Accent Reduction 101 Book for Instructor's - Table of Contents

 

The Table of Contents for Accent Reduction 101, Instructor’s Book

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