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1、ImproveYourAmericanEnglishAccentCharlsieChildsTypedandeditedbytrung1906IntroductionImproveYourAmericanEnglishAccentisanaudiocoursedesignedtohelpnon-nativesunderstandandproducetheaccentsofNorthAmericanEnglishspeakers.Thecourseconsistsofsixsessionsonthreecompactdisksandth
2、isaccompanyingbooklet,whichparallelstheinformationonthedisks.Yourarestronglyencouragedtolistentoeachsessionaminimumoffivetimesbeforegoingontothenextsession.Alsotrytolistentoeachsessionatleastthreetimesbeforeyoulookatthecorrespondingtextinthisbooklet.(Manytimesnewlanguag
3、elearnershearwhattheyexpecttohear;youmaybesurprisedbywhatyoulearnwhenyoudon’thaveexpectations.)Althoughtherecordingscanbestudiedontheirown,thiswrittenguidetothematerialcoveredintheaudiosessionswillhelpreinforceyourunderstanding.Italsoservesasaquickreferencetothetrackson
4、thethreeCDs.Inthisguide,youwillfindsummariesofthekeyinstructionineachlesson,alongwithallthemodelwords,phrases,andsentencestoberepeated(markedbyÎ).Thisbookletalsoprovidesthequestionsandanswerstothemainaudioexercisesontherecording,sodonotlookatthesesectionsuntilyouhavecom
5、pletedtherelevantexerciseontherecording(atleastthreetimes).Aquickreviewofgrammarterms(Ifyouwish,there’sroomfortranslationsofthesetermsintoyourfirstlanguage.)PartsofSpeech:________________________________Noun:____________________Anamingword;e.g.,man,woman,John,sun,countr
6、y,life,action.Pronoun:__________________Awordthatsubstitutesforanoun;e.g.,it,that,I,you,us,ours.Infinitive:__________________Aword,usuallyprecededbyto,thatisusedasanoun:e.g.,tobe,togo,tohave,towork.Gerund:___________________Awordthatfinisheswith–ingthatisusedasanoun:e.g
7、.,being,living,swimming,working.Typedandeditedbytrung1906viiSingular:________________(one)Plural:___________________(morethanone)Verb:_______________AuxiliaryVerb:___________________Awordthatworkswiththemainverbinaphrase;e.g.,am,is,are,was,were,been,do,does,did,have,has
8、,had.ModalAuxiliaryVerb:_____________________Ahelpingverbthatgivesusaddedinformation;e.g.,can,could,might,shou