking General American.

In order to not make the same mistake again, I started working on my German pronunciation from day one.

Over time, I also learned to read IPA (International Phonetics Alphabet), which can come very handy when dealing with rare words and old dictionaries.

Feedback

Oh no... that's actually the British pronunciation. I listened to the second vocaroo first, so when you said "on my OWN" I was like "Why did this suddenly switch from an American accent to an English accent?" xD
When you said "in order to" it was a little hard to understand, it got kind of slurred and became "inerjer to," I would enunciate the "or" in "order" longer and more clearly
I also agree with the rising intonation on some parts sound out of place, like when you say "undertake," and "mistake."
Some parts sound completely American, and in others I can hear the Russian come through (I think the pronunciation of R is a big factor), it's really interesting.

gaezer

yesterday

I have a few Canadian friends I've talked with but none who had an accent where they pronounced "goat" and such like that, but maybe in some specific areas they have this accent? But to me, it sounds straight up British.

thomas256