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 A Few Words On Preliminary Diagnostic Chapter 1 American Staircase Syllable Complex Two-Word Grammar in a The Miracle Reduced Word Groups and Chapter 2 Word Chapter 3 Cat Caught Cut .71 Chapter 4 The American Chapter 5 The Voice Chapter 6 The American Follow-up Diagnostic Chapters 1-6 Review and Two- Three- and Four-Word Chapter 7 Tee Chapter 8 More Reduced Middle I Intonation and Chapter 9 V as in Chapter 10 S or Z .131 Chapter 11 Tense and Lax Grammar in a Bigger Chapter 12 Nasal Chapter 13 Throaty Final Diagnostic Chapters 1-13 Review and Nationality Chinese. 173 Answer 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 .
