@understand.your.aScott | Sound American

Making the Invisible Distinctions in Spoken English Visible.👇

card updated Nov 9, 2026 · 13 clips parsed · following 334 · 88,800 likes total

Engagement5.47%normal range

Account summary

@understand.your.a has 28,700 followers and 387 videos. Across the 13 parsed clips the average is 66,728 views and 3,051 likes. Engagement to views is 5.47%, which is normal range for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−1.81 pp). Posts roughly 0.2 times a week. An average clip reaches 233% of the follower count.

Followers

28.7K

+100 in period

Engagement

5.47%

−1.81 pp newer half

Average views

66.7K

median 1K

Likes per clip

3.1K

362 comments avg

Shares / saves

238 / 444

0.67% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.2 / wk

reach 233% of followers

Latest clips

13 collected

Want to acquire an American accent? Start with the WHOLE, not just ind — @understand.your.a

4662:45Want to acquire an American accent? Start with the WHOLE, not just individual sounds and words. I use the Whole–Parts–Wh402011

The short A /æ/ sound is one of the high-leverage vowel sounds in Amer — @understand.your.a

8870:14The short A /æ/ sound is one of the high-leverage vowel sounds in American English. But knowing the sound isn’t the same22001

Now we move from COT → CUT. The UH / short U sound is one of the high- — @understand.your.a

5500:26Now we move from COT → CUT. The UH / short U sound is one of the high-leverage vowel sounds in American English. For man19103

Why start with COT? Because for many English learners, this is an impo — @understand.your.a

7380:17Why start with COT? Because for many English learners, this is an important anchor point. From here, we can begin to fee24013

Want to sound like an American native English speaker? Then learn to H — @understand.your.a

7390:19Want to sound like an American native English speaker? Then learn to HEAR the difference between COT, CUT, and CAT — and28105

1K0:19Want to sound like an American native English speaker? Then learn to HEAR the difference between COT, CUT, and CAT — and21301

Three different sounds. Three different positions. Your mouth has to c — @understand.your.a

9020:57Three different sounds. Three different positions. Your mouth has to coordinate your tongue and jaw to make those distin57546

Cup. Cop. Cap. 👀 You may know all three words perfectly well—but your — @understand.your.a

1.2K0:32Cup. Cop. Cap. 👀 You may know all three words perfectly well—but your mouth still has to be able to consistently disting70425

Now let’s put reduction into rhythm. Natural American English isn’t ab — @understand.your.a

1.2K1:39Now let’s put reduction into rhythm. Natural American English isn’t about giving every syllable equal weight. Some sylla944213

How do you make unstressed ER sound natural in American English? Here’ — @understand.your.a

1.1K1:28How do you make unstressed ER sound natural in American English? Here’s the trick: BUILD THE ER — THEN CUT IT OFF BEFORE54706

Finding people to practice spoken English with can be hard. I go LIVE — @understand.your.a

5.2K0:23Finding people to practice spoken English with can be hard. I go LIVE twice a day so you can actually talk. Come join us32931949

Struggling with the word “focus”? 😅 Round your lips like a kiss 💋 — it — @understand.your.a

386.3K0:28Struggling with the word “focus”? 😅 Round your lips like a kiss 💋 — it fixes everything. #EnglishTips #PronunciationHack13K2K1.2K1.4K

Spanish speakers: 5 vowels aren’t enough. That’s why when you say ‘liv — @understand.your.a

467.1K1:08Spanish speakers: 5 vowels aren’t enough. That’s why when you say ‘live’, your listeners might hear ‘leave’. This isn’t 25.9K2.7K1.9K4.3K

Engagement per clip

13 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 9.0% ER

Jul 14Sep 17Nov 9

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Nov 9, 2026	466	40	2	0	11	9.01%
Sep 24, 2026	887	22	0	0	1	2.48%
Sep 23, 2026	550	19	1	0	3	3.64%
Sep 23, 2026	738	24	0	1	3	3.39%
Sep 23, 2026	739	28	1	0	5	3.92%
Sep 23, 2026	1,029	21	3	0	1	2.33%
Sep 17, 2026	902	57	5	4	6	7.32%
Sep 17, 2026	1,237	70	4	2	5	6.14%
Sep 7, 2026	1,156	94	4	2	13	8.65%
Sep 7, 2026	1,144	54	7	0	6	5.33%
Aug 13, 2026	5,217	329	31	9	49	7.07%
Jul 25, 2025	386,300	13,000	1,964	1,203	1,389	4.19%
Jul 14, 2025	467,100	25,900	2,689	1,876	4,277	6.52%