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American Accent Training

Accent Training _ 01
Samimi Educational Academy

Accent
• The combination of:
• Voice quality
• Intonation (speech music)
• Liaisons (word connections)
• Pronunciation

Grammar & Vocabulary VS ACCENT
• Grammar and vocabulary; systematic and structured – the letters of
language.
• Accent; free form, intuitive, and creative – the spirit of the language.

Can you learn a new accent?
• If you practice, yes. Learn the techniques and practice them.
• Your openness and willingness to sounding different from the way you
have always sounded = your progress.
• Your accent; what you mean and how you mean it. (intonation and
word stress)

Accent VS Pronunciation
• Pronunciation; the sounds and the stress
• Accent; music and pronunciation itself.

Which accent is correct?
• All and none!
• Standard American Accent; understood by the educated.

Why is my accent so bad?
• Not bad; just nonstandard. So, difficult for an American to
understand.
• Three languages? Trilingual. Two languages? Bilingual. One language?
American. (A joke)
• “The English and Americans are two people divided by the same
language,” Bernard Shaw.
• Your teachers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Less than it appears … more than it appears!
• Appearance of a word is not exactly how it is said;
• Business
• 2 syllables.
• Geography
• 4 syllables

Language is Fluent and Fluid
• Don’t be a walker in a riverbed.
• Be a great river rushing.
• It may take time, but it will pass.

Pronunciation: Vowels
• Sounds with no obstructions or restrictions in the flow of air
• Tense vowels – long vowels;
• a lot of facial muscles.
• Lax vowels – short vowels;
• reduced.

Pronunciation: Consonants
• Sounds with partial or complete obstruction of the flow of air.
• Three places; lips, tongue, and throat.
• Voiced; vibrated / spoken – b, d, g, m, n, z, y, …
• Unvoiced; not vibrated / whispered – p, t, k, s, sh, …

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American Accent Training _ 01_2024_1.pptx

1. Accent Training _ 01 Samimi Educational Academy

2. Accent • The combination of: • Voice quality • Intonation (speech music) • Liaisons (word connections) • Pronunciation

3. Grammar & Vocabulary VS ACCENT • Grammar and vocabulary; systematic and structured – the letters of language. • Accent; free form, intuitive, and creative – the spirit of the language.

4. Can you learn a new accent? • If you practice, yes. Learn the techniques and practice them. • Your openness and willingness to sounding different from the way you have always sounded = your progress. • Your accent; what you mean and how you mean it. (intonation and word stress)

5. Accent VS Pronunciation • Pronunciation; the sounds and the stress • Accent; music and pronunciation itself.

6. Which accent is correct? • All and none! • Standard American Accent; understood by the educated.

7. Why is my accent so bad? • Not bad; just nonstandard. So, difficult for an American to understand. • Three languages? Trilingual. Two languages? Bilingual. One language? American. (A joke) • “The English and Americans are two people divided by the same language,” Bernard Shaw. • Your teachers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8. Less than it appears … more than it appears! • Appearance of a word is not exactly how it is said; • Business • 2 syllables. • Geography • 4 syllables

9. Language is Fluent and Fluid • Don’t be a walker in a riverbed. • Be a great river rushing. • It may take time, but it will pass.

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