Speech Modification American Accent Training

American Accent Training for Professionals

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome to Your Course!
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2. What Makes an Accent?
3. Overview of Accent Common Patterns for All Languages
4. Overview of Accent By Native Language
1. Week One
2. Week Two
3. Week Three
4. Week Four
5. Week Five
6. Week Six
7. Week Seven
8. Week Eight
9. Week Nine
10. Week Ten
1. Lesson 1: Word Endings (Pronunciation)
2. Lesson 2: Word Stress Carries Meaning (Intonation)
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1. Lesson 1: Final Z (Pronunciation Target)
2. Lesson 2: Voiced and Voiceless Sounds
3. Lesson 3: Letter S: /s/ or /z/ sound?
4. Lesson 4: Next Steps for Final Z: Plurals
5. Pronouncing Plurals
6. Lesson 5: Quiz: /s/ and /z/ sounds
7. Lesson 6: Repeated Phrase Practice for Final Z
8. Lesson 7: Reading Practice - Final Z
9. Final Z Pronunciation MP3's
1. Lesson 1: Small Talk (Intonation Practice)
2. Lesson 2: How to Practice
3. Lesson 3: Generalization (How to Take Your Skills to the Next Level)
4. Speech Practice Tracking - Practice Tracking - Sample
5. Small Talk Intonation MP3's
1. Lesson 1: Stress Content Words (Intonation Practice)
2. Intonation Exercise: Which Words to Stress
3. Small Talk Partner Practice: Questions and Statements, Finding Content Words
1. Lesson 1: Final D (Pronunciation Target)
2. Lesson 2: Vowel Length Before Voiced Consonants (Pronunciation and Intonation)
3. Partner Practice for Contrasting Final Voiced and Voiceless Sounds
4. Lesson 3: Final Z and Final D Repeated Phrase Practice (Pronunication, Intonation and Generalization)
5. Linking
1. The American R Sound (Pronunciation Target)
2. Applying Intonation: Introductions
3. Introducing Yourself
4. American R Pronunication, Vowel Schwa, Syllable Stress Intonation MP3's
5. Vowel "er"
1. Word and Syllable Stress (Intonation and Pronunciation Practice)
2. Syllable Stress
3. Vowel Schwa (Pronunciation and Intonation)
4. Nouns and Verbs: Syllable Stress Patterns
1. American Vowel Sounds (Overview)
2. Vowel Sounds (not vowel letters)
3. Vowels_ Focus on Sounds, Not Spelling
4. Vowels_ Focus on Sounds Answer Key
5. Vowel /ɪ/ and Vowel /i/ (Pronunciation Target)
6. Partner Practice_ Listening for Vowels _i_ and _ɪ_
7. Vowel /i/ and Vowel /ɪ/ MP3's
8. Vowel ɪ paragraph
1. Vowel Quadrangle Vowel Anchors
2. Vowel /æ/
3. Vowel /ɛ/
4. Vowel /eɪ/
5. Vowel U /ʊ/
6. Vowel /ɑ/
7. Stressed Vowel Rules (Spelling)
8. Most common words_ Vowels
9. Partner Practice_ Listening for Vowels
10. Vowel Sorting Quiz
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11. Vowel Downloads
1. Voiceless Th /θ/
2. Voiced Th /ð/
3. Partner Practice for Stops and Continuant sounds (t and θ)
4. Partner Practice for Interdental vs Alveolar (θ and s)
5. American TH Downloads
1. Practicing Using Pitch for Intonation Patterns
2. Using Pitch in Statements
1. Initial W (Pronunciation Target)
2. Initial V (Pronunciation Target)
3. Final V (Pronunciation Target)
4. Partner Practice for W, V and B sounds
5. Downloads for Initial W, V and Final V (Pronunciation Practice)
1. Initial T
2. Final T
3. Medial T
4. American T downloads
5. Partner Practice for American T
1. Consonant Clusters: Past Tense (Pronunciation Target, Skills Integration)
2. Past Tense Practice
3. Partner Practice for final consonant clusters
4. Linking American T
5. Past Tense, Linking Final T MP3's
6. Sentence Level Intonation (Intonation Practice, Skills Integration)
7. Sentence Level Intonation Practice
1. Lesson 27: "Real Talk" (Integrated Skills, Generalization)
2. Lesson 28: Soft Skills for Professionals - Introducing Yourself, Direct and Indirect Language (Integrated Skills)
3. Lesson 29: Business Idioms (Integrated Skills)
4. Lesson 30: Business and Tech Vocabulary (Integrated Skills, Generalization)
5. Bonus Video: More Real Talk Practice
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6. Course Feedback
7. Business and Tech Word practice, sorted by Pronunciation Targets
8. Real Talk Practice
1. Vowel Anchors list
2. Course Outcomes_Assessments for American Accent Training for Professionals
3. Consonants of American English_ IPA chart
4. Consonants of American English - IPA, common spelling, sample words
5. Structured Speaking Task
6. Intonation Patterns in World Languages
7. Intonation Practice: Offering and Requesting
8. Consonants_ Placement, Manner and Voicing
9. Intonation Practice for Thought Groups: Giving Information
10. Final Consonant Clusters
11. The-1200-Most-Frequently-Used-Words
12. Reduced Sounds_ Are, To, Contractions
1. Final z word list
2. Vowel ɪ and Vowel i word list
3. Initial R word list
4. vowel er words
5. W and V word list
6. Voiceless TH Word List
7. Voiced TH Word List
8. Vowel /æ/ Word List
9. Final Voiced Sounds /b,d,g,v,dʒ/
10. American T Word List
11. Vowel /ʊ/ Word List
12. Most common words_ Vowels
13. Vowel _ɛ_ Word List

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SpeechModification

American Accent Training for Professionals

Course curriculum

Introduction

Syllabus (Overviews, Weeks 1 -10)

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Pronunciation and Intonation Targets

Chapter 2: Final Z (Pronunciation)

Chapter 3: Small Talk (Intonation)

Chapter 4: Intonation: Stress Content Words

Chapter 5: Final D (Pronunciation), Vowel Length Before Voiced Consonants (Integrated Practice), Linking

Chapter 6: American R (Pronunciation), Introducing Yourself (Intonation)

Chapter 7: Word and Syllable Stress

Chapter 8: American Vowel Sounds (Overview and Introduction), Sounds vs. Spelling, Vowel /ɪ/

Chapter 9: Top Vowel Errors (Vowel /æ/, Vowel /ɛ/, Vowel /ei/, Vowel /ʊ/)

Chapter 10: Voiced and Voiceless TH

Chapter 11: Using Pitch in Intonation

Chapter 12: Initial W, Initial V, Final V (Pronunciation)

Chapter 13: American T

Chapter 14: Integrating Skills For Real American Speech (Consonant Clusters, Linking and Reduced Sounds, Sentence Level Intonation)

Chapter 15: Next Level Skills ("Real Talk," Soft Skills, Business Idioms, Business and Tech Vocabulary) and Course Feedback

Chapter 16: Additional Course Materials, Quizzes, Downloads, Etc.

Word Lists: Pronunciation Targets

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