Course curriculum

  • 1
    Introduction
  • 2
    Syllabus (Overviews, Weeks 1 -10)
  • 3
    Chapter 1: Getting Started with Pronunciation and Intonation Targets
  • 4
    Chapter 2: Final Z (Pronunciation)
  • 5
    Chapter 3: Small Talk (Intonation)
  • 6
    Chapter 4: Intonation: Stress Content Words
  • 7
    Chapter 5: Final D (Pronunciation), Vowel Length Before Voiced Consonants (Integrated Practice), Linking
  • 8
    Chapter 6: American R (Pronunciation), Introducing Yourself (Intonation)
  • 9
    Chapter 7: Word and Syllable Stress
  • 10
    Chapter 8: American Vowel Sounds (Overview and Introduction), Sounds vs. Spelling, Vowel /ɪ/
  • 11
    Chapter 9: Top Vowel Errors (Vowel /æ/, Vowel /ɛ/, Vowel /ei/, Vowel /ʊ/)
  • 12
    Chapter 10: Voiced and Voiceless TH
  • 13
    Chapter 11: Using Pitch in Intonation
  • 14
    Chapter 12: Initial W, Initial V, Final V (Pronunciation)
  • 15
    Chapter 13: American T
  • 16
    Chapter 14: Integrating Skills For Real American Speech (Consonant Clusters, Linking and Reduced Sounds, Sentence Level Intonation)
  • 17
    Chapter 15: Next Level Skills ("Real Talk," Soft Skills, Business Idioms, Business and Tech Vocabulary) and Course Feedback
  • 18
    Chapter 16: Additional Course Materials, Quizzes, Downloads, Etc.
  • 19
    Word Lists: Pronunciation Targets
  • Welcome to Your Course! FREE PREVIEW Getting Started: Survey for Your First Class FREE PREVIEW What Makes an Accent? Overview of Accent Common Patterns for All Languages Overview of Accent By Native Language
  • Week One Week Two Week Three Week Four Week Five Week Six Week Seven Week Eight Week Nine Week Ten
  • Lesson 1: Word Endings (Pronunciation) Lesson 2: Word Stress Carries Meaning (Intonation) FREE PREVIEW Homework #1: Assessment and Speech Baseline FREE PREVIEW
  • Lesson 1: Final Z (Pronunciation Target) Lesson 2: Voiced and Voiceless Sounds Lesson 3: Letter S: /s/ or /z/ sound? Lesson 4: Next Steps for Final Z: Plurals Pronouncing Plurals Lesson 5: Quiz: /s/ and /z/ sounds Lesson 6: Repeated Phrase Practice for Final Z Lesson 7: Reading Practice - Final Z Final Z Pronunciation MP3's
  • Lesson 1: Small Talk (Intonation Practice) Lesson 2: How to Practice Lesson 3: Generalization (How to Take Your Skills to the Next Level) Speech Practice Tracking - Practice Tracking - Sample Small Talk Intonation MP3's
  • Lesson 1: Stress Content Words (Intonation Practice) Intonation Exercise: Which Words to Stress Small Talk Partner Practice: Questions and Statements, Finding Content Words
  • Lesson 1: Final D (Pronunciation Target) Lesson 2: Vowel Length Before Voiced Consonants (Pronunciation and Intonation) Partner Practice for Contrasting Final Voiced and Voiceless Sounds Lesson 3: Final Z and Final D Repeated Phrase Practice (Pronunication, Intonation and Generalization) Linking
  • The American R Sound (Pronunciation Target) Applying Intonation: Introductions Introducing Yourself American R Pronunication, Vowel Schwa, Syllable Stress Intonation MP3's Vowel "er"
  • Word and Syllable Stress (Intonation and Pronunciation Practice) Syllable Stress Vowel Schwa (Pronunciation and Intonation) Nouns and Verbs: Syllable Stress Patterns
  • American Vowel Sounds (Overview) Vowel Sounds (not vowel letters) Vowels_ Focus on Sounds, Not Spelling Vowels_ Focus on Sounds Answer Key Vowel /ɪ/ and Vowel /i/ (Pronunciation Target) Partner Practice_ Listening for Vowels _i_ and _ɪ_ Vowel /i/ and Vowel /ɪ/ MP3's Vowel ɪ paragraph
  • Vowel Quadrangle Vowel Anchors Vowel /æ/ Vowel /ɛ/ Vowel /eɪ/ Vowel U /ʊ/ Vowel /ɑ/ Stressed Vowel Rules (Spelling) Most common words_ Vowels Partner Practice_ Listening for Vowels Vowel Sorting Quiz FREE PREVIEW Vowel Downloads
  • Voiceless Th /θ/ Voiced Th /ð/ Partner Practice for Stops and Continuant sounds (t and θ) Partner Practice for Interdental vs Alveolar (θ and s) American TH Downloads
  • Practicing Using Pitch for Intonation Patterns Using Pitch in Statements
  • Initial W (Pronunciation Target) Initial V (Pronunciation Target) Final V (Pronunciation Target) Partner Practice for W, V and B sounds Downloads for Initial W, V and Final V (Pronunciation Practice)
  • Initial T Final T Medial T American T downloads Partner Practice for American T
  • Consonant Clusters: Past Tense (Pronunciation Target, Skills Integration) Past Tense Practice Partner Practice for final consonant clusters Linking American T Past Tense, Linking Final T MP3's Sentence Level Intonation (Intonation Practice, Skills Integration) Sentence Level Intonation Practice
  • Lesson 27: "Real Talk" (Integrated Skills, Generalization) Lesson 28: Soft Skills for Professionals - Introducing Yourself, Direct and Indirect Language (Integrated Skills) Lesson 29: Business Idioms (Integrated Skills) Lesson 30: Business and Tech Vocabulary (Integrated Skills, Generalization) Bonus Video: More Real Talk Practice FREE PREVIEW Course Feedback Business and Tech Word practice, sorted by Pronunciation Targets Real Talk Practice
  • Vowel Anchors list Course Outcomes_Assessments for American Accent Training for Professionals Consonants of American English_ IPA chart Consonants of American English - IPA, common spelling, sample words Structured Speaking Task Intonation Patterns in World Languages Intonation Practice: Offering and Requesting Consonants_ Placement, Manner and Voicing Intonation Practice for Thought Groups: Giving Information Final Consonant Clusters The-1200-Most-Frequently-Used-Words Reduced Sounds_ Are, To, Contractions
  • Final z word list Vowel ɪ and Vowel i word list Initial R word list vowel er words W and V word list Voiceless TH Word List Voiced TH Word List Vowel /æ/ Word List Final Voiced Sounds /b,d,g,v,dʒ/ American T Word List Vowel /ʊ/ Word List Most common words_ Vowels Vowel _ɛ_ Word List