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Introduction
The Living Language™ SpeakUp!® Program for Accent Elimination uses a unique, comprehensive, and natural approach to change your speech pattern into Standard American English. Your speech pattern—^your accent—is viewed as a habit that can be changed through a combination of ear training, guided pronunciation drills, and intensive conversational practice.
Ear training comes first. With this manual and accompanying recordings, you will leam to recognize how your particular speech sounds differ from those of Standard American English. The pronunciation drills "choreograph" your articulators— tongue, lips, teeth, jaw, and palate—to produce the targeted speech sounds. With daily conversational practice, you will achieve a natural command of each speech sound until you acquire a new habit of Standard American English.
Your success in acquiring Standard American English depends on your motivation to practice and carefully self-correct your speech in conversation. The more consistently you self-correct your accent and articulation, the stronger your new speech habit will become. Detailed instmctions and charts are provided to measure your progress.
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