Hello, I'm a French student preparing for English interviews and in my last mock session my interviewer talked about my accent that could put me at a disadvantage. I can't afford and don't have the time to see a speech therapist so I'm looking for books with audio tracks that are aimed at mastering the standard American accent. Do you know or know somebody that had had great results with a particular book?
Thank you!
posted by lite
on Mar 27, 2013 -
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I teach for a living but have a lot of linguistic baggage that I'd like to get rid of. Specifically, I have some weird pronunciation/accent issues and would like to speak "General American" or newscaster English. Is this something I can do on my own? What resources should I use?
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on Feb 27, 2013 -
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Linguistics-filter: What sort of English accent makes "brown," "sun," and "shone" all be pronounced with a similar vowel sound?
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Have there been any American actors that have been cast as primary characters on British shows and use a British accent?
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Is there a term in linguistics for the residual accent a non-native speaker has when speaking English?
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on Sep 17, 2010 -
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A question for native speakers of UK English: With formal writing, can you readily distinguish between US and UK English? If you were reading something that supposedly targeted a UK audience and an Americanism cropped up, would you find that distracting?
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posted by adamrice
on May 18, 2010 -
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Is it a widespread behavior for multilingual speakers of english to get a more anglicized accent when talking to a native speaker?
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posted by Non Prosequitur
on Aug 22, 2009 -
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Why do some British news reporters insist on pronouncing Barack Obama's first name like "barrack"?
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on Jan 22, 2009 -
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What books/courses/web tutorials would you recommend to help me learn the Received Pronunciation (BBC) English accent?
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posted by scarylarry
on Nov 20, 2007 -
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Been watching early episodes of
The Office (UK version). The lead character, a vain, self-important white-collar middle manager, speaks with a Cockney accent. This Yank is damn confused.
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posted by Gordion Knott
on Apr 16, 2007 -
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Why is Heidi Klum's English accent better than Henry Kissinger's?
posted by airguitar
on Nov 29, 2006 -
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A writer's question: how does British English read (and internally, silently sound) to Americans? [
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posted by MiguelCardoso
on Feb 22, 2004 -
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