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American English Everyday Dialogs (audio)

Most of the people who I work with in my Skype accent reduction coaching program are learning to: Improve the way they communicate in their workplace Improve the way they speak in everyday situations (at the market, at lunch, on the phone) We often call the latter skill, “small talk”. For those of you who

All About American English Consonants!

Professor Duncan from Towson University in Maryland has created an very thorough audio lesson on the American English consonant sounds. I’ve posted this audio lesson at the link below. Professor Duncan explains the phonemic symbols that we use to represent the consonant sounds. He also explains the difference between voiced and voiceless consonant sounds. There is a fun

How to make “small talk”

Many of my accent reduction coaching clients ask me to teach them strategies for making “small talk” with ease and fluency. Small talk such as greetings, talking about the weather, sports…these are all critical skills for socializing and getting to know people. I teach my clients these skills using special intonation dialogs. These are fun

3 Ways to Practice Your Pronunciation

My blog readers are people from all over the world who are working hard to improve their pronunciation and speak English with a more American accent.☝ Many of you have asked me for ideas on how you can practice. Here are three suggestions. 1. Get an American Accent audio course These courses are very affordable.

Quick Tip for Compound Nouns

Here is a quick & easy tip for pronouncing compound nouns correctly. ✔ When you are speaking American English, you need to stress compound nouns on the first syllable. SOFTware WEEKend WORKforce NEWSpaper PRINTout (noun) Many of the Hindi & Telegu speakers who I work with in my accent reduction coaching program don’t stress compound

How to Ask Questions Correctly

Many of my accent reduction clients have told me that their colleagues don’t always respond right away when they ask questions. That’s because they never learned the correct intonation patterns to use when asking questions in English. If you don’t know these rules…don’t worry….I’ll explain them now.✔ We use two different intonation patterns when questions

Medical English Pronunciation Lesson-Visiting the Doctor

The doctors who I work in my Skype accent reduction coaching program need to communicate clearly both with their colleagues and with their patients.☆ When I teach them to communicate more clearly with their patients, we work on two areas~ The first is the correct pronunciation of medical terms.☝ However,… we also work on speaking

Accent Reduction Audio Courses

Many people come to my blog in search of a good American accent audio course that will help them with their American English pronunciation. I’ve bought and used two of these courses… so let me tell you about them.✔ The first one that I recommend is called Best Accent Training. The reason I like this course

American English Vowel Sounds (2 charts)

I found a great American English vowel chart from the University of Texas. ↓ This chart shows where each of the 11 simple American English vowel sounds are articulated in your mouth. The website has audio so you can listen to each sound. You can use the chart as a guide as you pronounce the

How to Pronounce the American English O

Many of my accent reduction coaching clients get confused about how to pronounce the letter O in American English. And it’s no wonder!!! The O has at least five different sounds in spoken English. Here are a few examples: /ow/ as in rose mobile home phone /ɑ/ as in olive content (n ) process, processor