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intonation(speechmusic),liaisons(wordconnections),andpronunciation(thespokensoundsofvowels,consonants,andcombinations).Asyougoalong,you'
llnoticethatyou'
rebeingaskedtolookataccentinadifferentway.You'
llalsorealizethatthegrammaryoustudiedbeforeandthisaccentyou'
restudyingnowarecompletelydifferent.Partofthedifferenceisthatgrammarandvocabularyaresystematicandstructured—theletterofthelanguage.Accent,ontheotherhand,isfreeform,intuitive,andcreative—morethespiritofthelanguage.So,thinkingofmusic,feeling,andflow,letyourmouthrelaxintotheAmericanaccent.
CanILearnaNewAccent?
Canapersonactuallylearnanewaccent?
Manypeoplefeelthatafteracertainage,it'
sjustnotpossible.Canclassicalmusiciansplayjazz?
Iftheypractice,ofcoursetheycan!
ForyourAmericanaccent,it'
sjustamatteroflearningandpracticingtechniquesthisbookandCDsetwillteachyou.Itisuptoyoutousethemornot.Howwellyoudodependsmainlyonhowopenandwillingyouaretosoundingdifferentfromthewayyouhavesoundedallyourlife.
Averyimportantthingyouneedtorememberisthatyoucanuseyouraccenttosaywhatyoumeanandhowyoumeanit.Wordstressconveysmeaningthroughtoneorfeeling,whichcanbemuchmoreimportantthantheactualwordsthatyouuse.We'
llcovertheexpressionofthesefeelingsthroughintonationinthefirstlesson.
YoumayhavenoticedthatItalkfastandoftenrunmywordstogether.You'
veprobablyheardenough"
English-teacherEnglish"
—where...everything...is...pronouncedwithouthavingtolistentoocarefully.That'
swhyontheCDswe'
regoingtotalkjustlikethenativespeakersthatweare,inanormalconversationaltone.
NativespeakersmayoftentellpeoplewhoarelearningEnglishto"
slowdown"
andto"
speakclearly."
Thisismeantwiththebestofintentions,butitisexactlytheoppositeofwhatastudentreallyneedstodo.Ifyouspeakfairlyquicklyandwithstrongintonation,youwillbeunderstoodmoreeasily.Toillustratethispoint,youwillhearaVietnamesestudentfirsttryingtospeakslowlyandcarefullyandthenrepeatingthesamewordsquicklyandwithstrongintonation.Studying,thisexercisetookheronlyabouttwominutestopractice,butthedifferencemakeshersoundasifshehadbeeninAmericaformanyyears.
VPleaselisten.Youwillhearthesamewordstwice.Hello,mynameisMuoi.I'
mtakingAmerican
AccentTraining.
ivYoumayhavetolistentothisCDacoupleoftimestocatcheverything.Tohelpyou,everywordontheCDisalsowritteninthebook.Byseeingandhearingsimultaneously,you'
lllearntoreconcilethedifferencesbetweentheappearanceofEnglish(spelling)andthesoundofEnglish(pronunciationandtheotheraspectsofaccent).TheCDleavesarathershortpauseforyoutorepeatinto.Thepointofthisistogetyourespondingquicklyandwithoutspendingtoomuchtimethinkingaboutyourresponse.
AccentversusPronunciation
Manypeopleequateaccentwithpronunciation.Idon'
tfeelthistobetrueatall.Americaisabigcountry,andwhilethepronunciationvariesfromtheEastCoasttotheWestCoast,fromthesoutherntothenorthernstates,twocomponentsthatareuniquelyAmericanstaybasicallythesame—thespeechmusic,orintonation,andthewordconnectionsorliaisons.Throughoutthisprogram,wewillfocusonthem.Inthelatterpartofthebookwewillworkonpronunciationconcepts,suchasCat?
Caught?
Cut?
andBettyBoughtaBitofBetterButter;
wealsowillworkourwaythroughsomeofthedifficultsounds,suchasTH,theAmericanR,theL,V,andZ.
"
WhichAccentIsCorrect?
AmericanAccentTrainingwascreatedtohelppeople"
soundAmerican"
forlectures,interviews,teaching,businesssituations,andgeneraldailycommunication.AlthoughAmericahasmanyregionalpronunciationdifferences,theaccentyouwilllearnisthatofstandardAmericanEnglishasspokenandunderstoodbythemajorityofeducatednativespeakersintheUnitedStates.Don'
tworrythatyouwillsoundslangyortoocasualbecauseyoumostdefinitelywon'
t.Thisisthewayaprofessorlecturestoaclass,thewayanationalnewscasterbroadcasts,thewaythatismost
comfortableandfamiliartothemajorityofnativespeakers.
WhyIsMyAccentSoBad?
Learnerscanbeseriouslyhamperedbyanegativeoutlook,soI'
lladdressthisveryimportantpointearly.First,youraccentisnotbad;
itisnonstandardtotheAmericanear.Thereisajokethatgoes:
Whatdoyoucallapersonwhocanspeakthreelanguages?
Trilingual.Whatdoyoucallapersonwhocanspeaktwolanguages?
Bilingual.Whatdoyoucallapersonwhocanonlyspeakonelanguage?
