How to speak like an American: Part 1

How to speak like an American: Part 1, available at $39.99, has an average rating of 4.6, with 19 lectures, 1 quizzes, based on 24 reviews, and has 600 subscribers.

You will learn about By the end of the course, students will know how to pronounce the long and short vowel sounds, and diphthongs. By the end of the course, students will have had the opportunity to meet with an experienced English teacher to provide individual help in their pronunciation. This course is ideal for individuals who are Persons wishing to reduce their accent and feel more confident speaking American English. or Persons wishing to understand spoken American English better or Students preparing for the IELTS or TOEFL speaking test It is particularly useful for Persons wishing to reduce their accent and feel more confident speaking American English. or Persons wishing to understand spoken American English better or Students preparing for the IELTS or TOEFL speaking test.

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Summary

Title: How to speak like an American: Part 1

Price: $39.99

Average Rating: 4.6

Number of Lectures: 19

Number of Quizzes: 1

Number of Published Lectures: 19

Number of Published Quizzes: 1

Number of Curriculum Items: 20

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 20

Original Price: $22.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

By the end of the course, students will know how to pronounce the long and short vowel sounds, and diphthongs.
By the end of the course, students will have had the opportunity to meet with an experienced English teacher to provide individual help in their pronunciation.

Who Should Attend

Persons wishing to reduce their accent and feel more confident speaking American English.
Persons wishing to understand spoken American English better
Students preparing for the IELTS or TOEFL speaking test

Target Audiences

Persons wishing to reduce their accent and feel more confident speaking American English.
Persons wishing to understand spoken American English better
Students preparing for the IELTS or TOEFL speaking test

This course provides practice and explicit instruction in all vowel sounds of Standard American English. There are 17 video lessons and it will take about 2 hours of watch time and more time in practice. Students will meet with the instructor in live sessions for evaluation and assessments as students work through the course. Students who need or want to speak American English more fluently and sound more like a native American English speaker will benefit from this course. Also, students who are preparing for the IELTS, TOEFL or TOEIC exams will benefit from the instruction and practice found here.

There are many accents in the world of English. This course teaches Standard American English pronunciation. This is what many English Language Learners are taught all over the world.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Basic Vowel Sounds

Lecture 1: Introduction to Standard American English Pronunciation

Lecture 2: The /iy/ Sound (Long E)

Lecture 3: Short i sound

Lecture 4: Short e sound

Lecture 5: Long A sound

Lecture 6: Exercise 1 on short /e/ and short /i/

Lecture 7: Short A sound

Chapter 2: Other Vowel Sounds and Dipthongs

Lecture 1: SCHWA Sound

Lecture 2: Short u sound

Lecture 3: Short o sound

Lecture 4: Long o Sound

Lecture 5: Long i sound

Lecture 6: -er sound

Lecture 7: /ow/ sound

Lecture 8: The /oi/ sound

Lecture 9: Exercise 2 on -oi and long /i/ Sounds

Lecture 10: /uw/ sound

Lecture 11: Look at that book on hooks

Lecture 12: Concluding Lecture

Instructors

Katherine Katsenis
Philanthropist, Teacher, Mental illness wrangler

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4 stars: 11 votes
5 stars: 10 votes

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