About this item
This combination book and audio instructional program is designed to diminish the accents of men and women who speak English as their second language. It will help them speak standard American English with clarity, confidence, and accuracy. Specific exercises concentrate on vowel sounds, problematic consonants such as V, W, TH, the American R, and the often confusing American T sound. It teaches them to employ correct syllable stress, emphasize the correct words in a sentence for native sounding rhythm, speak with American intonation, link words for smoother speech flow, use common word contractions, and more. Additional topics that often confuse ESL students are also discussed and explained. They include distinguishing between casual and formal speech, homophones (for instance, they're and there) , recognizing words with silent letters (comb, receipt, and others) , and avoiding embarrassing pronunciation mistakes, such as mixing up "beach" and "bitch.
About the Author
Lisa Mojsin teaches accent reduction in Los Angeles. She is director of Accurate English, an accent reduction training company. (accurateenglish.com) She specializes in working with actors in Hollywood, TV announcers, and business professionals for whom correct pronunciation is a must. She is passionate about helping non-native speakers of English communicate confidence, clarity and accuracy.
Her typical non-entertainment industry clients are foreign born physicians, lawyers, software engineers and corporate professionals.
She has a master's degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. She taught at Santa Monica College, West Los Angeles College and UCLA-Extension. She also taught in China, Germany and New Zealand and has worked as an interpreter in France and for the Olympic Games.
She developed a passion for accents and correct pronunciation when she was getting her bachelor's degree in French and German from UCLA.
She speaks five languages.
