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    Accent Reduction - Tips: S That Is Produced As A Cries Beds Rays /Z/ S That Sounds Like An /S/ Hits Tacks Bells

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    1. English flows together with words connecting. Separating each word can sound robotic. 2. The 'th' sound is found by looking in a mirror and saying phrases with 'th' sounds. The tongue should stick out a bit between the teeth. 3. Listening to audiobooks provides good examples of clear English pronunciation. This helps train the ear to understand English without an accent.

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    1. English flows together with words connecting. Separating each word can sound robotic. 2. The 'th' sound is found by looking in a mirror and saying phrases with 'th' sounds. The tongue should stick out a bit between the teeth. 3. Listening to audiobooks provides good examples of clear English pronunciation. This helps train the ear to understand English without an accent.

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    1. English flows together with words connecting. Separating each word can sound robotic. 2. The 'th' sound is found by looking in a mirror and saying phrases with 'th' sounds. The tongue should stick out a bit between the teeth. 3. Listening to audiobooks provides good examples of clear English pronunciation. This helps train the ear to understand English without an accent.

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    Accent Reduction - Tips

    1. English flows. It has been said that the rhythm of English is like that of jazz. Often
    new speakers of English are told to slow down, this can actually cause more difficulty. English
    words are often connected as in how-are you The first two words sound like one. If you
    separate each word you will end up sounding robotic.

    2. The /th/ sound, this one is not found in many languages, with the exception of
    Greek and Castilian Spanish. The good news is that it is easy to see in the mirror. Look in the
    mirror and whisper this sentence. He thought a bath would be a good thing. You should see
    your tongue sticking out just a bit between your teeth 3 times. The most common mistake is
    to replace /th/ with a /d/ or /t/. Just move that tongue out a bit and you will have it.

    3. Listen to a book on tape. This will be an excellent example of English spoken well.
    Listening to well produced English is one of the best things you can do for yourself. Training
    the ear to stop hearing with an accent is crucial to accent modification success.

    4. How about that /r/? The American /r/ is different than most. There is no contact
    from the tongue to any other part of the mouth when producing the /r/ sounds. Just curl the
    tongue tip back and let the air flow out around it.

    5. Here is a simple tip about /s/ and /z/. Often in American English we like to write s
    and then produce a /z/. This often happens in the final position of words. If an s follows a
    vowel or a silent sound at the end of a word it is produced as a /z/. Here are some examples.
    s that is produced as a /z/ s that sounds like an /s/
    cries hits
    beds tacks
    rays bells

    6. Devoicing. What is this? It is a common problem that English language learners


    display and one that makes a big impact on their intelligibility (the ability for others to
    understand you). There are two kind of consonants those that are voiced; b, d, g, l, m; n; ng,
    r, z, v, w, y, and sometimes th. Then there are those that are voiceless or unvoiced, h, k, p, t,
    s, and sometimes th. How can you tell the difference? Place you index and middle finger at
    the hollow of you neck, near the base. Say each sound in the voiced consonant there will be
    a slight vibration while in the unvoiced there should be no vibration. Pay attention to the
    final sound in words. If it is a voiced consonant be sure that your vocal cords are vibrating!
    Practice with the following pairs:
    bad/bat tab/tap bus/buzz
    rod/rot bag/back lace/laze
    lab/lap beg/beck

    7. Record yourself. Then transcribe it. This means write down exactly what you
    said as you hear it. Dont write what you meant to say, but write what you did say. For
    example you record this sentence: I think the bed is too soft. But you actually said I dink
    da bet iss doo sof. Then write it like that. Then look for your errors. In this example the
    speaker changed th to d, the voiced d, to the voiceless t, the z sound in the word is was
    changed to s, and the final t in soft was dropped. This exercise will help you to identify
    which sounds you need to practice.

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