American Accent Training

Compilation by Ann Cook

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Read This First
    9:53
  2. 2.
    A Few Words On Pronunciation
    2:08
  3. 3.
    Telephone Tutoring
    0:33
  4. 4.
    American Intonation
    6:11
  5. 5.
    Rubber Band Practice with Nonsense Syllables
    2:22
  6. 6.
    Staircase Intonation
    0:37
  7. 7.
    Noun Intonation
    1:31
  8. 8.
    Statement Intonation with Pronouns
    0:24
  9. 9.
    Noun and Pronoun Intonation
    1:37
  10. 10.
    Statement Versus Question Intonation
    0:51
  11. 11.
    Sentence Intonation Test
    0:14
  12. 12.
    Four Main Reasons for Intonation
    1:56
  13. 13.
    Pitch and Meaning Change
    0:35
  14. 14.
    Individual Practice
    1:10
  15. 15.
    Meaning of "Pretty"
    0:32
  16. 16.
    Inflection
    0:53
  17. 17.
    Individual Practice
    3:28
  18. 18.
    Translation
    2:53
  19. 19.
    Create Your Own Intonation Contrast
    0:17
  20. 20.
    Variable Stress
    1:06
  21. 21.
    Make a Variable Stress Sentence
    0:21
  22. 22.
    Application of Intonation
    0:47
  23. 23.
    Application of Stress
    4:05
  24. 24.
    How You Talk Indicates to People How You Are
    2:10
  25. 25.
    Paragraph Intonation Practice
    0:27
  26. 26.
    Staircase Intonation Practice
    2:06
  27. 27.
    Reading with Staircase Intonation
    1:24
  28. 28.
    Spelling and Numbers
    1:45
  29. 29.
    Sound/Meaning Shifts
    1:04
  30. 30.
    Squeezed-Out Syllables
    1:29
  31. 31.
    Syllable stress
    0:25
  32. 32.
    Syllable Patterns
    3:44
  33. 33.
    Syllable Count Test
    0:17
  34. 34.
    Word Count Intonation Patterns
    1:38
  35. 35.
    Single-Word Phrases
    0:59
  36. 36.
    Descriptive Phrases
    0:30
  37. 37.
    Sentence Stress with Descriptive Phrases
    1:05
  38. 38.
    Two Types of Descriptive Phrases
    1:03
  39. 39.
    Descriptive Phrase Story--The Ugly Duckling
    1:24
  40. 40.
    Set Phrases
    0:06
  41. 41.
    Sentence Stress with Set Phrases
    1:16
  42. 42.
    Making Set Phrases
    0:14
  43. 43.
    Set Phrases Story--The Little Match Girl
    1:59
  44. 44.
    Contrasting Descriptive and set Phrases
    1:00
  45. 45.
    Two-Word Stress
    1:47

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Nationality Intonation Quiz
    0:57
  2. 3.
    Contrasting Descriptive and set Phrases
    0:47
  3. 4.
    Contrast of Compound Nouns
    4:18
  4. 5.
    Description and Set phrase Test
    2:34
  5. 6.
    Descriptions and Set Phrases - Gridlocks
    2:24
  6. 7.
    Grammar in a Nutshell
    1:36
  7. 8.
    Consistent Noun Stress in Changing Verb Tenses
    2:05
  8. 9.
    Consistent Pronoun Stress in Changing Verb Tenses
    1:47
  9. 10.
    Intonation in your own Sentences
    0:59
  10. 11.
    Supporting Words
    1:12
  11. 12.
    Contrast Practice
    1:20
  12. 13.
    Yes, You Can or No, You Cant
    0:52
  13. 14.
    Building an Intonation Sentence
    2:28
  14. 15.
    Building your own Intonation Sentence
    0:16
  15. 16.
    Regular Transitions of Nouns and Verbs
    2:14
  16. 17.
    Regular Transitions of Adjectives and Verbs
    1:27
  17. 18.
    Regular Transitions of Adjectives and Verbs 2
    1:47
  18. 19.
    The Miracle Technique
    1:03
  19. 20.
    Tell Me Wedai Say
    0:29
  20. 21.
    Tell Me Wedai Say 2
    1:08
  21. 22.
    Listening to Pure Sounds
    1:16
  22. 23.
    Extended Listening Practice
    0:27
  23. 24.
    Extended Listening Practice 2
    3:56
  24. 25.
    Reduced Sounds
    0:18
  25. 26.
    Reducing Articles
    0:25
  26. 27.
    Reduced Sounds 2
    8:59
  27. 28.
    Intonation and Pronunciation of That
    0:41
  28. 29.
    Crossing out Reduced Sounds
    0:22
  29. 30.
    Reading Reduced Sounds
    1:22
  30. 31.
    Word Groups and Phrasing
    1:01
  31. 32.
    Phrasing
    0:45
  32. 33.
    creating Word Groups
    0:17
  33. 34.
    Practicing Word Groups
    1:58
  34. 35.
    Tag Endings
    3:32
  35. 36.
    Word connections
    1:26
  36. 37.
    Spelling and Pronunciation
    0:29
  37. 38.
    Word Connections 2
    1:02
  38. 39.
    Spelling and Number Connections
    0:16
  39. 40.
    Consonant _ Vowel Liaison Practice
    0:59
  40. 41.
    Consonant _ Consonant Liaisons 1
    1:28
  41. 42.
    Consonant _ Consonant Liaisons 2
    1:10
  42. 43.
    Liaison With TH Combination
    0:46
  43. 44.
    Consonant _ Consonant Liaison Practice
    0:56
  44. 45.
    Vowel _ Vowel Liaison Practice
    2:15
  45. 46.
    T,D,S, or Z and Y Liaisons
    2:21
  46. 47.
    T,D,S, or Z and Y Liaisons 2
    0:52
  47. 48.
    Finding Liaisons and Glides
    2:17

