The Rachel_s English Guide to Sounding American

Content

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Tools for Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 1: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2: Introduction to Stress, Rhythm, and Intonation . . . . . 16
Chapter 3: Vowels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 
Chapter 4: Diphthongs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Chapter 5: Consonants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Chapter 6: Consonant Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Chapter 7: Rhythm and Intonation: Multi-Syllable Words . . . . . 145
Chapter 8: Linking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Chapter 9: Rhythm and Intonation: Stressed Words . . . . . . . 169
Chapter 10: Unstressed Words and Words that Reduce . . . . . . 179
Chapter 11: Contractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Chapter 12: Gonna, Wanna, Gotta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Chapter 13: Putting it all Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Chapter 14: Continuing to Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Appendix 1: Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Appendix 2: Video Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Appendix 3: Audio Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Appendix 4: Sound Chart