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American Accent Training: Grammar with Audio CDsby Ann Cook, author of the best-selling American Accent Training, is a revolutionary way to learn English. It can be used by beginning, intermediate and advanced students. This program simplifies complex grammar. The book and 2-CD set seamlessly combine grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, reading, writing, comprehension and the American accent into a simple step-by-step process.
The book starts with the most basic grammar and pronunciation and goes through to the most advanced levels in English. There are comprehensive placement tests for grammar and accent, as well as chapter tests, a mid-term and final exam. Each chapter has six sections: Story, Dictation, Nouns, Verbs, Essay and Test. Learners have the option of submitting chapter essays online at the dedicated website, Grammar.bz. The story and dictations progress from easy to hard.
This is a unique way to learn grammar and accent at the same time. The Verb Map lets a learner see how all the verb tenses work. The student has an immediate visual understanding of what he already knows and what remains to be learned. This is a great way to work on vocabulary, as the book uses 2,500 words, defined online at Grammar.bz, with the 500 high-frequency words translated into 7 different languages (Spanish, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Vietnamese, Russian). With the English dictionary and the translations, even a true beginner can work through the book without outside help. Intermediate to advanced students will also benefit, as they can fill in any information gaps and master pronunciation at the same time. This is an excellent resource for both ESL students and American students taking English classes. Support is provided at (800) 457-4255.
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The second edition of the highly acclaimed American Accent Training - A Guide to Speaking and Pronouncing American English (2), now on 5 audio CDs, is for foreign-born students and business people working, traveling or studying in the United States and Canada. Through extensive intonation and pronunciation exercises, students learn how to speak with a standard American Accent. At the same time, listening comprehension improves dramatically. Supplementary materials included detailed nationality guides for eight languages (Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Spanish, French, German, Russian and Korean), access to a comprehensive website, and referral to a qualified telephone analyst for an individual diagnostic speech analysis. Also included are colored markers for written exercises, and a mirror to practice accurate pronunciation.
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Product Description: Mastering the American Accent with Audio CDs
This combination book and audio instructional program is designed to diminish the accents of men and women who speak English as their second language. It will help them speak standard American English with clarity, confidence, and accuracy. Specific exercises concentrate on vowel sounds, problematic consonants such as V, W, B, TH, and the American R, employ correct syllable stress, link words for smoother speech flow, use common word contractions such as won’t instead of will not, and more. Additional topics that often confuse ESL students are also discussed and explained. They include distinguishing between casual and formal speech, homophones (for instance, they’re and there), recognizing words with silent letters (comb, receipt, and others), and avoiding embarrassing pronunciation mistakes, such as mixing up party and potty. Students are familiarized with many irregular English spelling rules and exceptions, and are shown how such irregularities can contribute to pronunciation errors. A native language guide references problematic accent issues of 13 different language backgrounds. Correct lip and tongue positions for all sounds are discussed in detail. Enclosed with the book are four compact discs that use male and female voices to coach correct American-style pronunciation.If you speak English as your second language and want to express yourself with greater clarity, confidence, and accuracy, speech expert Lisa Mojsin’s book and audio program will give you the instruction and advice you’re looking for. Specific exercises help you concentrate on perfecting vowel sounds, as well as problematic consonants such as TH, V, W, and the American R and L. You will learn to stress the correct syllable of each word and link your words rhythmically for more natural, American-sounding speech. You’ll also find help from this program’s native language guide, which references problematic accent issues of 13 different language backgrounds. The set of four CDs enclosed with this book use both male and female voices to coach you in correct American pronunciation.
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Pronounce It Perfectly in English [With 4 Audio CDs] [PRONOUNCE IT PERFECTLY IN ENGL]
ESL students, TOEFL and TOEIC test takers, and all others for whom English is a second language and who want to improve their pronunciation will find this book and compact disc combination especially instructive. The new second edition presents a significantly increased number of exercises, all of them providing practice in every sound that is specific to American-style English. Emphasis is on stress and intonation patterns in conversational English. Recognition of these patterns is essential to fluent speech and listening comprehension. Four compact discs replace the first edition’s audiocassettes, and have been increased by 50 minutes in playing time to a total of 5 hours and 20 minutes.
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