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Accent Modification Resources

Free American English Pronunciation Videos
Accent Modification Portland Community College Class
Free Meetup.com Accent Reduction Group
Free American English Pronunciation App

Sounds American YouTube Channel

Sounds American

Free channel with professional instructional videos (I help write and narrate), to improve your American English pronunciation. With over four million views, don’t miss out!

Improve American English pronunciation
Precise, detailed pronunciation instructions
Learn how sounds are spelled!

Animation showing how to make each sound
Lots of practice words
New videos regularly – subscribe!

Stay tuned, the accompanying app is coming soon!

Meetup.com Two Free Groups

Live in the Portland Oregon area?
Free monthly training sessions since 2011
One pronunciation group
Another group for professional communication skills
Join our over 1,400 members!

American English Pronunciation Meetup Group

Free class!
Improve pronunciation
Slow your speech rate

American English melody
Increase speech volume
Find out your difficult sounds

Practice in safe environment
Learn to improve on your own
Free practice materials!

Professional Communication Skills Meetup Group

Free class and materials!
Meeting skills
Interviewing skills

Presentation skills
Business language
Pronunciation

Practice in class!
Learn how to improve on your own

Portland Community College (PCC) Class

Low cost, non-credit, single 3-hour intensive class at Portland Community College I’ve taught since 2007 and which I teach once per term.

Portland Community College

LEARN

About the field of accent modification
How to correctly pronounce difficult American English sounds
To use American English melody
How to improve on your own
Best free resources (websites, apps, and videos)
Class includes materials