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Session One
1.1. Introduction to
Improve YourAmericanEnglishAccent
1.2. What’s in Session One
9 vowels (four easy ones)
9 syllables in words ... important
in North American English.
Some words that contrast these four vowel sounds:
1 10 6 11
sheet shoot shot shut
beer boot baht butt
read rude rod Rudd
keep coop cop cup
AUDIO EXERCISE: ... ask us to call your office.)
ẻ John asked us to call his office.
(He didn’t ask us to call his home.)
In Texas, we use this famous phrase as a welcome:
ẻ My house is your house.
3. 19. Lets try...
... to say 'hello' in English?
Everybody has told you all your life that it's in principle impossible to
lose or improveyour accent? Wrong. Losing youraccent does not
* You can ... won't help you at all with your
grammar. This is for the legions of you naturalized Americans who
actually speak English better than I do, but who have this irritating
accent you'd like to ... How to Lose YourAccent in (American) English
by Margaret Magnus
copyright by Margaret Magnus
all rights reserved
My...
... often in English too!
ã Once yourEnglish is good enough, go shopping in some tourist areas.
You'll find lots of shop assistants speak very good English.
ã If you can travel to an English ... more words.
For example words that rhyme with me:-
ImproveYourEnglish Speaking and English Pronunciation Skills
The first rule of speaking English is to speak clearly, concisely and use simple ... phone book, your local newspaper and your local university. Or if there
isn't one in your area - start one! Place an advertisement in your
newspaper for people interested...
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3 Easy SEO Tools to ImproveYour Website
These companies can help take the mystery out of SEO and get your site on ... out of SEO and get your site on its way to ranking higher in Google.
Boost Suite
BoostSuite is an awesome tool designed specif ically f or small businesses. It takes data f rom your
website and ... Copyblogger, Scribe lets you optimize your content, social and
search, with one tool. It tells you which topics are the most interesting and searched that are related to
your industry, so you can create...
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20
rJ
Ka-ching!
24
III
Changing
your life
28
131
Race
to the
sun
comparatives
and
superlatives
transportation
and
travel
how
long
+
take
stress
in
compound
nouns
32
PRACTICAL
ENGLISH
In
the
office
33
WRITING
Telling
a
story
34
REVIEW
&
CHECK
What
do
you
remember?
What
can
you
do?
sentence
stress
cell
phones
musl,
have
10,
should
(obligation)
aC::========================::::::========::::J
36
rJ
Modern
manners
40 ... smoke
mEII
American
English
File
Student
Book 3
Clive Oxenden
Christina Latham-Koenig
Paul
Seligson
and
Clive
Oxenden
are
the
original co-authors
of
English
File
1 (pub. 1996)
and
English
File
2 ... B
p.120.
C
3. 18
Complete the
USEFUL
PHRASES.
Listen
and
check.
d Listen again
and
repeat
the
phrases.
How
do
you
say
them
in
your
language?
USEFUL
PHRASES
SOCIAL ENGLISH
What's
going
on?
a
3. 17
Listen.
Does
Mark
decide
to
rent
the
apartment?
b...
... _
20
rJ
Ka-ching!
24
III
Changing
your life
28
131
Race
to the
sun
comparatives
and
superlatives
transportation
and
travel
how
long
+
take
stress
in
compound
nouns
32
PRACTICAL
ENGLISH
In
the
office
33
WRITING
Telling
a
story
34
REVIEW
&
CHECK
What
do
you
remember?
What
can
you
do?
sentence
stress
cell
phones
musl,
have
10,
should
(obligation)
aC::========================::::::========::::J
36
rJ
Modern
manners
40 ...
100
rJ
Can
we
make
our
own
luck?
104
I]
Murder
mysteries
108
0
Turn
it
off
third
conditional
tag
questions,
indirect
questions
phrasal
verbs
making
adjedives
and
adverbs
whot
or
thot?
compound
nouns
television,
phrasal
verbs
sentence
stress
intonation
in
tag
questions
review
of
sounds,
linking
112
PRACTICAL
ENGLISH
Everything
in
the
open
1 13
WRITING
An
article
for
a
magazine
114
REVIEW
&
CHECK
What
do
you
remember?
What
can
you
do?
116
Communication
l22
Audioscripts
130
Grammar
Bank
144
Vocabulary
Bank
157
Sound
Bank
... I her own
_______
your uncle's or aunt's children
_______
the family ofyour husband I
wife
_______
all
your relatives including aunts, grandparents,
ete.
_______
your grandparents'...
... into a glass
or
tea into a cup
3 a noise, like a
grunt
4 food (so that it goes from
your
mouth
to your stomach)
5 a word from English into
Russian
e
Are
people
in
your
country
more
like
Miranda
or
Alexander?
... B
p.120.
C
3. 18
Complete the
USEFUL
PHRASES.
Listen
and
check.
d Listen again
and
repeat
the
phrases.
How
do
you
say
them
in
your
language?
USEFUL
PHRASES
SOCIAL ENGLISH
What's
going
on?
a
3. 17
Listen.
Does
Mark
decide
to
rent
the
apartment?
b ... end?
Useful
language:
travel
problems
the flight was delayed there was a traffic
jam
your car broke down you got a flat tire
you got lost you forgot your
passport
you missed your flight
your
flight was overbooked
c
Look
at
the
list
of
possible
travel
problems
in
the
Useful
language
box
below.
Mark
them
C
if
they
refer
to
a
trip
by
car
and
P
if
they
refer
to
a
trip
by
plane.
,...