
Mastering the American Accent
Format: Book
Description: vi, 186 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm + 4 sound discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Learn to speak standard American-style English with clarity, confidence and accuracy. Exercises present tricky vowel and consonant sounds and demonstrate correct syllable stress and rhythm. Provides tools to change your accent quickly, including lists of important rules and exceptions. Includes tips for speakers whose native languages are either Chinese, Farsi, Filipino languages, French, German, Indian languages, indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, or Vietnamese.The 4 audio CD's, with male and female voices, coach you in correct American-style pronunciation.
Subjects:
Americanisms.
English language -- United States -- Accents and accentuation.
English language -- Spoken English -- United States.
English language -- United States -- Pronunciation.
English language -- Sound recordings for foreign speakers.
Americanisms.
English language -- United States -- Accents and accentuation.
English language -- Spoken English -- United States.
English language -- United States -- Pronunciation.
English language -- Sound recordings for foreign speakers.
ISBN:
9780764195822 (book & CD's)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LANGUAGE English Instruction Moj | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
LANGUAGE English Instruction Moj | St. Andrews | Nonfiction | In |