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American Accent Training

Speech Rhythm is Your Key to Success

"The R.A.p. Method" Rhythmic~Accent~Practice

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•The R.a.p. Method Rhythmic~Accent~Practice

•Listen to the Rhythm.

•Mimic the pronunciation.

•Repeat with the speaker.

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Simple

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Easy

• Easy to follow lessons with a clear structure. • Grammar presented in simple pattern groups instead of topic focused content.

• Essentials for effective & strong conversation skills: Question Patterns & Everyday Expressions

• Simple repetitive audio recordings for effective accent practice.

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What's Inside Lang~Loops Courses?HEY!


1- Question Patterns for the foundations of good conversation.• Asking Questions is your key to good conversation, strong communication skills & self directed

learning. Lang~Loops offers a clear consistent structure covering everyday Conversation Questions.

• Developing learners, can learn how to use Language Questions to keep conversation going smoothly

while still learning.

Overview of Lang~Loops CoursesHEY!

• Lang~Loops Pattern-Courses focus on 3 kinds of patterns.

Sound &

Pronunciation

Simple

Grammar Patterns

Everyday

Questions

2- Sound Patterns for the foundation of Natural Speech Rhythm.• Audio lessons focus on a simple practice method of copying natural speech with

repetition to develop speech mechanics specific to English pronunciation.

This builds a needed "Sound Memory" for fluency.

3- Grammar Patterns are presented in groupings for easy recognition.• Everyday phrases are presented in simple grammar pattern groups

instead of topic focused content. This makes seeing essential

grammar super easy!


Overview of Lang~Loops Courses.HEY!

•You will really be amazed how quickly you can expand your

English conversational skills for 100‘s of useful everyday phrases the way you always dreamed of.

• All Courses are structured with module sets for easy navigation.

• Each Lang~Loops Course contains many modules. Modules help us organize lots of course content with cool colors and a consistent layout for quick reference.

We'll show you our code number system in the next slide.

• Inside each Module there are numerous Lessons and Slides.

Each course uses one main phrase pattern of that course. Each module uses this main pattern while featuring one of the 7 Key Questions words. (How?~What?~When?~Where?~Why?~Who?~Which?)

• Each individual audio recording is a complete Lesson.• Each complete lesson contains one or more text Slides.

• Each slide is the written part of the lesson with the Phonetic-Sound-Spellings, lesson notes and practice tips.

Modules

Slides

Courses

Lessons


Overview of Lang~Loops Courses.HEY!

•You will really be amazed how quickly you can expand your

English conversational skills for 100‘s of useful everyday phrases the way you always dreamed of.

• The simple label codes below are used in all courses.

• C1 = Course 1

• M1 = Module 1

• L1 = Lesson 1

• S1 = Slide 1

• Ex: Sample Course Code: C1-M2-L3-S4

= Course1 - Module2 - Lesson3 - Slide4

• In order to organize all that cool stuff in your Lang~Loops courses we need a code system. Below is a snap shot of what you'll see inside each course.

• Slides are individual pages in each PDF• Downloadable mp3 audio recordings are complete lessons.

Modules

Text

Slides

Full

Courses

Audio

Lessons

• Lang~Loops use a letter + number code system to organize our many lessons.


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•Module •M1

•Slide 3 •S3

GENERAL LANG~LOOPS INFORMATION

PHONETICSOUNDSPELLINGS

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Practice Tips~ here

Lesson Content & Phonetic-Sound-Spellings

here

Written Sentences

here

Focus Content

Course Navigation Codes

Content Category

Always

Easy

Always

Awesome!

Lesson Slide

Layout

Lesson Notes: here


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Lesson Notes: •1 PATTERN: Question Helper Verb + Subject + Verb.•2 Remember, every time the helper verb is a verb "to be" the next main verb will always be an "ING" verb.•3 Confirmation questions can also be less direct than than a straight question.

