American Accent

From American Accent Training:

American Accent TrainingPick up a standard American accent in just a few hours! This is an excellent resource for all ESL students. Actors can easily get a standard accent for auditions and roles.OTHER AAT APPS: American Accent and The Story of Max (both available in Chinese and Japanese) Sing-Along Song Bird, Complete Verb Tenses, Mr. Thingamajig, Jokes with Explanations and Audio (available in Japanese), as well as The Four Gospels with popular verses spoken aloud.Learn pronunciation, word connections and the American speech music in a simple step-by-step process. You can use your iPhone headphones to listen, record on the digital recorder, and compare yourself with the model audio. (The app works great on the iPod, but the recorder does not appear. Sorry!)Its fun! Its easy! Its fast!Designed by Ann Cook, author of the best-selling American Accent Training, AAT is an amazingly easy way to learn the American accent. Its perfect for beginning, intermediate and advanced students. This is the least expensive way available!You start with the most basic intonation patterns and go through to the most advanced levels in English. Your comprehension will increase dramatically. This is excellent practice for TOEFL and TSE. ESL instructors will find this to be a great way to pick up the basics of teaching the American accent. Perfect for a daily commute or a long trip!Feature Summary:IntonationWord ConnectionsPronunciation of all the consonantsThe American R and L, Th, S and Z, etc. Pronunciation of all the vowelsCat / Caught / Cut, Bit or Beat? etc.Can and CantAudio for each exerciseDigital recorderComing soon: American English: Grammar & Accent, British vs. American English, Punctuation & Spelling, Rules of Syllable Stress, Pronunciation Flashcards, Plants / Vegetables / Flowers, and Planes / Trains / Automobiles.We'd love to hear what you'd like to see created! Let us know!

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