A Course of American English Pronunciation

Ton Broeders

Book Title: A Course of American English Pronunciation

Subtitle: A Practical Application of American English Phonetics

by Ton Broeders

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Book Description: This pronunciation textbook helps learners of American English achieve a natural, near-native General American accent by providing audio files from native speakers . Although the book offers no feedback as such, the theory behind it is described in the Open Textbook "An Introduction to American English Phonetics" and users will improve their accent by listening to the audio files provided and then comparing and contrasting their own pronunciation to that of the model native speakers

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This pronunciation textbook supports the American English Phonetics course as taught by the English Department of Radboud University Nijmegen. The theory behind these exercises is described in the Open Textbook “An Introduction to American English Phonetics.” The exercises allow users to listen to a model native speaker and to record their own versions for comparison. The book offers a choice of male and female models. It does not provide feedback, as RU students receive this in their tutorials. Users can learn from listening to the models and then comparing and contrasting their own pronunciation to that of the model native speakers.

Text and exercises were originally written and edited by Ton Broeders. Recordings were made at The University of California at Berkeley. The course has been taught since the start of the American Studies program in 1988. Former teachers were Susan Davidsmeyer, Emily Embree, Joe Niski, and Victoria Urkewich; current teacher is Nicole Verberkt.

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Title: A Course of American English Pronunciation
Author: Ton Broeders
Illustrator: Farah de Koning
Contributors: Carlos Gussenhoven and Nicole Verberkt
License: A Course of American English Pronunciation Copyright © by Ton Broeders is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Primary Subject: Language and Linguistics
Additional Subject(s): Language acquisition, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, Language self-study, Language learning: speaking skills, Language learning: listening skills, Language learning for academic, technical and scientific purposes
Institution: Radboud University
Publisher: Radboud University
Publisher City: Nijmegen