Lisa’s Blog
Practicing the American Accent with TV scripts
You can find a lot of different film and TV scripts on line. An excellent way to practice your American Accent is to have the script while you are watching the show/movie. That way, you can underline difficult words and sounds and make various marks for melody and...
The American Accent Videos Are Here!
The videos are available for purchase finally. Go to AccurateEnglish.com and click on the DVD's link.The video course is called: "The American Accent Course - 50 Rules You Must Know"There are 4 different videos: 1. Vowels2. Consonants3. Rhythm Stress and Intonation4....
The American Accent Course DVD’s
Thank you all for your patience regarding the release of the American Accent Training videos. There have been a few delays related to the production/uploading on the website etc.The technical side of things often takes longer than expected.They should be available for...
grammar book I recommend
Paulo from Italy wrote and asked which grammar book I recommend. My favorite advanced book is "Understanding and Using English Grammar." by Azar. When I taught at Santa Monica College I often had students buy that book. I love it. I have never found a better grammar...
Pronunciation of “mirror”
Paolo asked:hi, i'm italian and i have trouble pronouncing "mirror", any suggestion?paoloMy answer:There are some words that are hard to pronounce even by native speakers. "Mirror," "horror" and "murderer" are examples. In my opinion, "mirror" rhymes with the word...
American Accent Video
My new American Accent instructional video will finally be available for sale in about a week. Students have been asking me to make one for years. They want to be able to see the mouth movements rather than just hear them on CD. Well, finally it's been done! I think...
held consonants (stops)
Alex asks another question:You mention in the book that many of the final stops are not realeased. Are they "p", "b", "t", "d" and "g" only? Also are they still not released in the plural form of words that ends in "s" e.g. "stops"? Hi Alex,Yes, those are the primary...
“CAN” or “CAN’T”?
A reader named Alex asked the following question:"Hello Lisa, I find one of the biggest differences between the British and the American accents is how "can't" is pronounced which I also find the trickest for us trying to learn the American accent. I just can't really...
Asking Americans to help you with your accent?
Native speakers of English will usually gladly help you to pronounce words that you are struggling with or answer questions you have about the American accent. This is great and you should use this opportunity. But here are some things you consider first:1. Most...