The Center for Confident American English Communication

During the past couple of months I’ve had the opportunity to do American accent training with a couple of German speakers. This has been a real pleasure for me because these clients have been so dedicated and hardworking both inside and outside of our sessions. Typical problems that Germans have when speaking American English include

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Students who are really motivated to improve the way they speak English should invest in some training. One way to do this is to buy an accent reduction book. There are several accent reduction books with CD’s that are very affordable. Here are some of the most popular choices: 1. For people who have never

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This week on the blog there have been a lot of you looking for information on American English intonation patterns. One of the best books for learning and practicing the rhythms and intonations of spoken American English is Ann Cook’s American Accent Training. American Accent Training includes a book plus 5 CDs that you can

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Linking happens in every English sentence. We connect two words together when the first word ends in a vowel sound and the next word begins with the same vowel sound. that table sounds like thattable next time sounds like nexttime We also connect words when the first word ends with a consonant sound and the

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In spoken English intonation refers to the rise and fall of your pitch over the length of a thought group or sentence. Using the correct intonation is very important because the rise and fall of your pitch conveys meaning to your listeners. Many linguists say that spoken English has four levels of phonetic pitch: 1-low,

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