Accent Reduction 101


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Accent Reduction 101


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Accent Modification


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Detailed instructional manual with extensive embedded audio for every sound in Neutral American English, by a leading author, speech pathologist, and theatre speech and dialect coach. Includes information on stress, intonation, and rhythm as well as sounding natural. Appropriate for both ESL and native speakers of English with a regional dialect. Written and spoken instructions for creating the American sounds provided. Whether you’re looking for accent modification, accent reduction, or learning an American accent, this manual with audio is right for you. Listen to the instructions, then listen and repeat words and sentences for every sound of American English. Additional practice material included. Includes suggestions for focusing your practice depending on where you are from.




Accent Reduction For Professionals: How to Eliminate Your Accent to Sound More American


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Strong Accents Can Affect Hiring Chances In “Accent Reduction For Professionals”, you’ll discover secrets of reducing – and eliminating – your foreign accent. Envision the ability to present a contract or proposal to your colleagues and not worrying about how you sound, confident in knowing that you’ve effectively masked your tell-tale accent and how everyone is listening to what you are saying and not how you’re saying. With this guide, you’ll quickly learn the easiest ways to sound more like an American and dramatically improve the way you sound. What insights can you be assured of learning when you read and implement the tips, tricks, and techniques revealed in this concise book? • 8 secrets to quickly and effortlessly reducing your accent • The Number 1 method of acquiring not only accent elimination but the intonation and syllable stress of native English speakers. • What are the sounds that English speakers use daily that are difficult, if not seemingly impossible, for those who are still learning to master the intonation and other nuances of the language This Guide will Also Reveal How to Overcome: • The use the “s” or the “z” sounds at the ends of words. (What you didn’t know that sometimes the letter “s” could be pronounced as a “z”?) • The proper pronunciation of perhaps the trickiest sound of all: the “th.” With the instructions in this book, you can swiftly conquer this sound and rapidly improve your accent • The diphthong problem that confuses and confound so many non-native speakers. • The seemingly insurmountable hard “r” sound. Did you know English is the only language with a true hard “r” sound? In this revolutionary approach to speaking like a native, you’ll discover what in your speech has been holding you back. You’ll be able to start implementing these practical tips and others will stand up and take notice immediately. This Accent Reduction Guide is For You If.. ✔ You have a high school diploma ✔ English is not your first language ✔ Public speaking is part of your job ✔ You are trying to get a career that requires perfect accent ✔ Having good communication skill is required in your job If any one of those sounds familiar to you, perhaps you have found the right book. This book is essential for you to break through and not only improving your spoken skills but developing them so well that you can communicate with others efficiently. Download This Book Today and Start Manifesting The Career of Your Dream !




American Accent Training


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Directed to speakers of English as a second language, a multi-media guide to pronouncing American English uses a "pure-sound" approach to speaking to help imitate the fluid ways of American speech.




Simple Accent Reduction & Speech Training Video Book


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Communicate Successfully in Business and in Life! Simple Accent Reduction & Speech Training Video Book is a complete, hands-on workbook that gives all of the basic tools you need to speak English more clearly and with confidence. It gives easy step-by-step exercises and drills in exact placement of lips, teeth and tongue for all of the sounds of the English language. Set in a classroom atmosphere, Author Judy Young guides you through all of the exercises so that you can see and hear how the sounds are correctly made. It includes special warm-up exercises that strengthen the voice and all muscles used for speaking, plus tongue twisters to give the voice a workout. There is also a video dictionary pronunciation key. This book is excellent for anyone of any nationality, and effective help for actors and public speakers.




English Fluency For Asian Speakers: Accent Reduction For Chinese, Japanese, and Korean


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Secrets of Reducing and Eliminating Your Asian Accent English is the third most widely spoken language in the world and its gaining ground. It’s already counted as an official language of 94 countries. People in every corner of the globe are enrolling in English schools and online classes. But why? The reasons are varied but simple. Globalization of businesses, tourism opportunities, and the world of entertainment are only a few of them. This book is specifically written for Asian students who wishes to reduce their accent and greatly improve their English-fluent level. With the proven tips, tricks, and techniques in this book, you’ll discover that you’ll be in an entirely new and exciting level of learning within days. In This English Fluency Guide, You’ll.. ✔ Learn where the hidden “z” sounds are in many English plural words and when to pronounce them. ✔ Discover the proper way to enunciate the five English vowels – a, e, i, o, u. ✔ Find out how to stress the correct syllables – the smallest part of any English word – in order to sound like a native speaker. ✔ Discover the fastest and easiest methods of shedding your accent. You’ll be surprised at your options! ✔ Find out how the “immersion” can increase your fluency. You’ll learn exactly what immersion is and how, even if you’re not surrounded by native speakers, you can experience this powerfully productive process. ✔ Learn the top four reasons why speaking English like a native is absolutely essential in this global economic world of the twenty-first century. The Quickest Way to English Fluency This book covers various concepts, ideas, and techniques to help lift you off the English language plateau. English is not an easy language to learn. But if you are using proper methods to learn and speak, you’ll find that your next level of learning is just a click away. Learn and adopt these techniques, tips, and secrets revealed in this book, and your English fluency will be on a whole different level within 30 days ! Remember: Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. Download Now and Start Speaking The Right Way.




Simple Accent Reduction & Speech Training Audio Book


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Communicate Successfully in Business and in Life! Simple Accent Reduction & Speech Training is a complete, hands-on workbook that gives all of the basic tools you need to speak English more clearly and confidently. It gives easy step-by-step exercises and drills in exact placement of lips, teeth and tongue for all of the sounds of the English language. It includes special warm-up exercises that strengthen the voice and all muscles used for speaking. Also included are tongue twisters to give the voice a workout, plus an audio version dictionary pronunciation key. This book is excellent for anyone of any nationality, and effective help for actors and public speakers.




How To Do Accents


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This unique book offers a complete course in how to do any accent and also gives you the tools to navigate your way through a specific accent. Using solid technical know-how, clear practical steps, real-life examples, and the occasional dose of humour, the Haydn/Sharpe System brings to the surface the underlying structure of accents. The authors share the processes that they, as specialist dialect coaches, have developed, to give you the insight, tools and confidence to work with accents. This second edition includes examples and exercises for six new accents. Includes a free online code to access detailed exercises and sample sentences – giving you the sounds you need to get your accent skills going! Also includes ready-to-use resource recordings of the following accents: Norfolk (NEW), Yorkshire (NEW), Standard Canadian (NEW), Standard Australian (NEW), Standard American, Northern Irish (Belfast), Southern Irish (Cork), Scottish (Glasgow), Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, South Wales (Swansea), West Midlands (Walsall), Cockney, Neutral Standard English, Contemporary 'Street' London (NEW), Cornish.