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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

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.

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

Learn American English Pronunciation with Songs

One fun & effective way to learn the rhythm of spoken English is to sing songs.♬ When I taught American English pronunciation classes in DC, I used the website below called KaraokeParty to teach American English phrasing, linking and vowel lengthening to the students in my classes. They loved this!! To find the free songs

American English Intonation Audio Courses

Many of you have found my blog because you’re trying to improve your American English intonation. ☆ YOU are smart! ☆ That’s because you already understand that clear and fluent American English depends on using the correct intonation patterns.☝ Many people believe that you can achieve a nice American sound by learning to articulate each

English Accent App

Ron Thomson, from Brock University has developed two nice iPhone apps that you can use to practice your listening skills. If you are a regular reader of this blog you know how important listening skills are when you are in developing a more clear and comprehensible North American accent. Ron’s new apps teach you to

American English Pronunciation Audio Course

Each week people contact me to ask about American English Pronunciation Audio courses. While pronunciation audio courses are not nearly as effective as personal instruction (that’s because you don’t get feedback), they do provide opportunities for independent learning and practice. I have personally bought and used two American English pronunciation audio courses online. ☆ The

American English Pronunciation Audio

I was visiting the Best of the Web today and found a nice website with American English pronunciation audio files for consonant and vowel sounds. The site is called TalkEnglish.com and it has short listening and practice activities for hard to pronounce consonants such as the /r/ sound, the /th/ sound and the /b/ &

Medical English Audio Lessons

Are you looking for some medical English audio lessons? ESL pod has a wide variety of medical English audio lessons. You can listen to these lessons on your computer or iPhone. The pronunciation starts out clear and slow so it’s a good way to practice listening for syllable stress in medical words including: hospital diagnosis