Product Information
A great training tool for classroom or for personal use! In recent years, Barron's American Accent Training has gained wide respect as a self-teaching program, but more and more speech trainers, teachers, and speech therapists report that they are also using it as a valuable teaching tool in their speech classes. This new edition now comes with downloadable audio. The program goes where no American accent training tool has gone before, providing highly innovative instruction for both students and business people.The structure of the book has been reorganized, offering students a much more clear and direct sequence of lessons and a path to better understandingThe downloadable audio component features professional male and female voices that have been carefully selected to represent authentic American pronunciation and intonationPronunciation exercises encompass all vowel sounds, consonants, blends, and diphthongsEmphasis on linking, or phonetically transcribed sound liaisons, help students "see" the correct soundsDesigned for foreign-born students and business people working, traveling, or studying in the United States and Canada Supplementary materials include detailed nationality guides for 10 languages (Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Korean, Arabic, and the U.S. Southern accent). More valuable features include access to a comprehensive website, and referral to a qualified telephone analyst for an individual diagnostic speech analysis.Product Identifiers
PublisherKaplan Publishing
ISBN-101438010354
ISBN-139781438010359
eBay Product ID (ePID)235940000
Product Key Features
Number of Pages248 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAmerican Accent Training with Online Audio
Publication Year2017
SubjectEnglish As a Second Language, Speech
FeaturesRevised Edition, Revised
TypeLanguage Course
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorAnn Cook
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight18.8 Oz
Item Length1.9 in
Item Width7.8 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number4
LCCN2016-954217
Dewey Edition23
Target AudienceTrade
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal421.54
Lc Classification NumberPe2815.C6 2017