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The American Accent Course DVD’s

by | Jun 17, 2009 | Uncategorized

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

by | Jun 1, 2009 | Uncategorized

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...

Pronunciation of “mirror”

by | May 17, 2009 | Uncategorized

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...

American Accent Video

by | May 15, 2009 | Uncategorized

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...

held consonants (stops)

by | May 7, 2009 | Uncategorized

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...

“CAN” or “CAN’T”?

by | Apr 15, 2009 | Uncategorized

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...