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Accent Neutralization Training
Through Accent Neutralization Training, you will learn to speak standard American English. Achieving this standard American sound will enable your audience to
understand you better.
Why Accent Neutralization?
I thought I’ll be learning the American accent?!!
Well, Americans have different accents actually. An American who lived in the south part of the country have a southern accent. And people living in New York speak differently as well. And there are Americans who came as immigrants and became citizens from different parts of the world like the Middle East, Europe, and Asia etc. In short, the United States is a collection of many people from different cultures and origins that it is impossible to say that there is a standard accent for all its citizens. But the one thing we CAN do for you is eliminate YOUR local accent when talking in English. And after this course, you should be able to talk and sound differently from your locals. That’s the clear indication that you have neutralized your accent, as far as locally.
What is Accent?
“Accent is a combination of three main components: intonation (speech music) liaisons (word connection) and pronunciation (the spoken sounds of vowels, consonants, and combinations). Accent is free form, intuitive and creative---more the spirit of language.”
- from American Accent Training by Ann Cook
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Hello my name is _______. I’m taking Accent Neutralization Training. There’s a lot to learn, but I hope to make it as enjoyable as possible. I should pick up on the American intonation pattern pretty easily, although the only way to get it is to practice all the time. I use up and downs, or peaks and valleys intonation more than I used to. I’ve been paying attention to pitch too, its like walking down a staircase. I’ve been talking to a lot of Americans lately and they tell me that I’m easier to understand. Anyway, I could go on and on, the important thing is to listen well and sound good. Well what do you think, do I?
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