This is our Number 3 in the series of recommended sequence for consonants and vowels.

      Like Number 1 which has the word “probably,” this video also directly instructs for the American English (AE) consonant speech sound P.

       Ninety, 90,  sovereign and non-sovereign entities have English for their official language including India, South Africa, Nigeria, to name a few. (See For more information on “other” Englishes, see http://www.cleartalkmastery.com/blog/2023/03/17/assessment-why-bother/.)   However, the pronunciation for the consonant speech sound P is different in other Englishes than American English. The consonant sound for P in American English has a puff of air after the lips are pressed together.  If  listeners cannot hear that puff of air, they cannot accurately identify it as an American English sound for P.  Instead, they are likely to perceive the AE speech sound for F. 

  To do “clear English speech,”  perceptually enhance or make it very easy to hear the puff of air for AE.  Make the puff of air loud.

 For deliberate pactice here for the consonant sound for P, press your lips together firmly.  That tension or stiffness will make the fast twitch muscles grow bigger, stronger.  For American English proficiency and mastery, you want the stronger fast twitch muscle fibers in your lips.

      Advice for proficiency of AE– practice many times! 

      That’s why I (Antonia Johnson) am posting this recommended sequence of English speech pronunciation video tutorials (also on YouTube)—to help you get lots of deliberate practice.

     English speech proficiency is accuracy in words.  In the Accent Reduction Tip Number 71 below, you get video and audio and direct and guided instruction for the AE consonant sound P for the word “anticipate.”  Plus, you get coached on syllable pronouncing syllables clearly and accurately.  “Clear Speech” is a style or mode of talking where each spoken syllable is clear, not slurred together, so the listener can hear each syllable.  All syllables in English have a meaning.

      Consider doing this video tip speech instruction (about 2 minutes) multiple times.  Aim for AE accuracy each time.  Of course, you are getting accuracy on many speech sounds when you deliberately practice words.  Deliberate practice means your goal is to get better!