Day 9 - Reducing Unstressed Vowels - Understanding Fast Speech in English

Need captions? Click on CC. Link to Day 10. Additional listening practice. INDEX: 0:01 An interesting little talent of mine 0:25 Reduced vowels in content words 1:14 Examples: ’balance’ and ’around’ 1:54 Quick test. Which vowels are reduced? 2:34 Listening practice 4:20 Daily tip ABOUT ME: Former classroom teacher. Published author. Online instructor. I’ve been teaching online since 2007, posting videos for students, blogging