Speak Up!(r): Spanish Accent Elimination Program: Learn to Speak Standard American English (Living Language Speakup! Series) [Audio Cassette]

Sam Chwat (Author)

Book Description

Series: Living Language Speakup! Series | Publication Date: February 22, 1994

An audio/book course designed to help native and non-native speakers eliminate strong accents. Author Sam Chwat is a speech coach for major stage and screen actors such as Robert DeNiro and Kathleen Turner. Package includes: 3 hours of instruction and pronunciation exercises on cassette, and a 288-page book with instructions, diagrams, and exercises.

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An audio/book course designed to help native and non-native speakers eliminate strong accents. Author Sam Chwat is a speech coach for major stage and screen actors such as Robert DeNiro and Kathleen Turner. Package includes: 3 hours of instruction and pronunciation exercises on cassette, and a 288-page book with instructions, diagrams, and exercises.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Living Language; 1st ed edition (February 22, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517592339
• ISBN-13: 978-0517592335
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,350,363 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #50 in Books > Books on Cassette > Reference > General

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4.0 out of 5 stars Learn sonidos en english que no exist en español, January 24, 2000

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This review is from: Speak Up!(r): Spanish Accent Elimination Program: Learn to Speak Standard American English (Living Language Speakup! Series) (Audio Cassette)

Well, I'd like to say that this is a good book for any Spanish-Speaking person who wants to improve his/her pronunciation. This book basically shows the reader the differences between the English and the Spanish sounds. The first part of the book covers consonant sounds that doesn't exist in the Spanish language; consonants such as "th," "v," "z." The second part has to do with vowel sounds, and it shows the reader how differenciate the sounds between words like: seat & sit, feel & fill, pool and pull, leave live, etc. Finally the last part of the book points out some techniques and recommendations to become more fluent in spoken english. Yo recomendaría éste libro para cualquiera que desee tener una idea mas clara de como los americanos producen los sonidos al hablar, pero de todas maneras creo yo que aparte de saber ésto, es necesaria la conversación continua con alguna person que sea fluente en inglés.