The Demo Site

American Accent Training - A Guide to Speaking and Pronouncing American English (2) is an audio book design for foreign born student of English and professionals who want to improve their American pronunciation skills. This book is accompanied with Five audio CD and every word the speaker said is written and can be heard at the same time.

The book is very advance. The author is actually a native new yorker. I have a copy of this audio book that's why i am glad to share with you my experience in this material.

Unlike the Mastering the American Accent with Audio CDs authored by Ms Lisa Mojsin, the author of American Accent Training is speaking herself only. So this is very useful for female readers out there.

I recommend this audio book because of it's very advance lesson. You will really learn how to speak with an American Accent naturally as native speakers do. As I've mention, the speaker is a native born New yorker so expect a very fast English! This book is for those who want to sound like an American and speak in a fast spoken English manner.

Actually, the accent the author is teaching here was kind of "slangy" . This is ideal, I believe for everyday conversation and not for business environment. But I think it's worth having a copy of this.

I will give you the DEMO of this material in my blog. I will try to follow up more post about this.


American Accent Training - A Guide to Speaking and Pronouncing American English (2)

First DEMO (I'll follow up the audio I kind of running out of time.)

Exercise 1-38; Consistent Noun Stress in Changing Verb Tenses CD 2
Track 7

This is a condensed exercise for you to practice simple intonation with a wide range of verb tenses.

When you do the exercise the first time, go through stressing only the nouns Dogs eat bones.
Practice this until you are quite comfortable with the intonation. The pronunciation and word
connections are on the right, and the full verb tenses are on the far left

eat 1. The dogs eat the bones. the däg zeet the bounz

ate 2. The dogs ate the bones. the däg zεit the bounz

are eating 3. The dogs're eating the bones. the däg zr reeding the bounz

will eat 4. The dogs'll eat the bones (if...) the däg zə leet the bounz (if...)

would eat 5. The dogs'd eat the bones (if...) the däg zə deet the bounz (if...)

would have
eaten
6. The dogs'd've eaten the bones (if..) the däg zədə veetn the bounz (if...)

that have
eaten
7. The dogs that've eaten the bones (are..) the däg zədə veetn the bounz
(are...)

have eaten 8. The dogs've eaten the bones. the däg zə veetn the bounz

had eaten 9. The dogs'd eaten the bones. the däg zə deetn the bounz

will have
eaten
10. The dogs'll've eaten the bones. the däg zələ veetn the bounz

ought to eat 11. The dogs ought to eat the bones. the däg zädə eat the bounz

should eat 12. The dogs should eat the bones. the dägz sh'deet the bounz

should not eat 13. The dogs shouldn't eat the bones. the dägz sh'dn•neet the bounz

should have
eaten
14. The dogs should've eaten the bones. the dägz sh'də veetn the bounz

should not
have
15. The dogs shouldn't've eaten the bones. the dägz sh'dn•nə veetn the bounz

could eat 16. The dogs could eat the bones. the dägz c'deet the bounz

could not eat 17. The dogs couldn't eat the bones. the dägz c'dn•neet the bounz

could have
eaten
18. The dogs could've eaten the bones. the dägz c'də veetn the bounz

could not have 19. The dogs couldn't've eaten the bones. the dägz c'dn•nə veetn the bounz

might eat 20. The dogs might eat the bones. the dägz mydeet the bounz

might have
eaten
21. The dogs might've eaten the bones. the dägz mydəveetn the bounz

must eat 22. The dogs must eat the bones. the dägz məss deet the bounz

must have
eaten
23. The dogs must've eaten the bones. the dägz məsdəveetn the bounz

can eat 24. The dogs can eat the bones. the dägz c'neet the bounz

can't eat 25. The dogs can't eat the bones. the dägz cæn(d)eet the bounz