Accent Reduction 101 - A Complete Program for Speaking English Closer to the American Cultural and Business Style, Second Edition - Table of Contents

 

The Table of Contents for Accent Reduction 101

Introduction

  • Understanding Why Your Speech is Accented
  • How Accent Reduction 101 is Organized

Unit I: Set Yourself Up for Success

  • Your Personal Speech Notebook
  • Speech Triggers and Real Life Practice
  • My Personal Speech Triggers Worksheet
  • The Community Conversation List
  • Evaluating Your Success
    • Detailed Speech Evaluation
    • Monitoring Melody
    • Focusing on Consonant Sounds
    • Focusing on Vowel Sounds
    • Breathing, Voice and Resonation Checklist
    • Perfecting Your Voice Image
    • Getting “On Target” with Your Speech and Voice
  • Personal Goal Tracking Sheet 28

Unit II: American Speech Melody

  • Simple Sentence Practice
  • 14 Common Errors When Learning American Melody
  • Full Sentence Practice 41
  • Choose the Staircase That Is Right for Your Speaking Situation
  • Stepping Up Two or Three Times for Longer Statements
  • Learning How to Control Your Fast Rate of Speech
  • Decreasing Muscular Tension

  Unit III : Voice, American Resonation and Breathing

  • Speaking from Your Optimal Pitch Range
  • American Resonation
  • Proper Breathing Skills for Achieving Your Best Speech and Voice Qualities
  • Generating Voice Free from Tension

Unit IV: American Consonant Sounds

  • The American Consonant Sound Chart
  • The Anatomy of Your Speech Articulators
  • Word Endings: Voiced and Voiceless Sounds
    • /p/, and /k/
    • /b/ and /g/
    • /v/, /z/ and /j/
  • The Speech Rule for Plural Ending Sounds
  • Consonant Pairs /t/ and /d/
  • The Speech Rule for the Tongue Flap
  • Ending /ed/: Voiced and Voiceless
  • Consonant Blends
    • Consonant Blends at the End of Words
    • Contractions
    • Consonant Blends at the Beginning of Words
  • Specialty Consonant Sounds
    • /th/
    • /ng/
    • /sh/
    • /zh/
    • /ch/
  • Plosive Sounds at the Beginning and Middle of Words
    • /p/, and /k/
  • Consonant Sounds in the Beginning and Middle of Words
    • /f/
    • /v/
    • /w/
    • /h/
    • /z/
    • /y/
    • /j/
  • Labial Sounds in the Beginning of Words
  • The Expanded American /er/ Program
    • How To Isolate the /er/ Sound
    • Consonant + /er/ in Simple Words
    • The /er/ Sound at the Ends of Words
    • The /er/ Sound in the Middle of Words
    • Consonant /r/ Blends
    • Vowel + /er/ Sounds
    • The /r/ Consonant in the Beginning of Words
    • /Thr/ Blends
  • The Expanded American /l/ Program
    • American /l/ in the Beginning of Words
    • American /l/ After a Front Vowel
    • American /l/ After a Back Vowel
    • Final Sounds for /ble and /le/
    • Advanced Sentence Practice with /l/ in All Three Positions
    • Consonant /l/ Blends
  • /r/ and /l/ Sounds Together in Words
    • The /s/ Program

Unit V: American Vowel Sounds

  • The American True Vowel Sound Chart
  • The Front Vowel Sounds
    • Long /A/
    • Long /E/
    • Long /I/
    • Short /i/
    • Short /e/
    • Short /a/
  • The Central Vowel Sounds
    • The Schwa /uh/
  • The Back Vowel Sounds
    • Long /O/ 181
    • Short /o/ 183
    • Diphthong /ow/
    • Long /U/
    • Short /u/
    • Diphthong /oi/
    • Diphthong /iu/

Front Vowel Sound Boot Camp

Back Vowel Sound Boot Camp

Listing for the Auditory CDs

  CD 1. Professional Speech Melody and Program Set Up

Track 1 A message from Liz
Track 2 Successful practice
Track 3 Speech notebook
Track 4 Speech triggers
Track 5 Defining intonation
Track 6 Intonation, the basics
Track 7 Multi-syllable words
Track 8 Simple sentences
Track 9 Practice tips
Track 10 Guidelines for pitch
Track 11 Common errors 1-7
Track 12 Common errors 8-14
Track 13 Full sentences
Track 14 Short social phrases
Track 15 Benefits of pitch
Track 16 Choosing staircases
Track 17 Saving statements
Track 18 Phrasing questions
Track 19 Stepping up 2 & 3 times

