Mastering the American Accent
Sections
Introduction
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The Vowel Sounds
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/i/ AS IN MEET
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/I/ AS IN SIT
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Quick Review: Word Contrasts for /i/ Versus /I/
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/e/ AS IN TAKE
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// AS IN GET
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Quick Review: Word Contrasts for // Versus /e/
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// AS IN FAT
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Quick Review: Word Contrasts for // Versus //
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// AS IN FATHER
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Quick Review: Word Contrasts for // Versus //
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// AS IN FUN *
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Quick Review: Word Contrasts for // Versus //
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// AS IN SAW
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Quick Review: Word Contrasts for // Versus //
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/o/ AS IN BOAT
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Quick Review: Word Contrasts for /, / Versus /o/
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// AS IN GOOD
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/u/ AS IN TOO
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Quick Review: Vowel Contrasts for // Versus /u/
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/r/ AS IN BIRD
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/a/ AS IN TIME
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/a/ AS IN HOUSE
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// AS IN BOY
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Vowels In Detail
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Review of /I/ and /i/ Sounds
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Review of // and // Sounds
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Review of //, //, //, and /ou/ Sounds
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The Problematic O
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The American // Sound
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Review of //, //, //, //, //, and /o/
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Review of // and /u/ Sounds
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Comparing /u/ and /yu/
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Review of the /r/ Sound
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Vowels Followed by the /r/ Sound
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Consonants
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Voiceless and Voiced Consonants
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Vowel Length and Voiced and Voiceless Consonants
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Stops and Continuants
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Final Stops Followed by Consonants
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Problematic Consonants
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Held t + Consonant
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Held t Before /n/ Sound
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Silent t After n
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When t is Between Two Vowels
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When t is Between Two Words
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The Fast d Sound
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The /tr/ Sound: tr
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The /dr/ Sound: dr
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The /d/ Sound: du and d + y
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The // Sound: tu and t + y
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Words Ending in ed
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Linking ed Ending and a Vowel
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The th Sound
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Comparing th with s and z
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The American /r/
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R Before a Consonant
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The American /l/
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l Before a Consonant
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Long Vowels + /l/
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Understanding /l/ Versus /r/
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Consonants + r and l
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Review of /r/ and /l/
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The /v/ Sound
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Understanding /b/ Versus /v/
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The /w/ Sound
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Understanding /v/ Versus /w/
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The /s/ and /z/ Sounds
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Verbs and Nouns and the Letter s
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The // Sound: Pronouncing ng
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Confusing n and ng Endings
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Consonant Clusters
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Different Sounds for x
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Words Ending with ts
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Pronouncing the ds Cluster
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Syllable Stress
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Stressed and Reduced Vowels
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Dangers of Stressing the Wrong Syllable
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General Rules for Stress Placement
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Noun and Verb Pairs
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Words Ending in -tion and -ate
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More Stressed Suffixes
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Rules for Prefixes
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Syllable Stress Changes
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Reduced Vowels for Review
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Word Stress
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Compound Nouns
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Proper Stress with Adjectives
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Compound Nouns Containing Adjectives
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Phrasal Verbs
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Noun Forms of Phrasal Verbs
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Abbreviations and Numbers
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Names of Places and People
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Word Stress Within a Sentence
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Which Words Should I Stress?
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Content Words in Detail: Verbs
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Stress Nouns but Not Pronouns
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Content Words in Detail: Adjectives
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Reducing Vowels in Unstressed Words
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Weak Forms
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Strong Forms
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Thought Groups and Focus Words
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Contrastive Stress
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Intonation
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Falling Intonation
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Rising Intonation
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Non-final Intonation
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Introductory Words
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Series of Words
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Expressing Choices
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Wavering Intonation
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Sound Like A True Native Speaker
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Rules for Linking
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Linking Consonant to Same Consonant
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Final Stop Between Consonants
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Linking Vowel to Vowel
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Linking Vowels Within a Word
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Reducing Pronouns
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Contractions
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Conditional Tense and Contractions
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Conditional Questions
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Casual Versus Formal Speech
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Commonly Confused Words
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Memorizing The Exceptions
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Same Spelling, Different Pronunciation
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Two Correct Pronunciations
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Especially Difficult Words
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Words with Dropped Syllables
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Words with Silent Letters
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Homophones
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Chinese
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Farsi
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Filipino Languages
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French
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German
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Indian Languages
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Indonesian
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Japanese
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