8a-You're kidding, right?8b-Yer kid˛in, right?9a-You're joking, right?9b-Yer jo˛kin, right?10a-Tha˛t´suh joke, right? 10b-Thi˛si´zuh joke, right?

Practice Tips~•1 Statements can be turned into a question with an ending rising tone or a ending question word.

•2 Intonation is completely individual with each speaker. Sometimes a strong rising tone with a question tag word indicates a strong interest or curiosity.

WRITTEN SENTENCES

8a-You're kidding, right?8b-Yer kiddin, right?9a-You're joking, right?9b-Yer jokin , right?10a-That's a joke, right? 10b- This is a joke, right?

•Module-1 •M1

•Slide-5 •S5

PHONETICSOUNDSPELLINGS

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QUESTIONS

Modules are

different colors

Always the

same layout

This is a

Sample

Lesson Slide


• Pattern~Courses use one main phrase lead in 8 essential question patterns.

Overview of Lang~Loops course structure.HEY!

• M2 - How? Questions• M3 - What? Questions

• M1 - Main Question Pattern

• M4 - When? Questions

• M6 - Why? Questions• M7 - Who? Questions

• M5 - Where? Questions

• M9 - Negatives, Slang & Strong Expressions*• M8 - Which? Questions

Pattern~Course 2.0

• Did you...?

Sample

Pattern~Course

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•M2 •Module2 •Conversation Statements

•M3 •Module3 •Expressive Interjections

•M1 •Module1 •Conversation Questions

•M4 •Module4 •Slang & Strong Expressions*

• Mini~Courses use one main expression or vocabulary set in 4 different phrase types.

Overview of Lang~Loops course structure.HEY!

Mini~Course 1.0 • Joking & Kidding

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What's Inside Lang~Loops Courses?HEY!

• You'll see that speech practice with Lang~Loops is really simple. It all starts with your experience with sound.

• The best way for you to improve fast, is to start your speech practice now & ask direct questions from your own experience with Lang-Loops.

• Check out the next slides with tips and instructions.

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•The R.a.p. Method Rhythmic~Accent~Practice


Basic Guide for Using Lang~Loops.HEY!

• BASIC PRACTICE GUIDE

• Listen closely to the speakers Pronunciation, Intonation, new Sounds & Speech Rhythm.

• Mimic the speaker. Match your voice with the speakers. ~try to copy it exactly as you hear it.

• Repeat each looped phrase immediately as you hear it.

• Read the “Phonetic~Sound~Spellings” to study important sound details of spoken English.

• Ask direct questions on any lesson at Sound Cloud to receive personal help and feed back.

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1 • Use earphones to get the best sound details for faster learning.

2 • Listen with only one ear or cover one ear to hear your own voice.

3 • Hearing new pronunciation sounds clearly takes time and concentration. Focus on producing the Rhythm of speech and sound even if accurate pronunciation takes a little longer. Speech Rhythm Practice is a physical exercise.

• SIMPLE LISTENING TIPS

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1 • If a loop seems too fast to repeat with the speaker, try to practice only half the phrase

until you can match the pronunciation. Then work on the 2nd half of the phrase in the

same way –then repeat the full phrase together. It will only take a few attempts to speak

it all together.

2 • If a lesson section seems too slow or easy, then

repeat it 2-3 times for rhythm practice before the

next phrase. The more you repeat the faster you'll

develop more natural English Speech Rhythm.

Repetition is the simple secret to fluency.

• TIPS ABOUT REPETITION SPEED

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Phonetic~Sound~Spellings & Definitions.HEY!


Overview of Phonetic~Sound~SpellingsHEY!

• Matching Audio lessons with "Sound Spellings" in the lesson slides let's you

see the Sounds you hear as you practice Your Natural English Speech

Rhythm. The phrases in each lesson slide focus on one simple grammar pattern.

• Matching audio with phonetic spellings and

simple grammar allows you to learn real

Pronunciation patterns while also reinforcing

the essentials of English grammar.

