AMERICAN ACCENT TRAINING - FULL TRACK 1-45 CD 1

AMERICAN ACCENT TRAINING - FULL TRACK 1-45 CD 1 Can I Learn a New Accent? Can a person actually learn a new accent? Many people feel that after a certain age, it’s just not possible. Can classical musicians play jazz? If they practice, of course they can! For your American accent, it’s just a matter of learning and practicing techniques this book and CD set will teach you. A very important thing you need to remember is that you can use your accent to say what you mean and how you mean it. Word stress conveys meaning through tone or feeling, which can be much more important than the actual words that you use. We’ll cover the expression of these feelings through intonation in the first lesson. It is up to you to use them or not. How well you do depends mainly on how open and willing you are to sounding different from the way you have sounded all your life. A guide to speaking and pronouncing colloquial American English Second Edi