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Accent Reduction & Modulation - ESL Full Steam Ahead (On-Line)
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With as few as 10 lessons many students are well on their way to flattening their accent, and smoothing over negative speech patterns, in addition to helping their voices become less choppy, less spiky, and more musical.
First lesson is free. There I can identify your speech issues and provide you with general ideas and solutions. After that my hourly rate is $30. I teach on Skype and also on Zoom.
Basics Include:
- Start your Syllables with a Consonant, when possible - example - a bra ca da bra
- Understand Voiced and Unvoiced Sounds - example - D = Voiced - T = Unvoiced
- Linking Consonants to Vowels - example - As empty as any auditorium
- Linking Consonants to Consonants - example - Ted likes Caesar salad dressing
- Linking Vowels to Vowels - example - I eye I - Very oldie albums - no obo enthusiasts
- Inter-Vowel Transitions - A-ya / E-ya / I-ya / O-wa / U-wa - example - TRIUMPH - COOPERATE
- Dipthongs - Double-Vowels - Learn all about Hidden W&Y sounds as the Key to Voice Modulation
- Words with Natural W&Y sounds - examples - STALE - STEEL - STYLE - STOOL
- General Voice Flattening - Use Boring Voice, Machine Voice & Rap Star Voice to modulate vowels
- General Musicality - Read poetry and lyrics, and sing basic songs - examples - Doe Ray Me - Home on the Range - Sing a Song of Sixpence - Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Auld Lang Syne - Ozymandius - Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Gilligan's Island - Beverly Hillbillies
- TH issues - Most standard is the Tooth-Tip-TH. But can also help people with a T/D to TH transition, which many people might prefer and consider to be more natural, for them!
- ING issues - Transform NK to NG - THINK to THING -- Practice RINGING - SINGING - BRINGING
- J issues - Transform the D-sound into the J-sound naturally. Also CH & SH issues. Plus S &Z issues. Plus T & D issues and B & V issues
R issues - Admittedly R-issues are difficult to fix. They even have Special R-Doctors to try to help. And a lot of times it is not even worth it to even try. Just joking. But do have some pretty good ideas and some reasonable drills. And even have a list of words to practice, including W to R transitions. examples - WAR to ROAR - What Rot! - WAKE / RAKE - WALK / ROCK - WARRIOR - AURORA
Presentation Practice - Mix your pronunciation into regular ESL
Tom Taylor
Accent Reduction Tutor & Voice Modulation
ESL Tutor & Practice Presentation
312-339-6350
balloons@rcn.com