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Learn and practice General American sounds and intonation in 42 audio lessons
Who is this app for? The main benefit of this app for students
This app is ideal if you want to get rid of a regional or foreign accent and to speak with a Standard American accent, the main accent taught to foreigners who wish to learn the American model.
This app will help you to:
• Neutralise your accent within 1-3 months
• Make your American English clear and easy to understand
• Become a better communicator and public speaker
• Increase your personal confidence and overall image
• Improve your job prospects
App Contents
The app has 10% theory and 90% effective practical exercises from Part One of the book Get Rid of your Accent Part One and Two, General American Accent Training Manual, ISBN 9780955330087. It contains 42 audio lessons. Where appropriate, a lesson begins with an illustrated description of the speech organ position, followed by practical exercises. The exercises consist of words, amusing sentences, tongue twisters, and verses, taken from literature and conversational English.
App Functionality
All exercises are recorded on audio tracks that illustrate the model pronunciation. Students can play audio tracks, record themselves, and compare their pronunciation with the model. The app is very easy to use. Simply touch the screen to play audio tracks, record yourself, and compare your pronunciation with the model.
Why is this app so loved by its users?
This app enjoys enormous success due to:
• its amazing language from classical literature and poetry which students find extremely effective and interesting
• each lesson has a substantial volume of exersises to master one American English sound
• the way this book is written is fun, easy, and effective
About the authors
Linda James (RAM, Dip. Ed., IPD, LRAM)
Linda trained at the Royal Academy of Music and qualified as a teacher of Speech and Drama. She also holds an International Phonetics Diploma from London University. Linda has had extensive experience as a dialect coach in TV, films, and the theatre. For more than 20 years she has worked as a Speech Tutor at several London drama colleges and privately, specialising in the teaching of Received Pronunciation (RP) and the eradication of accents.
Olga Smith (BA in Linguistics, MBA)
Olga holds a degree in Linguistics and an MBA from Nottingham University. She is also an advanced public speaker and a holder of the Toastmaster bronze reward. Olga learned a unique drama school method for Accent Reduction from top British phonetician Linda James. Together they co-authored the UK bestselling books “Get Rid of your Accent”, Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.
Last updated on Aug 26, 2024
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American Accent App
1.4 by Olga Smith
Aug 26, 2024
$9.49