OH MY GOD, this has to be the best video on pronunciation I've seen. It's impossible for native speakers to illustrate how these sounds are made. You've truly unraveled the mystery! THANK YOU!

Extremely useful for native English speakers such as myself. Sometimes it's pretty difficult to notice the difference between some of the sounds.

This is honestly the best explanation I have ever seen! Literally months of not getting it you've done it in one video. Please keep making them, I love all of them.

This channel has the best resources on youtube so far on Vietnamese pronunciation, especially for native speakers of American English. Thanks.

I've given up on Vietnamese at least fifteen times. I kept deciding I was too stupid, trying again later, and then deciding I was too stupid for Vietnamese again. And then I found this one and it's probably been the best one to help my brain finally unscramble the dang alphabet. THANK YOU.

I am Vietnamese. You're looking to learn Vietnamese. Then look no further. Austen makes great tutor/teacher with emphasis on Northern accent. Me being a Southerner, in general Southerners don't find a difficulty in understanding Northern accent.

Your 'a vs. ă' and 'ơ vs. â' explanation is like magic! I've been trying to figure that out forever.

You're unbelievable thank you so much. A native speaker could not teach me as good as you did. !

U r the best teacher ever!! u r amazing sir !!

Oh my god thank you this is the best explanation I’ve found for a /ă, â/ơ, ư, and e/ê

Omg thank you so much!! Thank you for all the effort you put in this video to make it simple to understand! Even though I spoke Vietnamese growing up, I grew up in a predominantly English speaking environment. This will help me not mix up my vowels as much and help me be able to read in Vietnamese!! And it will help my non Vietnamese husband to learn how to speak Vietnamese too

You did a fantastic job with this Video Austen! I've been living in Huế Vietnam and also teaching Vietnamese to foreigners. I really appreciate your approach to the sounds on this particular video especially shifting between sounds. I look forward to sharing it with people. Of course I'll emphasize this approach with my students as well.

This is so good

By far the most helpful video I have seen, can't thank you enough.

Love the tips when it comes to the A's! Thank you

This is awesome, Thank you for doing this!

Your video is best on the web..

Спасибо.

you are the most talented I've seen for teaching vietnamese, I will definately donate after earning money. you are great!!!

The tip that some of the sounds are essentially the same just shorter or longer has been HUGE. You're right, I haven't heard it explained that way in any other videos, I've just sat there and struggled to hear and pronounce the difference...