CD 2. Speech, Breathing Vocal Pitch and Resonation

Track 1 Fast speech rate
Track 2 Facial tension
Track 3 Breathing
Track 4 Diaphragm breathing
Track 5 Projection
Track 6 First breath
Track 7 Coordinating breathing and speech
Track 8 Vocal pitch
Track 9 Pitch practice
Track 10 Resonation
Track 11 Nasal resonation
Track 12 Resonation strategies

CD 3 American Consonants

Track 1 Consonant sounds
Track 2 Sound endings
Track 3 /p/ & /k/ words
Track 4 /p/ & /k/ sentences
Track 5 /b/ & /g/ words
Track 6 /b/ & /g/ sentences
Track 7 /z/ & /v/ words
Track 8 /z/ & /v/ sentences
Track 9 The sound /j/
Track 10 Initial /t/
Track 11 Final /t/
Track 12 Final /d/
Track 13 Tongue flap
Track 14 Past tense /ed/
Track 15 Introduction to /th/
Track 16 Initial voiceless /th/
Track 17 Final voiceless /th/

CD 4 American Consonants Continued

Track 1 Initial voiced /th/
Track 2 Final voiced /th/
Track 3 Middle /th/
Track 4 Final /ng/
Track 5 /ng/ words
Track 6 /ng/ sentences
Track 7 The sound /sh/
Track 8 The sound /ch/
Track 9 Initial and middle /p/
Track 10 Initial and middle /k/
Track 11 Initial /f/
Track 12 Initial and middle /v/
Track 13 Initial and middle /w/
Track 14 Initial and middle /z/
Track 15 Initial and middle /h/
Track 16 Initial /y/
Track 17 Initial /j/

CD 5 The American R Sound

Track 1 Introduction /R/
Track 2 Consonants + /er/
Track 3 Final /er/ words
Track 4 Final /er/ sentences
Track 5 Middle /er/ words
Track 6 Middle /er/ sentences
Track 7 /R/ blends words
Track 8 /R/ blends sentences
Track 9 Vowel + /er/
Track 10 Long /A/ + /er/
Track 11 Long /E/ + /er/
Track 12 Long /O/ + /er/
Track 13 Short /o/ + /er/
Track 14 Long /U/ + /er/
Track 15 Initial /r/
Track 16 /THR/ blends

CD 6 Consonant Blends and the American L

Track 1 Final voiceless words
Track 2 Final voiceless sentences
Track 3 Final partial voiced words
Track 4 Final partial voiced sentences
Track 5 Final voiced words
Track 6 Final voiced sentences
Track 7 Initial blends words
Track 8 Initial blends sentences
Track 9 /l/ front vowels
Track 10 /l/ back vowels
Track 11 Middle /l/ front vowels
Track 12 Final /l/ front vowels
Track 13 Middle /l/ back vowels
Track 14 Final /l/ back vowels
Track 15 /l/ blend words
Track 16 /l/ blend sentences
Track 17 Final blend /ld/
Track 18 /r/ & /l/ challenge words

CD 7 American Front and Middle Vowel Sounds

Track 1 American vowels
Track 2 Long /A/ words
Track 3 Long /A/ sentences
Track 4 Long /E/ words
Track 5 Long /E/ sentences
Track 6 Long /I/ words
Track 7 Long /I/ sentences
Track 8 Short /i/ words
Track 9 Short /i/ sentences
Track 10 Short /e/ words
Track 11 Short /e/ sentences
Track 12 Short /a/ words
Track 13 Short /a/ sentences
Track 14 Center vowel words
Track 15 Center vowel sentences

CD 8 American Back Vowel Sounds and Vowel Boot Camp

Track 1 Back vowel sounds
Track 2 Long /O/ words
Track 3 Long /O/ sentences
Track 4 Short /o/ words
Track 5 Short /o/ sentences
Track 6 Diphthong /ow/ words
Track 7 Diphthong /ow/ sentences
Track 8 Long /U/ words
Track 9 Long /U/ sentences
Track 10 Short /u/ words
Track 11 Short /u/ sentences
Track 12 Diphthong /oi/ words
Track 13 Diphthong /oi/ sentences
Track 14 Diphthong /iu/ words
Track 15 Diphthong /iu/ sentences
Track 16 Boot camp short /i/ & short /e/
Track 17 Boot camp Long /E/ & short /e/
Track 18 Boot camp Long /E/ & short /i/
Track 19 Boot camp short /e/ & short /a/
Track 20 Boot camp back vowel sound words
Track 21 Boot camp back vowel sound phrases