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English Pronunciation and
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The Software version of the American Accent Program © is a comprehensive, results oriented interactive program created to improve spoken English. AAP Software was designed by speech and ESL professionals and consists of three tutorials: Vowel, Consonant and Intonation. Each tutorial provides simple easy to learn techniques and hundreds of interactive exercises.
This is the original copyrighted pronunciation program that started the accent
reduction revolution worldwide.
Imitated by hundreds, taught by thousands and used successfully by millions worldwide. |
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Easy to use - designed to be 'user friendly' with clear and understandable directions and easy step-by-step instructions to maximize comprehension, effective practice and noticeable improvement.
Exceptional Audio Quality - both male and female native speakers pronouncing all of the sounds of English in slow, clear, easy to understand instructions and practice exercises.
Systematic method - for changing speech patterns, including pronunciation, voice production, stress and rhythm. |
Learn how to speak English clearly and correctly
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| Practice the correct pronunciation to make permanent improvement |
| Improve listening comprehension and understanding |
| Gain confidence to speak English in class, social and business situations |
| Become more effective and efficient |
| Improve presentation skills |
| Realize more opportunities for advancement |
Increase self esteem
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Experience comfortable communications
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AAP
Vowel
Tutorial
Software
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Communicate more clearly and effectively
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| One of the essential components of clear communication in any language is the crisp production of its vowels. Contrary to what many think, it is usually the vowels, not the consonants, which help us recognize the words we hear. There are five letters in the alphabet used to denote American English vowels: a , e , i , o , u . These five combine to create over twenty distinct vowel sounds in English, including diphthongs. This Vowel Tutorial walks the user through all the necessary steps to become comfortable and confident with English vowels. The graphics on the right show several of the necessary areas this program focuses on. Each of these topics has written and spoken instructions as well as hundreds of examples. The ‘record’ feature allows the user to record his/her voice while practicing each sound and playing it back for comparison. |
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 The American Accent Program has been adopted into the intensive English program for international students. |
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Ruth Roys,
University of California, Davis |
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Improve your word recognition
by learning to hear and imitate the variations in consonant sounds. |
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AAP
Consonant Tutorial
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There are 21 consonants in the English language and each one may have several different sounds. Additionally, there are a multitude of consonant combinations, each too, with many different sounds. As a result, it is often difficult to know how to pronounce a word from the way it is spelled. This tutorial uses simple graphics and a detailed explanation to help the user understand tongue and lip placement as well as airflow. It includes hundreds of examples plus the ability to record and playback the user’s practice sounds. |
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| The boxes on the right are examples of what will be seen, read and heard in the Consonant Tutorial. Hover mouse over each picture and read the description below them. |
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Tongue placement
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| The tongue tip and alveolus (the bump just behind the upper front teeth) come together. |
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Airflow |
Airflow for the letters
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| Partially Continuous airflow results when the lips and teeth are held so closely together that the air flow is obstructed, creating a hising sound. |
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The American Accent Program is by far the most comprehensive pronunciation program I've seen. It is the most popular software in our lab because the students from many levels have found it to be an effective learning tool. |
Carolyn Lord, Coordinator
Loft Writing Center Plus
North Seattle
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AAP
Intonation
Tutorial
Software
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Sound like a native speaker
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learning how to talk
with proper rhythm and pitch.
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...an excellent program presented in a clear and simple format for foreign born professionals. |
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Daniel Dato,
Ph.D.
Dept. of Linguistics,
Georgetown University |
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| Intonation refers to those vocal elements such as stress, pitch, loudness and rate which make our words meaningful to the listener. Traditionally, word level pronunciation is taught by breaking a word into syllables and noting where the accent occurs. Dictionaries use this system. While this approach is somewhat helpful, there are drawbacks. Practicing words, syllable by syllable, usually results in a robotic-like production that misses the natural rhythm of conversational speech. Take the examples “re-gis-tra-tion” versus “registration”. When we talk, syllables and words should run into each other, pausing when necessary to keep the meaning clear. This Intonation Tutorial does not break the words into syllables. It focuses on a more important concern: knowing where to put the stress in words. |
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AAP
Audio in
the MP3 format
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Practice English pronunciation
wherever you go |
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The results from using your program were so excellent that we have integrated the American Accent Program into our ESL Curriculum. |
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George Kalmar, President
International
Educational Service |
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| Practice is the Key -
Speaking English clearly requires instruction, reinforced with Practice, Practice and more Practice. AAP, in the portable MP3 format, is the perfect companion to the AAP Software Tutorials. With AAP MP3 it is easy to listen, learn and practice English pronunciation anywhere, anytime. This program can be heard on any computer, iPod or any MP3 player. |
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FREE |
Download a FREE
Demo of AAP Audio
in the MP3 format
in two steps |
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