Speak Up! (R): Spanish Accent Elimination Program: Learn to Speak Standard American English

By Sam Chwat

Book Overview

An audio/book course designed to help native and non-native speakers eliminate strong accents. Author Sam Chwat is a speech coach for major stage and screen actors such as Robert DeNiro and Kathleen Turner. Package includes: 3 hours of instruction and pronunciation exercises on cassette, and a 288-page book with instructions, diagrams, and exercises.

• Format: Audio Cassette
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517592339
• ISBN13: 9780517592335
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Living Language
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 4.5" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Learn sonidos en english que no exist en español

Well, I'd like to say that this is a good book for any Spanish-Speaking person who wants to improve his/her pronunciation. This book basically shows the reader the differences between the English and the Spanish sounds. The first part of the book covers consonant sounds that doesn't exist in the Spanish language; consonants such as "th," "v," "z." The second part has to do with vowel sounds, and it shows the reader how differenciate the sounds between words like: seat & sit, feel & fill, pool and pull, leave live, etc. Finally the last part of the book points out some techniques and recommendations to become more fluent in spoken english. Yo recomendaría éste libro para cualquiera que desee tener una idea mas clara de como los americanos producen los sonidos al hablar, pero de todas maneras creo yo que aparte de saber ésto, es necesaria la conversación continua con alguna person que sea fluente en inglés.