American Accent app review: develop an American accent with ease

Introduction

Whether you are an ESL student or you are about to audition for an acting job that requires you to speak with an American flourish, American Accent will be a great purchase for your iPhone or iPad.

This app claims to be able to help users pick up a standard American accent in just a few hours. It not only teaches pronunciation but also word connections and the American speech music in a systematically designed syllabus. To help users further strengthen and test their progress, this app also comes packed with plenty of audio functions.

You can purchase this app for $9.99 by going over to the Education section of the App Store.

Let's take a more thorough look at its features.

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Accessibility & Sources

American Accent is a rather hefty app that takes up a whopping 128 MB of space on your iOS device. It is important to note, however, that the audio files constitute most of that package and this app is completely self-contained, so accessing the materials is not conditional to having internet access. This makes it a great app for use on long trips or daily commutes.

This app was designed by Ann Cook, the author of one of the top training systems known as American Accent Training, or AAT for short. AAT is suitable for students of all levels, from beginners to advanced students.

 

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Suitability & Audio Content

The lessons start off with intonation patterns, the most basic of lessons, and continue through to the most advanced levels. If English is not your native language, and even if you are a native of another English-speaking country such as England or New Zealand, you'll find that by using this app, your listening comprehension will likely improve significantly.

There are plenty of audio features included in this app, which means you will receive audio with each of the exercises. When you give microphone access to this app, you will also be able to digitally record your own voice and then compare it to the professionally recorded voice. This will help you identify the syllables and sounds that need extra attention. Make sure you have some headphones handy!

 

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Pros & Cons

Pros

• Helps users pick up the American Accent in just a few hours
• Contains lessons that are useful for both beginners as well as advanced users
• Starts off with basic intonation patterns to help students ease into the new way of speaking
• Improves listening comprehension significantly
• Comes with professionally-recorded audio with each exercise and enables students to record their own voice for a side-by-side comparison.
• Designed by Ann Cook, who authored one of the leading American Accent systems called American Accent Training
• Provides excellent practice for TOEFL and TSE; ESL instructors will find this to be a great way to pick up the basics of teaching the American accent

Cons

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

 

Final Words

American Accent is a really well-made, comprehensive, and effective app that can help both beginners as well as advanced speakers of English in improving their listening comprehension when interacting with Americans, and also enable them to enunciate and articulate their thoughts in a manner that is easy to understand for Americans.

It's one of the cheapest and yet reliable accent-learning system that will be available to users at the convenience of their iPhone or iPad; I'd definitely recommend it to anyone looking for such a utility.