کتاب American Accent Training را باید یکی از بهترین کتاب‌هایی دانست که از انتشارات بارونز در حوزه آموزش تلفظ زبان انگلیسی منتشر شده است.کتاب حاضر شامل 17 فصل می‌باشد که در هر فصل به نکات تخصصی آموزش پرداخته شده است. در طول کتاب تمارینی ارائه گردیده و در پایان کتاب پاسخ این تمارین ارائه شده است. در فصول پایانی نیز یک فصل به مدرسین اختصاص یافته تا با روش‌های آموزش آشنا شوند. و همچنین نکات و خطاهای تلفظی 11 ملیت نیز در فصول پایانی ارائه شده است
از نکات بسیار مثبت و بارز این مجموعه این است که شامل 452 فایل صوتی است که تمامی کتاب را به صورت خط به خط با دو صدای مرد و زن تلفظ نموده است.
A great training tool for classroom or for personal use! In recent years, Barron's American Accent Training has gained wide respect as a self-teaching program, but more and more speech trainers, teachers, and speech therapists report that they are also using it as a valuable teaching tool in their speech classes. This new edition now comes with downloadable audio. The program goes where no American accent training tool has gone before, providing highly innovative instruction for both students and business people. The structure of the book has been reorganized, offering students a much more clear and direct sequence of lessons and a path to better understanding The downloadable audio component features professional male and female voices that have been carefully selected to represent authentic American pronunciation and intonation Pronunciation exercises encompass all vowel sounds, consonants, blends, and diphthongs Emphasis on linking, or phonetically transcribed sound liaisons, help students "see" the correct sounds Designed for foreign-born students and business people working, traveling, or studying in the United States and Canada Supplementary materials include detailed nationality guides for 11 languages (Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Korean, Arabic, the U.S. Southern accent, and African languages). More valuable features include access to a comprehensive website, and referral to a qualified telephone analyst for an individual diagnostic speech analysis
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