Decades ago, when I was in college, reading in the area of Linguistics I remember wondering why there was not a kind of dictionary that would enable people to look up repetitive speech patterns that would enable them to speak in a globally ...read more
Decades ago, when I was in college, reading in the area of Linguistics I remember wondering why there was not a kind of dictionary that would enable people to look up repetitive speech patterns that would enable them to speak in a globally well-understood English Accent. Behind that thought was that some Accents are favored while others are not, with profound implications for people's lives and careers. I felt that education had not provided a solution so I devoted myself exclusively to many years of intensive research into the way people speak English, the outcome of which was The American Accent Learnway - a path that enables people from across the world to learn to speak the American way. I chose the American Accent as it has global acceptance on an international stage and increasingly more and more people find themselves engaging with America in different ways. Part of my work was the development of a Vocal Pattern Master Table and the creation of an Accent sensitive Vocal Fidelity Phonetic System, to capture not just American pronunciation but the Accent as well. The path I created was designed to cover the ground fastest at the outset of the journey so that the biggest gains are speedily achieved early on. The path proceeds further to enable you to learn the finer details until the Accent gap is closed. With Vocal Pattern Tables, it provides you with the means to diagnose your own Accent and focus on the specific Accent differences that apply to you. When studied with audio provided by an authoritative American online dictionary that is readily accessible over the internet, The American Accent Learnway is a comprehensive Course enabling those who learned English with a local Accent to change over to speaking English with the globally accepted American Accent.