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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction 0 1

Session 1

R and W………………………………………………….. 0 3

Session 2

Voicing, S and Z ……………………………………… 08

Session 3

TH, Voiced T………………………………………….. 11

Session 4

F and V, Sh and Voiced SH……………………….. 15

Session 5

L………………………………………………………….… 20

Session 6

Word Endings…………………………………………. 24

Session 7

DG and Ch, H………………………………………… 27

Session 8

Vowel Overview, I and EE………………………… 32

Session 9

OW and AE……………………………………………. 35

Session 10

OO, UH, EH………………………………………….. 38

Session 11

AU, AH, A……………………………………………… 41

Session 12

Tongue Twisters………………………………………. 44

Session 13

Phrase Reductions, Intonation…………………... 46

Session 14

Reading Passages……………………………………… 50

Session 15

Reading Passages……………………………………... 52

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PRONUNCIATION WORKSHOP MANUAL - Introduction

INTRODUCTION

WELCOME!

Congratulations! You are about to embark on a very exciting program. Learning

to speak English clearly, with proper pronunciation is the single most important

skill you must have to communicate efectively in today’s world market. he

Pronunciation Workshop Video Training Program will enhance your English

speaking abilities and vocal skills, improve your self-conidence and will greatly

increase your chances for success.

his course is based on years of linguistic research and has produced dramatic

results for thousands of individuals around the globe. It is designed to help you

sound “ more American ” for oral presentations, interviews, teaching, business

situations, telephone conversations and general daily communication.

When a person learns English as a Second Language, they are speaking English

“iltered” through their irst language. hey are using their native language’s

“speech rules” of pronunciation (and oten grammar) on their new language…

hey are not aware of the American set of “speech rules”. his is basically what

the Pronunciation Workshop program teaches you… “he Speech Rules of

American English”.

here are many schools and classes which teach English all around the world;

however, very few of them address the “speech rules” that you will learn in this

course. his is because many of the teachers who are providing English training,

do not know of these “speech rules”. Many of them are even making errors

themselves and teaching them to you! We hear this daily from our clients.

When you were a child and learned your irst language, you constructed a mental

inventory of your native language’s speech sounds. hose sounds became a part

of your speech repertoire. Unfortunately, you are now inserting these speech

sounds into your English. Today, when you speak English, you reach into that

inventory and come out with many substitute sounds, something that is close,

but nonetheless incorrect. hese repeated errors in conversation oten cause you

to be misunderstood.

Some people call what we do “Foreign Accent Reduction”…this is not quite

accurate, for you are not reducing your foreign accent...you are actually gaining

an American Accent - - you are adding new sounds and new “speech rules” to

your speech inventory.

While you progress through this program, you will be learning things you were

never aware of before. You most likely will ind yourself saying, “Wow! I never

PRONUNCIATION WORKSHOP MANUAL - Session 1

PRONUNCIATION WORKSHOP MANUAL - Introduction

knew that!” Changing your old speech habits takes time. At irst you may

possibly be apprehensive using the learned techniques. However, eventually you

will relax and the words and sounds will low smoothly and clearly on their own.

Once you complete each session, it should not be your objective to start speaking

diferently right away. Your focus should be on listening to the sounds of your

speech and the speech of those around you. For example, when you say “ T ank

you” instead of “ h ank you”, your focus should not be on saying it correctly…but

rather, “Oops – I just said that word wrong…I should have used a TH sound”. It is

this AWA R E N E S S that will eventually lead you to the improved pronunciation

skills you are striving for.

Each video training session has its own accompanying chapter in this manual

with practice material. You will notice during the video classes that I oten speak

slowly and exaggerate certain target sounds. I do this purposely so that you

can ‘hear’ and understand what I am teaching you. I recommend that you try

practicing the material a little everyday using the learned techniques. Practice

speaking VERY SLOWLY, out loud, in a strong voice and exaggerate the mouth

movements. You will be retraining the muscles of your mouth and tongue to

move in new and diferent ways while mastering your new pronunciation

patterns. heoretically, once you understand the concepts and have retrained

yourself, eventually these new speech patterns will progress into your own

spontaneous conversational rapid speech.

To receive maximum beneits, we recommend that you take our course over a

period of two to three months, focusing on one session per week. Try to practice

daily with the videos.

he program you are about to begin was created to help people “sound American”

for the purposes of teaching, interviewing, lecturing, business and general

daily communication. Although America has many regional pronunciation

diferences, the accent you will learn is that of standard American English as

spoken and understood by the majority of educated native speakers.

Changing your old speech habits takes time. At irst, the information presented

on the videos may seem unusual, but eventually, you will see that these techniques

will transform your speech, providing you with clearer, more intelligible English

speaking abilities.

Good Luck and have fun! I hope you enjoy this program as much as I enjoy

teaching it!

Paul S. Gruber MS, CCC-SLP

Speech Language Pathologist

PRONUNCIATION WORKSHOP MANUAL - Session 1

SESSION1

THIS SESSION COVERS:

Consonant ‘R’

Consonant ‘W’

Two things to remember

when making an American ‘R’ sound…

• Your mouth and lips come forward, like you are going to kiss.

• Your tongue moves back in your mouth, NOT forward.

‘ R’ at the beginning of words

Rock

Rip

Reach

Road

Rain

Rich

Rome

Raise

Robe

Rice

‘ R’ at the end of words or after a vowel

Car

Far

Star

Door

Bear

Four

Air

Year

Turn

Poor

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