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Practicing Liaisons
    0:19
  2. 4.
    Additional Liaison Practice
    0:36
  3. 5.
    Colloquial Reductions and liaisons
    1:44
  4. 6.
    Liaison Staircases
    0:48
  5. 7.
    Disc 3 - Track 05
    2:48
  6. 8.
    Word-by-Word and in a Sentence
    0:34
  7. 9.
    Finding [æ], [ä], and [inv e] Sounds
    0:37
  8. 10.
    Vowel Sound Differentiation
    2:55
  9. 11.
    Reading the [æ] Sound
    1:22
  10. 12.
    Reading the [ä] Sound
    1:31
  11. 13.
    Reading the [inv e] Sound
    1:26
  12. 14.
    The American T
    0:43
  13. 15.
    Stressed and Unstressed T
    0:21
  14. 16.
    Betty Bought a Bit of Better Butter
    0:47
  15. 17.
    Rule 1 - Top of the Staircase
    1:51
  16. 18.
    Rule 2 - Middle of the Staircase
    1:14
  17. 19.
    Rule 3 - Bottom of the Staircase
    1:04
  18. 20.
    Rule 4 - "Held T" Before N
    1:35
  19. 21.
    Rule 5 - The Silent T
    0:50
  20. 22.
    Rule 5 - The Silent T 2
    1:21
  21. 23.
    Karina's T Connections
    0:19
  22. 24.
    Combinations in Context
    1:26
  23. 25.
    Voiced and Unvoiced Sounds with T
    1:22
  24. 26.
    Finding American T Sounds
    0:26
  25. 27.
    The El
    2:02
  26. 28.
    Sound Comparing L with T, D, and N
    0:48
  27. 29.
    Sound Comparing L with T, D, and N 2
    2:19
  28. 30.
    Final El with Schwa
    0:36
  29. 31.
    Many Final Els
    0:35
  30. 32.
    Liaise the Ls
    0:28
  31. 33.
    Finding L Sounds
    0:18
  32. 34.
    Silent Ls
    0:47
  33. 35.
    Hold Your Tongue
    0:53
  34. 36.
    Little Lola
    1:41
  35. 37.
    Dull versus ~dle
    0:30
  36. 38.
    Final L Practice
    1:36
  37. 39.
    Thirty Little Turtles in a Bottle of Bottled Water
    0:55
  38. 40.
    Speed-Reading
    1:49
  39. 41.
    Tandem Reading
    0:59
  40. 42.
    Voice Quality
    1:09
  41. 43.
    Shifting Your Voice Position
    2:31
  42. 44.
    The American R
    0:43
  43. 45.
    R Location Practice
    1:02
  44. 46.
    Double Vowel Sounds with R
    1:54
  45. 47.
    How to Pronounce Troublesome Rs
    0:34
  46. 48.
    Zbigniew's Epsilon List
    1:17
  47. 49.
    R Combinations
    2:35
  48. 50.
    The Mirror Store
    1:08
  49. 51.
    Finding the R Sound
    0:15
  50. 52.
    Telephone Tutoring
    0:26
  51. 53.
    R-1: To Have a friend, be a friend
    0:34
  52. 54.
    R-2: To Have a Friend, be a friend
    0:26
  53. 55.
    R-3: Get a Better Water Heater
    0:10
  54. 56.
    R-4: Your Own Sentence
    0:08
  55. 57.
    R-5: Varying Emotions
    1:31
  56. 58.
    R-6: Really? Maybe!
    1:00
  57. 59.
    R-7: Who did it? I don't know!
    1:13
  58. 60.
    R-8: Russian Rebellion
    1:08
  59. 61.
    R-A: Contrasting Descriptive and Set Phrases
    1:17
  60. 62.
    R-B: Intonation Review Test
    1:23
  61. 63.
    R-C: Modifying Descriptive Phrases
    1:06
  62. 64.
    R-D: Modifying Set Phrases
    0:53
  63. 65.
    Two- and Three-Word Set Phrases
    1:21
  64. 66.
    Three-Word Phrase Summary
    1:22

