Of course both those books have CD's. Without CD's those books would be worthless... Both books are especially about intonation, linking words, reduced sounds and something about pronunciation you can hardly find in books on American

Am really struggling with my accent...English people can't really understand some words what am saying...So any body advice me how to change my accent? You might need an accent reduction course. Learn the sounds, learn how to connect words,

Hi, hmm, good question! I think I say bed or and better the same, but it depend on the context (that is, it mainly depends on the intonation of the sentence they are in). I could buy a mirror, or a wardrobe or... hmm, a bed or ... hmm, maybe some

Hi Jim, I noticed this, and remembered something I read on that book, "American Accent Training". I didn't pay much attention to that part, because I then found out that there were a lot of exceptions, so many that it made no sense to consider any

Hi, So what would you advise Kooyeen with regard to the pronunciation of the words he asked about? As far as specific lexical items are concerned, I would advise him to look them up in an American dictionary. More generally, I would

Cvilla wrote: Anonymous wrote: I believe that I haven't missed anything. I think that you don't understand the concept clearly.I agree that (nothing new here) an intonation is one of the most important part of any accent. But in your example

Anonymous wrote: I believe that I haven't missed anything. I think that you don't understand the concept clearly.I agree that (nothing new here) an intonation is one of the most important part of any accent. But in your example it is related to

"You knew your brother did a bad thing, did you?" "You knew your brother did a bad thing, did you ?" Is the difference between those two an accent matter, or a pronunciation matter? Neither. The intonation is the key. You have

Just some additional comments. CalifJim wrote: First of all, I didn't think it was awful. (I mostly listened, not watching.) The following are some observations. It think that depends on your taste. For some people it's awful; for others

If you want to work in Europe or Asia, British accent (RP) is the best to learn. If you plan to work in the US, learn American accent. People at Wall Street usually laugh at the British behind their back. If you want to get the British accent, try