American.
Everylanguageisequallyvalidorgood,soeveryaccentisgood.TheaverageAmerican,however,trulydoeshaveahardtimeunderstandinganonstandardaccent.GeorgeBernardShawsaidthattheEnglishandAmericansaretwopeopledividedbythesamelanguage!
SomestudentslearntooverpronounceEnglishbecausetheynaturallywanttosaythewordasitiswritten.ToooftenanEnglishteachermayallowthis,perhapsthinkingthatcolloquialAmericanEnglishisunsophisticated,unrefined,orevenincorrect.Notsoatall!
Justasyoudon'
tsaytheTinlisten,theTTinbetterispronouncedD,bedder.Anyotherpronunciationwillsoundforeign,strange,wrong,ordifferenttoanativespeaker.
vLessThanItAppears...MoreThanItAppears
AsyouwillseeinExercise1-21,Squeezed-OutSyllables,onpage18,somewordsappeartohavethreeormoresyllables,butallofthemarenotactuallyspoken.Forexample,businessisnot(bi/zi/ness),butrather(birz/ness).
Justwhenyougetusedtoeliminatingwholesyllablesfromwords,you'
regoingtocomeacrossotherwordsthatlookasiftheyhaveonlyonesyllable,butreallyneedtobesaidwithasmanyasthree!
Inaddition,theinsertedsyllablesarefilledwithlettersthatarenotinthewrittenword.I'
llgiveyoutwoexamplesofthisstrangephenomenon.Poollookslikeanice,one-syllableword,butifyousayitthisway,atbest,itwillsoundlikepull,andatworstwillbeunintelligibletoyourlistener.Forclearcomprehension,youneedtosaythreesyllables(pu/wuh/luh).Wheredid
thatWcomefrom?
It'
scertainlynotwrittendownanywhere,butitistherejustasdefinitelyasthePisthere.Thesecondexampleisawordlikefeel.Ifyousayjustthelettersthatyousee,itwillsoundmorelikefill.Youneedtosay(fee/yuh/luh).IsthatreallyaY?
Yes.ThesemysterioussemivowelsareexplainedunderLiaisonsinChapter2.Theycanappeareitherinsideawordasyouhaveseen,orbetweenwordsasyouwilllearn.
LanguageIsFluentandFluid
Justlikeyourownlanguage,conversationalEnglishhasaverysmooth,fluidsound.Imaginethatyouarewalkingalongadryriverbedwithyoureyesclosed.Everytimeyoucometoarock,youtripoverit,stop,continue,andtripoverthenextrock.ThisishowtheaverageforeignerspeaksEnglish.Itisslow,awkward,andevenpainful.Nowimaginethatyouareagreatriverrushingthroughthatsameriverbed—rocksarenoproblem,arethey?
Youjustslideoverandaroundthemwithouteverbreakingyoursmoothflow.ItisthisfeelingthatIwantyoutocaptureinEnglish.
Changingyouroldspeechhabitsisverysimilartochangingfromastickshifttoanautomatictransmission.Yes,youcontinuetoreachforthegearshiftforawhileandyourfootstilltriestofindtheclutchpedal,butthissoonphasesitselfout.Inthesameway,youmaystillsay"
telephonecall"
(kohl)insteadof(kahl)forawhile,butthistoowillsoonpass.
Youwillalsohavetothinkaboutyourspeechmorethanyoudonow.Inthesamewaythatyouwereveryawareandself-consciouswhenyoufirstlearnedtodrive,youwilleventuallyrelaxanddealwiththevariouscomponentssimultaneously.
Anewaccentisanadventure.Bebold!
Exaggeratewildly!
YoumayworrythatAmericanswilllaughatyouforputtingonanaccent,butIguaranteeyou,theywon'
tevennotice.They'
lljustthinkthatyou'
vefinallylearnedto"
talkright."
Goodluckwithyournewaccent!
CD1-2
A
Few
Words
On
Pronunciation
AFewWordsOnPronunciation
CD1Track2
I'
dliketointroduceyoutothepronunciationguideoutlinesinthefollowingchart.Therearen'
ttoomanycharactersthataredifferentfromthestandardalphabet,butjustsoyou'
llbefamiliarwiththem,lookatthechart.Itshowseighttensevowelsandsixlaxvowelsandsemivowels.
TenseVowels?
LaxVowels?
Insomebooks,tensevowelsarecalledlongandlaxvowelsarecalledshort.Sinceyouwillbelearninghowtolengthenvowelswhentheycomebeforeavoicedconsonant,itwouldbeconfusingtosaythathenhasalong,shortvowel.Itismoredescriptivetosaythatithasalaxvowelthatisdoubledorlengthened.
Althoughthismaylooklikealotofcharacterstolearn,therearereallyonlyfournewones:
.,.,.,andü
.UnderTenseVowels,you'
llnoticethatthevowelsthatsaytheirownnamesimplyhavealineoverthem:
[ā],[ē],[ī],[ō],[ū].Therearethreeothertensevowels.First,[.],ispronouncedlikethesoundyoumakewhenthedoctorwantstoseeyourthroat,orwhenyouloosenatightbeltandsitdowninasoftchair—aaaaaaaah!
Next,you
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