American Accent Training With Audio by ann cook

Author:ann cook
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-07T16:00:00+00:00

Now you decide which words should be emphasized. Write a normal, everyday sentence with at least seven words and put it through as many changes as possible. Try to make a pitch change for each word in the sentence and think about how it changes the meaning of the entire sentence.

(Answers will vary.)

Exercise 1-22: Yes, You Can or No, You Can’t?

Track 42

Next, you use a combination of intonation and pronunciation to make the difference between can and can’t. Reduce the positive can to k’n and stress the verb. Make the negative can’t (kæn (t)) sound very short and stress both can’t and the verb. This will contrast with the positive, emphasized can, which is doubled—and the verb is not stressed. If you have trouble with can’t before a word that starts with a vowel, such as open, put in a very small (d)—The keys kæn(d) open the locks. Repeat.

I can do it.

I k’n do it

positive

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