Guys! Enough of arguing how to get rid of accent :p now let's talk about how to be able to speak english with an accent :p So, what are you waiting for?! START POSTING NOW! :p lol If one can 'systematically' learn to rid of accent,

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

Perhaps to a certain extent, but accent is much more a pointer to geographic region. Very well educated (upper class) people will usually speak standard (or 'Oxford' English), but some people are proud of their origins and will keep the

There are phonetic and structural differences between Indian accents and American or British ones. The way Indians join words, the intonation patterns and weak/strong forms are all different. Phonetically Indians do not use long sounds or

1. their /v/ is weak, since they have it as an approximant, which is weaker than a fricative. In Eng, it is a fricative. Even in english, /v/ can have its approximant as an allophone: this occurs probably in phrases like "five sixty",

hmm, the problem is that your native phonology is acting as filter. Work with some accent reduction coach first; after that, try to grasp the phology of spoken American English. Work on stress, rhythm, connected speech and intonation.

. Age, race/ethnicity and gender are three key determinants of language use. Age determines the lexical choices we make, and it can determine the use of HRT (High Rising Terminal) , a feature of some English accents in which statements have a

If anyone could give me feedback on this intro, and what should or shouldn't be in there. “Age, Race/Ethnicity and Gender are the three key determinants of language use.” Discuss in relation to Australian English language and society. This

There is, I think, a difference between pronunciation and accent, though I am not quite sure what it is. Perhaps it is a question of degree. It is perfectly possible to pronounce words correctly but with different accents. Different accents may of

You need to learn to speak from scratch, as if you were a child. That means you should start to learn the vowels and the consonants, then put them together to create phonemes, then connect them to form words, then learn to join words and say short