Read This First CD 1 Track 1 Welcome to American Accent Training. This book and CD set is desi gned to get you started on your American accent. We'll follow the book and go thr ough the 13 lessons and all the exercises step by step. Everything is exp...
A Few Words On Pronunciation CD 1Track 2 I'd like to introduce you to the pr onunciation guide outlines in th e following chart. There aren'ttoo many characters that are di fferent from the standard alpha bet, but just so you'll be familiarwith them,...
Telephone Tutoring Preliminary Diagnostic Analysis CD 1 Track 3 This is a speech analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of yo ur American accent. Ifyou are studying American Accent Training on your own, please contact toll-free (800) 457-4...
Chapter 1 American Intonation The American Speech Music CD 1 Track 4 What to Do with Your Mouth to Sound American One of the main differences between the way an American talks and the way the rest of the worldtalks is that we don't really move our li...
Exercise 1-1: Rubber Band Practice with Nonsense Syllables CD 1 Track 5 Take a rubber band and hold it with your two thumbs. Every time you want to stress a word bychanging pitch, pull on the rubber band. Stretch it out gently, don' t jerk it sharply...
Staircase Intonation CD 1 Track 6 So what is intonation in American English? What do Am ericans do? We go up and downstaircases. We start high and end low. 图片1 Every time we want to stress a word or an idea, we just start a ne w staircase. That s...
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Statement Intonation with Pronouns CD 1 Track 8 When you replace the nouns with pronouns (i.e., old information), stress the verb. 图片1...
Exercise 1-3; Noun and Prono un Intonation CD 1 Track 9 In the first column, stress the nouns. In the second column, stress the ve rb. Fill in your own examplesat the bottom. 图片1...
Statement Versus Question Intonation CD 1 Track 10 You may have learned at some point that questions have a ri sing intonation. Th ey do, but usuallya question will step upward until the very end, where it takes one quick little downward step. Aquest...
Exercise 1-4: Sentence Intonation Test CD 1 Track 11 Pause the CD and underline or highli ght the words that you think should be stresse d. Check AnswerKey, beginning on page 193. 图片1...
Exercise 1-5: Four Main Reason s for Intonation CD 1 Track 12 Depending on the situation, a word may be stressed for any of the following reasons: New Information Opinion Contrast Can't 1. New Information It sounds like rain. Rain is the new informat...
Exercise 1-6: Pitch and Meaning Change CD 1 Track 13 Practice saying the four sentences after me. Pay close attention to the changes in pitch that you mustmake to convey the different meanings intended. The words to be stressed are indicated in bold...
Exercise 1-7: Individual Practice CD 1 Track 14 Practice saying the sentences after the suggestion and the beep tone +. You will be given only ashort time in which to reply so that you won't have the leisure to overthink. Start speaking as soon asyou...
Exercise 1-8: Meaning of Pretty CD 1 Track 15 Native speakers make a clear distinction between pretty easily (easily) and pretty easily (a littledifficult). Repe at the answers after me paying close attention to your stress. Question: How did you lik...
