The America Accent Training-------The 50 rules you must know

How American Really Talk

Rule One :  Linking Consonant to Vowels

RULE :  Link final consonant with first vowel 

            I.E.  In an instant------------In nan nistant        I'm an actor----------I'm ma-n actor

Tips :  1. Don't speak faster

2. Stress the key word

3. Don't link between thought group

Rule Two :  Linking Consonant to Consonant

RULE :   1. Pronouncing one consonant and prolong it when its two consonant

                                  I.E. :   Likes swim------------like-swim           Next time------------nex-time

2. Link consonant that have the same point of articulation(D-T       G-K      V-F)

                                  I.E. :  Used to-------------use-to                  Big kitchen----------bi-kitchen

3. Don't release too much when meet pause

                                   I.E. :  Help me-------------helpme

Tip :  Don't stop in the mid of sentence

Rule Three :  Linking Vowel to Vowel

RULE :  1. Inserting a little "/y/" between two words when next vowel is /i/(/oi/,/ai/,/ei/)  

                                            I.E. See it---------see yet

2. Insertikng a little "/w/" between two words when next vowel is /u/(/ou/)     

                                            I.E. Who is------------who wis

Rule Four :  Reducing Words Part 1-----Prep

RULE :  Reducing the vowel of prep to neutral sounds(/ə/)

                                      I.E. as--/əs/;        on--/ən/;       at--/ət/;        or/our--/ər/;          and--/n/

Rule Five :  Reducing Words Part 2-------pronoun

RULE :  Reducing the pron which begining with "h" or "th"

                             I.E.    did he------did-e     drive her---------drive-er----------driver

Tip :　if the pron is the first word ,  we never reduce it

Rule Six :  Contractions

RULE :  Contract aux. to speak more smoothly

                               I.E.   I have-------I-ve      I will--------I-ll           I would/had---------I-d

Rule Seven :  Difficult Contractions

RULE :  1. "Could/Should have" , changing to "could/should-əv"

2. "Could/Should not have" , changing to "could/should-n-əv"

3. "Could/Should you have" , changing to "could/should-you-əv"

Rule Nine :  Difficult Words

Common Words :  1. Common slient "b" :  bomb-bom ;  climb-clim ;  debt-det ;  subtle-sutle ;  doubt-dout

2. Common slient "ch" : yacht-yat ;

3. Common slient "d" :  adjust-ajust ;  adjective-ajective ;

4. Common slient "l" :  walk-wak ;  talk-tak ;  could/would/should-coud ;  half-haf ;

5. Common slient "t" :  ballet-balle ;  bouquet-bouque ;  buffet-buffe ;  valet-vale ;  chevrolet-chevrole

6. Commonslient "p" :  receipt-receit ;  psychology-sychology ;  psychic-sychic ;  cupboard-cuboard ;

7. Common slient"s" :  arkansas-arkansa ;  illionis-illinoi ;  island-iland :  debris-debri ;

Rule Ten :  Relaxed Speech

RULE :  1. "Have"------"a" , in casual speech .

2. "of"--------"a" , in casual speech .

3. "to"---------"a" ,  in casual speech .

4.  "let me"-----------"lemme"      "give me"------------"gimme"

I.E.     he gonna make a lotta money              we gotta go shopping because we're outta food

lemme introduce you to a frienda mine