American Accent Training (Book and Audio CD, 2nd Edition) by Ann Cook

Product Description

The second edition of the highly acclaimed American Accent Training, now on 5 audio CDs, is for foreign-born students and business people working, traveling or studying in the United States and Canada. Through extensive intonation and pronunciation exercises, students learn how to speak with a standard American Accent. At the same time, listening comprehension improves dramatically. Supplementary materials included detailed nationality guides for eight languages (Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Spanish, French, German, Russian and Korean), access to a comprehensive website, and referral to a qualified telephone analyst for an individual diagnostic speech analysis. Also included are colored markers for written exercises, and a mirror to practice accurate pronunciation.
Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #2769 in Books
Published on: 2000-09-01
Number of items: 1
Binding: Paperback
210 pages
Customer Reviews

an excellent book, worth so much and cost so little
This book is excellent. I have taken a couple of ESL classes, and learned some basic thing. But I forgot most of the things when classes were over. with this book, I can repeat listening again and again. Not only that, the content of this book is also super. It covers more details and aspects than what was taught in my ESL classes.

the bad is I have several bad tracks on my CDs. My player always pauses on these bad tracks and could not go through.

Very Good for ESL
I would like to recommend this book to ESL students. It helps me improve my accent and pronunciation. Learning from this book gives me lot more confidence to talk with native speakers.

Not the best resource if you want to understand rules of the language
I have tried two products, and to be honest this one didn't fulfill my expectations at all. So, if you really want to learn and improve your accent and understand the rules of the language at the same time don't buy this product. The narrative is tooooo fast, so you have to pause like every 10 seconds which doesn't help at all especially when you try to concentrate. The information in the book is too extensive, and change subjects too fast. I don't recommend this product, unless your accent just need a "little work". As ESL person, didn't work for me !!