This simplified approach allows you to

concentrate on building sound awareness while

still learning fundamentals.

Matching

Audio

Pronunciation

Patterns

Phonetic

Spellings

• Lang-Loops special Phonetic-Sound-Spellings are an important tool to help break down

the Natural Speech Rhythms of English into visual Sound Patterns to read and practice with.



Speech

Rhythm

Syllable

Stress

Pronunciation

Voice

Intonation

• Intonation & Voice Pitch: These are both basically fluctuation of voice tone. (i.e.: higher, lower, rising, falling, longer)

• Word & Syllable Stress: These work closely with intonation to add emotional emphasis to words & syllables with stronger more clear pronunciation.

• Let's Start by Looking at some Lang~Loops Language Definitions.

• Pronunciation: is the spoken sound of single isolated words or syllables.

• Speech Rhythm: is the tempo & flow of natural speech. Speech Rhythm is the unique way each language connects word sounds in speech.



• Syllable Shifting*: is a Lang-Loops term describing how ending word sounds shift into the next word causing a much different pronunciation than the written form when spoken naturally in common everyday speech.

• Reduced Pronunciation: is a common simplified pronunciation of a word or syllable, sometimes making is difficult to hear clearly.

Reduced

Pronunciation

Syllable Shifting

Stop

Sound

Endings• Stop Sound Endings: are words where the ending letter sound is cut very short also sometimes making is difficult to hear clearly.

"All language fluency begins with understanding sound"



Small Grey

Words

Small Grey

Ending Letters

Grey

Phonetic

Words

2- Small Grey Words - (the - you - and - to - at - it - of ) • Reduced Sounds, are small, quick pronunciations usually as a result of common everyday words called Function and Linking Words.

3- Small Grey Ending Letters - (p - t - k - d - b - n - g - ck) • Sound Stops, are where a full letter sound at the end of a word is cut in half or “stopped”.

1- Phonetic Grey Words - • Pronunciation & Sound Changes are the main changes in speech with linking words - function words & informal contractions. See examples below

(wuh.nuh = want to / haf.tuh = have to / gah.duh = got to / yuh = you / tuh = to / duh = do / uhv = of / djyuh = did you / chyuh = are you / fer = for)

• Phonetic spellings showing changes in pronunciation.



4- Small Hook Dot [ ˛ ˛ ˛ ] = A Syllable Shift forward into the next word.• 2 words joined in sound by the last letter of the first word shifting forward into the next word. Ex: (Like it = Li˛k’it) or (Get it = Ge˛d´it)

Apostrophe

Mark ´ ´ ´

Down

Slash Mark

` ` `

Small

Hook Dots

˛ ˛ ˛

5- Apostrophe Mark [ ‘ ‘ ‘] between two phonetic words.• Shows where a Syllable Shift connects two words with sound. Ex: (Like it = Li˛k’it) or (Get it = Ge˛d´it)

6- Slash Mark [ ` ` `] at the end of a word with a cut sound.• Indicates a Shortened Ending Sound with “ing” or “en” ending words. Ex: (Walking = Walk`n) or (Talking = Talk`n)

• These marks show combined sounds spoken close together.



7- Small Dot [ . . . ] Shows Informal Word Contractions. • 2-3 words joined in sound with a significant change in pronunciation, creating an entire new word sound. Ex: (Want to = Wuhn.tuh)

Short Dash - - -

Other

Marks

ˆ ˇ ´ `

Small

Dots . . .

8- Short Dash [ - - - ] • Placed between full words spoken very close together and often fast but not necessarily a common contraction.

9- Other Marks ˆ ˇ ´ ( ˆ falling -ˇ rising -´ high ) Ex: (Reǎlly?)• Intonation and voice pitch changes, in speech to

emphasize or change meaning of expressions.

• These marks show combined sounds spoken close together.


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