"A baby can do what that Ph.D student could not," says Ms. Cook. "Mamaese is an exaggeration of vowel sounds and pitch change, and baby talk is the nascent...
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aatinstructors
May 17, 2002 3:02 pm
What is an Accent? "This is a fascinating!" enthuses Ms. Cook. "It is an elusive and very individual topic. Every person speaks in some way slightly ...
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aatinstructors
May 17, 2002 3:36 pm
Ms. Cook wrote "American Accent Training," which is a number one best seller. She uses her methods to host seminars for Fortune 500 companies for call center...
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vuqpham
May 19, 2002 4:47 pm
Hi all, I am learning English by watching ( & listening to ) CNN channels. My current purposes mostly are listening and speaking ( of course with American...
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vuqpham
May 19, 2002 4:47 pm
Dear AAT, When I meet a new word, I often use www.m-w.com for its audio pronunciation. Is it English accent or American English accent ? Thanks, Vu...
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aatinstructors
May 19, 2002 4:48 pm
What is the most difficult American English sound for you to make and why?...
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americanaccenttraining
americanacce...
May 20, 2002 4:54 pm
Closed captioning is a fantastic advantage for people who are studying English. As you mentioned, you have two goals in using the captions. When you are...
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Jeyanthi G
jey_g2002
May 20, 2002 4:55 pm
Hi- I am Jey. If I may answer question, it would be R, especially as it is pronounced in world, girl, Carl etc., H used to be an issue, but then learnt that I...
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carolinestan
May 20, 2002 4:59 pm
... and ... For me, it's the "th" sound. Sometimes it is easy when I say it individually, but when I use it in a sentence, I trip over my own tongue....
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Mike
madballru
May 20, 2002 5:01 pm
I just joined this mailing list and I would like to thank Ann Cook for inviting me, I really feel honored! I run a small private English school in Siberia,...
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vuqpham
May 20, 2002 5:01 pm
... and ... I am a Vietnames, and I got difficulty for sounds of lax vowels. I think Vietnamese has no lax vowel. Vu...
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Vu Pham
vuqpham
May 20, 2002 10:50 pm
Thanks. After reading the AAT chapter of T, I 've tried listening w/o caption and I did recognize this. I used to wonder why my son ( 8-year old ) keeps saying...
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HK
hellokali
May 20, 2002 10:50 pm
... Not every 'th' in a sentence need to be pronounced as such. E.g. the rest of them, [th'resd;v;m] (;=schwa, sorry I couldn't find a schwa key on my ...
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Jeyanthi G
jey_g2002
May 20, 2002 11:03 pm
Hi- I am Jey. If I may answer question, it would be R, especially as it is pronounced in world, girl, Carl etc., H used to be an issue, but then learnt that I...
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kickindaspeaker
May 21, 2002 12:06 am
... audio ... Sounds american to me. I also like to use http://dictionary.msn.com/ David....
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kickindaspeaker
May 21, 2002 12:07 am
Definitely, 'R'. I am French and have had problems with various vowels and consonants, but after 4 years living in the US, the only one I can't seem to work...
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Kumuda Gulugungi
kumuda1948
May 21, 2002 3:44 am
I am from India. Really I have very difficult to pronounce the 'R' and 'TH'American sounds. I listened CD with book daily. I learned some good sentences. I ...
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aatinstructors@...
aatinstructors
May 21, 2002 4:19 am
Congratulations on your success with the book! Did you know the class only takes one hour a week? =O) Keep up the great work!...
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Nick Kriukov
nickkriukov
May 21, 2002 3:49 pm
Hi Jey, I'd like to find our everything about the [r]sound. How to say it most correctly? What's the position of the tongue? how should it sound like? Ann Cook...
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Nick Kriukov
nickkriukov
May 21, 2002 3:49 pm
Hey Mike, I am Russian, currently live in Nizhny Novgorod! I really don't have sound files but run a small educational site called LearnIt! the address is ...
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HK
hellokali
May 21, 2002 3:49 pm
... Is this a teleclass or in-person class?...
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HK
hellokali
May 21, 2002 3:50 pm
David, I had to go from the US R to the French R, so maybe I could try to tell you my experience of the two. They are similar in that the tongue goes in the ...
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Nick Kriukov
nickkriukov
May 21, 2002 3:51 pm
Hi you all, As for the silent T like in twenty, plenty, and any combination vowel+nt+unstressed vowel within one word ("advantage"), or vowel+nt+next word...
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Nick Kriukov
nickkriukov
May 21, 2002 3:51 pm
Hi, Can you clarify the situation with [a:] and [o] that has been troubling me for long and yet nobody has given a definite answer. Does it always happen in...
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americanaccenttraining
americanacce...
May 21, 2002 3:52 pm
The American R is a funny sound ... so easy for us, yet so difficult for others. There are a couple of ways to approach this to make it a litle easier for you....
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aatinstructors@...
aatinstructors
May 21, 2002 4:06 pm
Good question. The American Accent Training course is a teleclass that lasts one hour a week for 24 weeks. Our students report exceptional progress in both...
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Vesselina Koleva
kolevav_2000
May 22, 2002 12:00 am
How can I sign for this class? When does it take place? During the week, days, nights...? How much does it cost? VK ... ...
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kickindaspeaker
May 22, 2002 12:02 am
... as you would ... Thanks Hel. Where are you from? Well, actually, I kinda do what you described when spelling a word containing Rs. Also, I usually let my...
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marbatis
May 22, 2002 12:02 am
Hello everyone, My name is Marcelo. I am from Brazil but I have lived in US from 3 years now. I still have problems with words ending in "THs" like paths,...
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kickindaspeaker
May 22, 2002 12:02 am
... difficult ... AND YOU FIND THAT FUNNY? ;-) just kidding, hahaha. Thanks a lot for the help. So what you are saying is that the tongue is rolling back so...
