American Accent Made Easy - Mastering the American Accent

The first and most important American Accent drill focuses on Placement of the accent and developing a crisp and resonant American 'R' sound.

This drill focuses on the important ER sound and how to develop and maintain the sound without pushing it too hard.

In this drill we focus on the Plosive sounds in the American Accent which ensure we finish and articulate all our words.

This drill focuses on the SH Sound commonly found in the American accent.

This drill focuses on the CH Sound. An often neglected sound, the CH sound will ensure you don't drop a beat with your American accent.

A full run through of the American Accent Drills. This chapter allows you to see the what the drills look and sound like when done in one go, and also allows you to follow along by pausing the tape and trying it for yourself.

One of, if not the most important lessons in this video series. Its no good having words that sound American if you don't speak with an American Rhythm. This lessons breaks down the elements of the American Rhythm.

In this lesson, we apply all the rules we learned in the previous chapter to a section of a monologue from the film Good Will Hunting. We watch American Rhythm in action.

The key to a flawless American Accent is to perfect your Downward Inflection. In this lesson, we learn tips and tricks to ensure we always inflect down, and when it is okay to have a slight upward inflection.

One of the pillars of the American Accent, the Ou to Ah shift will give you the understanding as to why words like "job" and "long" and "rocks" sound so different in an American accent.

This fun little Technical skill will allow you to take your accent from 'great' to absolutely 'perfect'.

In this chapter, we learn how and when to soften the T sounds in words by substituting them with a soft D sound.

Similarly to the previous chapter, we learn how and when to substitute a soft E sound when there is a strong "i" sound in words.

Throughout the lessons we have talked about the fact that American embellish their words. This chapter showcases the exact reason why that is the case, and how we can get a strong grasp of the technique.

As we get into the specifics of the American Accent, we learn which words go from being single syllable to double syllables.

You are at the conclusion of this video series! In this chapter, we revise what we have learned, and I give you some helpful tips to ensure that your American Accent stays perfect moving forward.

In this chapter, I cover some common words used in the IT industry. By perfecting these words, your communication with co-workers and clients will dramatically improve.

Learn how to harness the TH sound for the American accent. Here we cover the Voiced TH and the Voiceless TH sounds.

In this lesson, I go over the American pronunciation of 120+ words you commonly use in your daily life. In areas such an college, school, the office, work, entertainment, exercise, eating, etc.