A guide to speaking and pronouncing colloquial American English (Pdf + audio )

American Accent Training

Table of Contents

Introduction: Read This First..........right courses................. iv

A Few Words On Pronunciation ...................right courses............. vii

Preliminary Diagnostic Analysis .................right courses................ x

Chapter 1 American Intonation ..................right courses.................1

Staircase Intonation ....................................right courses................. 5

Syllable Stress .................................right courses.......................... 19

Complex Intonation............................right courses....................... 23

Two-Word Phrases..............................right courses....................... 24

Grammar in a Nutshell .......................right courses....................... 35

The Miracle Technique .....................right courses......................... 46

Reduced Sounds ...................................right courses..................... 48

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Word Groups and Phrasing.................right courses....................... 56

Chapter 2 Word Connections..............right courses...................... 59

Chapter 3 Cat? Caught? Cut? .............right courses...................... 71

Chapter 4 The American T .............right courses.......................... 77

Chapter 5 The El................................right courses.......................85

Voice Quality .........................................right courses.................... 94

Chapter 6 The American R ................right courses....................... 95

Follow-up Diagnostic Analysis .................right courses.............. 100

Chapters 1-6 Review and Expansion .......right courses............ 101

Two-, Three- and Four-Word Phrases.........right courses............. 108

Chapter 7 Tee Aitch ..........................right courses..................... 118

Chapter 8 More Reduced Sounds ...........right courses............... 121

Middle I List.................................right courses............................ 125

Intonation and Attitude ........................right courses.................... 128

Chapter 9 "V" as in Victory.....................right courses.............. 129

Chapter 10 S or Z? .............................right courses.................... 131

Chapter 11 Tense and Lax Vowels ...........right courses............. 135

Grammar in a Bigger Nutshell................right courses.................. 138

Chapter 12 Nasal Consonants ................right courses............... 145

Chapter 13 Throaty Consonants............right courses................ 147

Final Diagnostic Analysis...................right courses...................... 150

Chapters 1-13 Review and Expansion .......right courses.......... 151

Nationality Guides......................right courses........................ 172

Chinese .......................................right courses.............................. 173

Japanese.......................................right courses............................. 177

Spanish .......................................right courses.............................. 180

Indian.........................................right courses............................... 183

Russian .....................................right courses................................ 186

French.........................................right courses.............................. 188

German ................................right courses..................................... 189

Korean .................................................right courses..................... 191

Answer Key...........................right courses................................ 193

Index............................right courses.............................................. 197

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