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Sound like a native English speaker in six easy lessons
Even though you know the vocabulary and the endless grammar rules, you still find it difficult to pronounce English words correctly. This struggle with your new language can make communicating with native English speakers a frustrating experience for both you and them. Now you can gain confidence in your English skills and speak like an American with this focused, nonintimidating program.
Improve Your American English Accent is an easy and enjoyable way to learn and master the most challenging American English speech characteristics, such as:
- The most troublesome of sixteen American English vowel sounds
- The duration of vowel sounds
- Differences in stressed and unstressed syllables and words
- How a sound is changed by the sounds that come before and after it
- Stress in words and phrases and how it influences timing
The CDs present six 35-minute lessons, each one covering key obstacles faced by nonnative English speakers. Author Charlsie Childs is your own personal tutor, talking you through her proven methods for overcoming the tricks of English pronunciation. Accompanying the CDs is a booklet containing written pronunciation guidelines and transcriptions of the sounds, words, and sentences you encounter on the recording.
Book Description
Improve Your American English Accent offers language learners an easy and enjoyable way to master the most challenging American English speech characteristics. Focusing exclusively on the core features that have the greatest impact on understanding American English speakers and being understood by them, it comprises six 35-minute lessons on three CDs, and a booklet containing written pronunciation guidelines and transcriptions of the sounds, words, and sentences introduced on the recording.
Each lesson is short enough to be completed at one sitting and is presented in a friendly and lively manner that the learner will find engaging.
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10 人中、9人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
英語の非ネイティブスピーカーがアメリカ英語の話し方を身につけるためのコースで、3枚のCDと簡単な解説からなる。含まれる内容は、主として母音の発音と、ストレス(単語、文)、ピッチ、リダクションやコントラクションなどの発音変化となっている。
本コースを普通の発音教材としてみると、迷ってしまう点がいくつかある。
(1) 子音についてはtやdの弾音化などを除いて説明がなく、非ネイティブスピーカーにとって調音や識別が難しいもの(たとえば日本人にとってのrとl)の練習はできない。
(2) 母音については通常の、前-後、高-低の枠組みを使って説明しているが、その中に二重母音が中途半端に組み入れられていて分かりにくい。
(3) 発音の表記が独自のものを使っていて、また、文章表記と混じり合っているので分かりにくい。
(4) プロソディについてはリズムの説明がない。これはおそらくストレスとリダクション、コントラクションの組み合わせでカバーできるという考え方なのかもしれないが。
全体として英語の話し方の能力をまんべんなくアップさせるようにはなっていないため、非ネイティブスピーカーが弱点として持っている穴は本コースだけですべて埋めることは難しい。ただし、CDの発音を手本に練習すれば、個別の項目についてそれなりの効果はあるだろう。そのように承知して割り切って使うのなら良いかもしれない。
本コースを普通の発音教材としてみると、迷ってしまう点がいくつかある。
(1) 子音についてはtやdの弾音化などを除いて説明がなく、非ネイティブスピーカーにとって調音や識別が難しいもの(たとえば日本人にとってのrとl)の練習はできない。
(2) 母音については通常の、前-後、高-低の枠組みを使って説明しているが、その中に二重母音が中途半端に組み入れられていて分かりにくい。
(3) 発音の表記が独自のものを使っていて、また、文章表記と混じり合っているので分かりにくい。
(4) プロソディについてはリズムの説明がない。これはおそらくストレスとリダクション、コントラクションの組み合わせでカバーできるという考え方なのかもしれないが。
全体として英語の話し方の能力をまんべんなくアップさせるようにはなっていないため、非ネイティブスピーカーが弱点として持っている穴は本コースだけですべて埋めることは難しい。ただし、CDの発音を手本に練習すれば、個別の項目についてそれなりの効果はあるだろう。そのように承知して割り切って使うのなら良いかもしれない。
Amazon.com で最も参考になったカスタマーレビュー (beta)
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16 人中、15人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Best yet pronunciation guide
2005/8/26
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As an ESL teacher, I have found this to be the most affordable and effective program I have ever used with my university students and with private students as well. I do find that there are not enough practices as the booklet accompanying the CDs is just a narrow volume but the practice sections, though limited in quantity, are of excellent quality. I have found that I can supplement the practice sections with other texts. The narrator has a friendly quality to her voice and I have been repeatedly listening to the CDs with numerous students yet I am still not tired of hearing her voice. In one or two places on the CDs the narrator demonstrates "close" vowel sounds, and I cannot hear the difference because of poor production quality in a couple of spots. But, as I am following along in the text, I stop the CD and go over those few sounds with my students. In spite of this failing in one or two places on the CD, I would highly recommend this well organized and otherwise well presented program above all the others that I have used. My students have demonstrated noticeable improvement in a very short period of time and they all have mentioned that they enjoy the program and find it "very useful," easy to understand, and reasonably priced.
11 人中、11人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
DEFINITELY worth it
2006/3/1
Hi!
The first good surprise was Charlsie's voice, it almost sounds like music to your ears. Then the way each lesson is structured, 30 min not too long not too short, in which most essential north American English sounds, intonations, pitches etc... are being thoroughly examined. I've also liked the fact that you don't really need to read the booklet, you can just sit back and listen first. On the down side, but for 2 or 3 words only (!), the sound is poor indeed. Also few slight volume variations occasionally take place but this is not an issue whatsoever.
So, 3 CD's, 6 lessons, I studied 1 lesson a week, took me one and a half month then, and I do feel I have improved several aspects already. The real difficulty consists in applying Chelsea's tips to each new situation you face in life, and I know I'll need to review the CD's again and again, as repetition allows you ...not to forget what you've learnt!
I do recommend this course.
Ph
The first good surprise was Charlsie's voice, it almost sounds like music to your ears. Then the way each lesson is structured, 30 min not too long not too short, in which most essential north American English sounds, intonations, pitches etc... are being thoroughly examined. I've also liked the fact that you don't really need to read the booklet, you can just sit back and listen first. On the down side, but for 2 or 3 words only (!), the sound is poor indeed. Also few slight volume variations occasionally take place but this is not an issue whatsoever.
So, 3 CD's, 6 lessons, I studied 1 lesson a week, took me one and a half month then, and I do feel I have improved several aspects already. The real difficulty consists in applying Chelsea's tips to each new situation you face in life, and I know I'll need to review the CD's again and again, as repetition allows you ...not to forget what you've learnt!
I do recommend this course.
Ph
9 人中、9人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
No frills , but quite a thrill!
2006/9/23
The whole package, manual and three CD's, comes in a sleek plastic case. If you're a visual learner,however, you might find the manual pretty stark: there is no glossy paper , no lip and mouth pictures, no stylish layout. Despite this initial turn-off, the listening material is simply captivating! The author's soothing and reassuring voice leads you all the way into the subtleties of English sounds. Those pronunciations that can give a headache to non-native speakers are explained simply and with very little linguistic terminology. Highlights? Check the ingenious explanation of ed - endings in session three: regular verbs are repeated many times in full sentences with extensive practice of blendings and vowel reduction (the manual presents symbols for glottal stops, d or t flaps and schwa in case you cannot reproduce the sounds on the CD). Vowels are numbered and contrasted in groups, so that the student can become aware of their distinctive features. It's the perfect course to take in the peace of your car, during rush hour. And it's umbelievably cheap compared to the other accent reduction courses on the market. Definitely a great bargain.
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