By Dialects, American accents

Hi,if you mean "accent reduction" I can only tell you about one book I read (course with audio CDs), which is "American Accent Training" by Ann Cook. It seems to be the best for American English. If you need something similar for other dialects, you could try to search on...

You might need an accent reduction course. Learn the sounds, learn how to connect words, learn to use a decent intonation, etc. It depends on the variety you want to learn though. For American English, I once read "American Accent Training" by Ann Cook. I found it vital for my English,...

Well, I assume that all British people know Standard English or the Queen's English as others call it.And what about the American varieties? I know there is a general American accent. But I heard there are also varieties of American English. So, are those varieties great when compared to the...

Hello, no I am not recruting for a bosnian army I am doing a report on bosnian-american accents and dialects. If anyone who is bosnian and has learned english as a second language could talk to me and hopefully send an audio of a reading THAT would be very great!!! The report is on a DVD in...

Not wishing to offend, but there's little more cringingly funny than someone who thinks they're speaking with a perfect upper-class British accent - unless it's someone who thinks they're speaking with a credible cockney accent. Don't get me wrong - there are some super-talented actors who...

You should find this wiki article on British English accents and dialects usefulYep, already finished that one yesterday. I don't know how many different English accents there are. Some areas have their own accent and even some cities/towns have their own accent. I thought you only had a few....

Hi I am a speech teacheer in Victoria BC, Canada. I have been teaching all dialects and especially American standard for many years.My name is gabrielle Contact me and I will help. Gabrielle Levin

Unless you get the accent down perfectly, it's unlikely that anyone will even be able to tell which dialect of English you learned. For example, Japanese speakers cannot make the vowel distinctions between General American and RP, nor can they pronounce their final r's, so they sound "British"...

Milky wrote:<Wouldn't that mean that the Indians then would have to learn Chinese and US English?> Depends on the competition. The Chinese and Americans now want to do business with India. Well then, you have your answer. That's precisely why Indians must learn American English. Indians...

I've heard British singers who tap their t's, pronounce the o's in "not, god, etc." like the "a" in "car", ect. Is that because they want to imitate an American Accent, then? Robbie Williams sings that way, he's British, so what kind of British accent does he have?All singers sort of lose their...