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American Accent Training

Can a person actually learn a new accent? Many people feel that after a certain age, it's just notpossible. Can classical musicians play jazz? If they practice, of course they can! For your American accent, it's just a matter of learning and practicing techniques this book and CD set will teach you. | American Accent Training A guide to speaking and pronouncing American English for everyone who speaks English as a second language Second Edition Ann Cook Take the pure-sound approach to speaking Listen to the rhythms of spoken language Imitate the fluid ways of American speech Americans will understand you better and you ll understand them better too I took pronunciation classes for two years at Princeton and in my opinion American Accent Training is far superior. Dr. Z. Kabala Hydrologist BARRON S Table of Contents Introduction Read This First.iv A Few Words On Pronunciation.vii Preliminary Diagnostic Analysis.x Chapter 1 American Intonation.1 Staircase Intonation.5 Syllable Stress.19 Complex Intonation.23 Two-Word Phrases.24 Grammar in a Nutshell.35 The Miracle Technique.46 Reduced Sounds.48 Word Groups and Phrasing.56 Chapter 2 Word Connections.59 Chapter 3 Cat Caught Cut .71 Chapter 4 The American T.77 Chapter 5 The El.85 Voice Quality.94 Chapter 6 The American R.95 Follow-up Diagnostic Analysis.100 Chapters 1-6 Review and Expansion.101 Two- Three- and Four-Word Phrases.108 Chapter 7 Tee Aitch.118 Chapter 8 More Reduced Sounds.121 Middle I List.125 Intonation and Attitude.128 Chapter 9 V as in Victory.129 Chapter 10 S or Z .131 Chapter 11 Tense and Lax Vowels.135 Grammar in a Bigger Nutshell.138 Chapter 12 Nasal Consonants.145 Chapter 13 Throaty Consonants.147 Final Diagnostic Analysis.150 Chapters 1-13 Review and Expansion.151 Nationality Guides.172 Chinese. 173 Japanese.177 Spanish.180 Indian.183 Russian.186 French.188 German.189 Korean.191 Answer Key.193 Index.197 American Accent Training Read This First CD 1 Track 1 Welcome to American Accent Training. This book and CD set is designed to get you started on your American accent. We ll follow the book and go through the 13 lessons and all the exercises step by step. Everything is explained and a complete Answer Key may be found in the back of the text. What Is Accent Accent is a combination of three main .