Crossroads Accent Reduction The Crossroad See It and Say It Accent Reduction series is designed to improve the pronunciation of English vowels, consonants, consonant clusters, syllables, and words for both general and specific audiences. Practical, entertaining, user-friendly, interactive drills and exercises make learning easy and fun.
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The SEE IT & SAY IT PROGRAM is the only English language accent correction program that concentrates on both the pronunciation problems of specific language groups as well as offering a program that focuses on students with monolingual language backgrounds. Available languages in the specific language series are: Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese. The monolingual accent reduction series is designed for ESL/EFL language students with diverse language backgrounds from Africa, Asia, Europe, The Middle East, and Latin America.
The series opens with a lively interactive presentation of the letters of the English alphabet. Emphasis is on how to pronounce the letters for the spelling of names, addresses, and technical terms.
The different sounds of American English consonants and vowels are pronounced in the context of a word. A closeup of lips pronouncing each word is presented and then a representation of the word (image or photo) is given, thereby providing vocabulary items for all levels of learners.
A series of close-ups indicate the proper position of the tongue, teeth, and lips, when pronouncing specific consonants. Practical self-correcting drills help to diminish native language interference. Entertaining vignettes make contrasting words easy to remember.
A series of close-ups indicating the correct position of the tongue, teeth, and lips guide the student in properly pronouncing initial and final position clusters. Practical self-correcting drills and exercises complete this segment.
Interactive recognition exercises require the student to identify which of two vowels was pronounced. This segment concludes with additional drills and quizzes that reinforce concepts covered earlier. SYLLABLE / WORD STRESS and BLENDING. Practical guidelines for syllable and word stress are introduced and examples of blending are given.
Practical exercises and drills provide immediate remedies for specific pronunciation problems.
30 Problem Consonants and initial & final consonant clusters
P vs B F vs V Th vs Z Th vs D T vs D W vs V Th vs F S vs Z K vs G L vs R Th vs S B vs V Y vs J T vs Ch D vs J or G
12 problem vowels /a/ vs /ae/ cot vs cat /E/ vs /ae/ bet vs bat /ae/ vs // bat vs but /iy/ vs /i/ beat vs bit /i/ vs /E/ bit vs bet /e/ vs /E/ bait vs bet
Additional Features • Review of accent, stress, & blending • Expanded “L” & “R” segment
3 Video Cassettes or 3 DVDs (Approximate Running Time: 55 minutes each volume)
This series is ideal for both classroom and individual use.
Crossroads Accent Reduction for Specific Language Groups on DVD and VHS
Crossroads Accent Reduction for Monolingual Language Groups DVD and VHS
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