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    R-G: Three-Word Phrase Story Three Little Pigs
    2:15
  2. 5.
    R-H: Sentence Balance-Goldilocks
    2:53
  3. 6.
    R-I: Multiple Modifiers With Set Phrases
    1:11
  4. 7.
    R-J: Compound Intonation Of Numbers
    0:34
  5. 8.
    R-K: Modifying Three-Word Set Phrases
    1:04
  6. 9.
    R-L: Four-Word Phrase Story Little Red Riding Hood
    2:11
  7. 10.
    R-M: Building Up To Five-Word Phrases
    0:49
  8. 11.
    R-9: Ignorance On Parade
    0:36
  9. 12.
    R-10: Ignorance On Parade Explanations
    0:10
  10. 13.
    Tee Aitch
    2:21
  11. 14.
    The Throng Of Thermometers
    0:50
  12. 15.
    Targeting The TH Sound
    0:43
  13. 16.
    Tongue Twisters
    0:31
  14. 17.
    More Reduced Sounds
    0:43
  15. 18.
    Comparing [U] And
    1:36
  16. 19.
    Lax Vowels
    3:05
  17. 20.
    Bit Or Beat
    0:50
  18. 21.
    Bit Or Beat Bid Or Bead
    3:09
  19. 22.
    Tense And Lax Vowel Exercise
    2:58
  20. 23.
    The Middle "L" List
    0:44
  21. 24.
    Reduction Options
    0:28
  22. 25.
    Finding Reduced Sounds
    0:31
  23. 26.
    How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
    0:51
  24. 27.
    Buker Wulseys Cookbook
    0:45
  25. 28.
    A True Fool
    0:20
  26. 29.
    Nonverbal Intonation
    1:32
  27. 30.
    V As In Victory
    1:31
  28. 31.
    Mind Your Vees
    1:30
  29. 32.
    The Vile VIP
    1:37
  30. 33.
    Finding V Sounds
    0:10
  31. 34.
    When S Becomes Z
    1:42
  32. 35.
    A Surly Sergeant Socked An Insolent Sailor
    0:47
  33. 36.
    Allz Well That Endz Well
    0:53
  34. 37.
    Voiced And Unvoiced Endings In The Past Tense
    0:14
  35. 38.
    Finding S And Z Sounds
    0:15
  36. 39.
    Application Steps With S And Z
    0:12
  37. 40.
    Your Own Application Steps With S And Z
    0:10
  38. 41.
    Tense Vowels
    5:19
  39. 42.
    Tense Vowels Practice Paragraph
    0:34
  40. 43.
    Lax Vowels
    0:07
  41. 44.
    Lax Vowels Practice Paragraph
    0:31
  42. 45.
    Take A High-Tech Tack
    0:59
  43. 46.
    Pick A Peak
    1:16
  44. 47.
    Compound Nouns And Complex Verbs
    5:20
  45. 48.
    Your Own Compound Nouns
    0:09
  46. 49.
    Your Compound Nouns And Complex Verbs
    0:20
  47. 50.
    Practical Application-US_Japan Trade Friction
    0:54
  48. 51.
    Predidential Candidates' Debate
    2:04
  49. 52.
    Nasal Consonants
    0:53
  50. 53.
    Nasal Consonants 2
    0:34
  51. 54.
    Ending Nasal Consonants
    0:35
  52. 55.
    Reading Nasal Consonants
    0:56
  53. 56.
    Finding [N] And [Ng] Sounds
    0:09
  54. 57.
    Throaty Consonants
    1:49
  55. 58.
    The Letter X
    0:34
  56. 59.
    Reading The H, K, G, NG, And R Sounds
    3:01
  57. 60.
    Glottal Consonant Practice Paragraph
    0:12
  58. 61.
    Telephone Tutoring
    0:27

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Review and Expansion
    1:13:42

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