General american accent course Cape Town
Benefits:
• Increased Confidence
• Better pronunciation and presentation skills
• Be more easily understood
• Career Advancement
• Effective communication
• Listening skills
• Positive social interactions
Students Learn:
• Consonant Phonology - Rhoticity (full pronunciation of all /r/ sounds),
T-glottalization (with satin pronounced [ˈsæʔn̩], not [ˈsætn̩]),
T- and D-flapping (with metal and medal pronounced the same, as [ˈmɛɾɫ̩]),
L-velarization (with filling pronounced [ˈfɪɫɪŋ], not [ˈfɪlɪŋ]),
• Vowel Phonology - Various vowel mergers before /r/ (so that, Mary, marry, and merry are all
commonly pronounced the same),
Yod-dropping (with new pronounced /nu/, not /nju/),
Raising of pre-voiceless /aɪ/ (with price and bright using a higher vowel sound
than prize and bride),
Weak vowel merger (with affected and effected often pronounced the same),
LOT vowel mergers (the LOT–PALM merger is completed among virtually all
Americans and the LOT–THOUGHT merger among nearly half).
• Long/Short Vowels - Vowels of GA are short [ɪ, i, ʊ, u, eɪ, oʊ, ɛ, ʌ, ɔ, æ, ɑ, aɪ, ɔɪ, aʊ] when they
precede the fortis consonants /p, t, k, tʃ, f, θ, s, ʃ/ within the same syllable and
long [ɪː, iː, ʊː, uː, eːɪ, oːʊ, ɛː, ʌː, ɔː, æː, ɑː, aːɪ, ɔːɪ, aːʊ] elsewhere.
Schwa /ə/ (which is typically very short [ə̆]),
• Learning about Pure GA Vowels - [æ] [eə~ɛə~æ], [ɑ~ɑ̈], [ɑ~ɔ̞], [oʊ~ɔʊ~ʌʊ~o̞], [ɛ], [e̞ɪ~eɪ], [ə], [ɪ̞],
[i~ɪi], [ɐ~ʌ̟], [ʊ̞], [u̟~ʊu~ʉu~ɵu]
• Learning about GA Diphthongs - [äɪ] [äɪ~ɐɪ~ʌ̈ɪ], [aʊ~æʊ], [ɔɪ~oɪ]
• Learning about GA R-Colored Vowels - [ɑɹ], [ɛəɹ] [ɛɹ], [ɚ], [iəɹ~ɪəɹ] [iɹ~ɪɹ], [ɔɹ~oɹ], [ʊəɹ~oɹ~ɔɹ]
[ʊɹ~oɹ~ɔɹ]
• Understanding Intonation – nouns vs verbs
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