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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “Disc is in good condition, Case, and Cover art are included as shown in actual photos.”
- Brand
- Unbranded
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- ISBN
- 9780071428095
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- CD-ROM
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Improve Your American English Accent (Book W/ CD) : Overcoming Major Obstacles to Understanding
- Publisher
- Mcgraw-Hill Education
- Genre
- Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
- Topic
- English As a Second Language, French, Speech
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Sound like a native English speaker in six easy lessons Even though you know the vocabulary and the endless grammar rules, you still find it difficult to pronounce English words correctly. This struggle with your new language can make communicating with native English speakers a frustrating experience for both you and them. Now you can gain confidence in your English skills and speak like an American with this focused, nonintimidating program. Improve Your American English Accent is an easy and enjoyable way to learn and master the most challenging American English speech characteristics, such as: The most troublesome of sixteen American English vowel sounds The duration of vowel sounds Differences in stressed and unstressed syllables and words How a sound is changed by the sounds that come before and after it Stress in words and phrases and how it influences timing The CDs present six 35-minute lessons, each one covering key obstacles faced by nonnative English speakers. Author Charlsie Childs is your own personal tutor, talking you through her proven methods for overcoming the tricks of English pronunciation. Accompanying the CDs is a booklet containing written pronunciation guidelines and transcriptions of the sounds, words, and sentences you encounter on the recording.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mcgraw-Hill Education
ISBN-10
0071428097
ISBN-13
9780071428095
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2733901
Product Key Features
Book Title
Improve Your American English Accent (Book W/ CD) : Overcoming Major Obstacles to Understanding
Topic
English As a Second Language, French, Speech
Publication Year
2003
Language
English
Genre
Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
CD-ROM
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9in
Item Length
7.5in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
6.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
448.6/421
Lc Classification Number
Pc2117
Edition Number
2
Table of Content
Introduction A quick review of grammar terms Points of speech articulation Major North American English vowels SESSION ONE 1.1 Introduction to Improve Your American English Accent 1.2 What's in Session One 1.3 The vowels 6 and 10 1.4 Vowel sound 11 1.5 Syllables 1.6 Syllable stress 1.7 Consonants: Stops and continuants 1.8 The glottal stop: An important extra stop sound 1.9 Voicing and vowel duration 1.10 Stress in abbreviations and initials 1.11 Let's try to apply this information 1.12 Assignment SESSION TWO 1.13 What's in Session Two 1.14 The vowels: Review of vowels 6 and 11 1.15 The vowels: Introducing vowels 3, 4, and 5 1.16 Different ways to pronounce stops 1.17 linking words together (as the native speakers do) 1.18 Three variations of -s -es noun and verb endings 1.19 Syllable stress with suffixes -ion, -sian, -tion 1.20 Word stress in adjective + noun phrases 1.21 Let's try to apply all this information 1.22 Assignment SESSION THREE 2.1 What's in Session Three 2.2 The vowels: 1 and 2 2.3 The vowels: Front vowels 1, 2, 3, and 4 2.4 The vowels: Vowel 12 2.5 The three -ed verb endings (the regular endings for simple past and past participle forms) 2.6 Practice using the -ed endings 2.7 The between-vowel (intervocalic) d or t flap 2.8 Practice using the d or t flap 2.9 Stress in adjectives with -al, -ial, or -ual suffixes 2.10 Stress in noun + noun phrases 2.11 To stress or not to stress: the schwa 2.12 Stress and non-stress in some useful words 2.13 Let's try to apply all this information 2.14 Assignment SESSION FOUR 2.15 What's in Session Four 2.16 Vowels: Vowel sound 8 2.17 Vowels: Back vowels 8, 9, and 10 2.18 Contractions: Is 2.19 Contractions: Are 2.20 Contractions: Does 2.21 Contractions: Did 2.22 Contractions: Will 2.23 Contractions: Would 2.24 Contractions: Can and can't 2.25 Reducing the h in words that are not important 2.26 Stress with the common suffix -ity 2.27 Assignment SESSION FIVE 3.1 What's in Session Five 3.2 The vowels: lower vowels 6, 7, 8, and 11 3.3 Practicing stress, pitch. linking. and reductions in declarative sentences 3.4 Practicing non-stress 3.5 Summary of some important speech aspects 3.6 When joining a front vowel to another vowel 3.7 When joining a back vowel to another vowel 3.8 Forming new sounds by joining sounds together 3.9 linking words with the same (or closely related) sounds 3.10 Practice with some common helping verbs 3.11 Assignment SESSION SIX 3.12 What's in Session Six 3.13 Pitch pattern change after a subject has been introduced 3.14 Usual pitch patterns in English information questions 3.15 Usual pitch patterns in North American English yes/no questions 3.16 Usual pitch patterns in North American English either/or (choice) questions 3.17 Usual pitch patterns in North American English attached questions 3.18 Breaking the rules of stress in special situations 3.19 Let's try to apply all this information 3.20 Assignment
Number of Pages
64 Pages
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