It is your gate to master the American Accent
What you will learn
Master the American Accent
Speak fluently like a native speaker
Identify all the rules of pronouncing pure American Accent
Identify all the problematic consonant
Main Vowel Sounds of American English
/i/ as in meet
/I/ as in sit
/eɪ/ as in take
/ɛ/ as in get
/æ/ as in fat
/ɑ/ as in father
/ə/ as in fun
/ɔ/as in saw
/oʊ/ as in boat
/ʊ/ as in good
/u/ as in too
/ər/ as in bird
/aɪ/ as in time
/aʊ/ as in house
/ɔɪ/ as in boy
Chapter 2: Vowels in Detail
Review of /I/ and /i/ Sounds
Review of /ɛ/ and /æ/ Sounds
Review of /ə/, /ɑ/, /ɔ/, and /ou/ Sounds
The Problematic o
Three Different Ways to Pronounce the o
Review of /æ/ versus /ə/
The American /ɔ/ Sound
Review of /ɛ/, /æ/, /ɑ/, /ɔ/, /ə/, and /oʊ/
The Problematic /ʊ/ Sound
Review of /ʊ/ and /u/ Sounds
Comparing /u/ and /yu/
Review of the /ər/ Sound
Vowels Followed by the /r/ Sound
Chapter 3: Consonants
Forming American Consonants
Voiceless and Voiced Consonants
Vowel Length and Voiced and Voiceless Consonants
Stops and Continuants
Chapter 4: Problematic Consonants
The Various t Sounds of American English
The “Fast d” Sound
The /tʃr/ Sound: tr
The /dʒr/ Sound: dr
The /dʒ/ Sound: du and d + y
Words Ending in -ed
The th Sound
The American /r/
The American /l/
Understanding /l/ Versus /r/
The /v/ Sound
Understanding /b/ Versus /v/
The /w/ Sound
Understanding /v/ Versus /w/
The /s/ and /z/ Sounds
The /ŋ/ Sound: Pronouncing ng
Consonant Clusters
Chapter 5: Syllable Stress
Stressed and Reduced Vowels
Dangers of Stressing the Wrong Syllable
General Rules for Stress Placement
Two-Syllable Words
Noun and Verb Pairs
Words Ending in -tion and -ate
-ate Endings of Verbs and Nouns
More Stressed Suffixes
Rules for Prefixes
Syllable Stress Changes
Reduced Vowels for Review
Chapter 6: Word Stress
Compound Nouns
Proper Stress with Adjectives
Phrasal Verbs
Noun Forms of Phrasal Verbs
Abbreviations and Numbers
Names of Places and People
Word Stress Within a Sentence
Lengthening the Main Vowel in Stressed Words
Which Words Should I Stress?
Content Words
Content Words in Detail: Verbs
Stress Nouns but Not Pronouns
Content Words in Detail: Adjectives
Reducing Vowels in Unstressed Words
Weak Forms
Reducing Pronouns
Strong Forms
Thought Groups and Focus Words
Contrastive Stress
Chapter 7: Intonation
Falling Intonation
Statements
Questions
Rising Intonation
Non-final Intonation
Unfinished Thoughts
Introductory Words
Series of Words
Expressing Choices
Wavering Intonation
Chapter 8: Sound Like a True Native Speaker
Linking Words for Smoother Speech Flow
Rules for Linking
Linking Consonant to Vowel
Linking Consonant to Same Consonant
Linking Two Consonants
Linking Vowel to Vowel
Linking Vowels Within a Word
Contractions
Commonly Contracted Words
Conditional Tense and Contractions
Casual Versus Formal Speech
Rules and Patterns of Casual Speech
Chapter 9: Memorizing the Exceptions
Same Spelling, Different Pronunciation
Two Correct Pronunciations
Words with Dropped Syllables
Words with Silent Letters
Homophones
Why take this course?
This course is prepared for those who look forward to improving their pronunciation and sound like the native .So, if you want to be fluent in speaking and able to break the ice to start any type of conversations ,this course fits you .
in this course,You will learn to produce the standard American accent. Some people also call it “broadcaster English.” It’s the kind of standard, neutral speech that you hear on CNN. It’s a non regional American accent, meaning that people do not associate the dialect with any particular part of the United States.
How Should I Practice?
Listen to the0 recorded material over and over. You will hear words and sentences pronounced followed by a pause for you to repeat after the speaker. You may want to record yourself repeating so that you can compare your accent to the accents of the speakers on this audio.Before you are ready to apply this new way of speaking to real-life situations, you will need to spend some time practicing the new sounds on your own. One method is to select a document that you plan to read aloud. Before reading it, highlight or underline the new sounds that you have learned from this book. Then read the document slowly and carefully. Don’t worry if you sound exaggerated or strange at first. If you read the same document over and over again, you will notice that your speech will start to sound more natural, and you will be able to speak more quickly. Focus only on a few sounds at a time and only practice additional sounds in the same document when you feel ready. Then try speaking English to yourself, slowly and carefully, when no one is listening. You may need to repeat something you said several times until it sounds correct. This is a great practice technique for improving quickly.