Clearspeak'S English Pronunciation For Thai Accents

In-depth study for clear British English accent. Uses a professional Method ideal for IELTS and serious students.

What you'll learn

Appear professional and polished to English speakers at work and play

Make every consonant and vowel precisely with professional speech therapy techniques

Achieve a fluent English accent by changing the overall holding posture of your mouth

Be understood clearly anywhere in the world with a Neutral Standard English accent

Requirements

An intermediate level of English or better. If you understand this outline, you have what it takes!

Description

What you getIs your first accent of Thai origin? This course is designed specifically to target your problem sounds. It’s one of the ClearSpeak Time-Online Series tailored for different accent groups.You get a complete package for both clear pronunciation and fluent neutral British English accentYour tutor is speech pathologist Alison ‘Kimi’ Kimble, an authority in English accent changeTake the complete 15 Unit course OR study only a few problem soundsYou’ll find around 14 hours of demo videos and loads of audio exercises along with many support articlesThe ClearSpeak Method is a leader in the accent change field. It’s easy to get results with the professional speech pathology techniques.Your voice coachHiI’m Kimi Kimble, your professional tutor and voice coach for your speech journey.If unclear speech is holding you back in your studies or career, then a Time-Online course is definitely for you. Our courses are for ‘committed’ students who may have tried other approaches and found they don’t produce a true or lasting result. There are no quick fixes!Pronunciation and accent change are a skillLike learning to play the piano, you cannot hope to master these by watching a series of short video clips. It takes much more to be able to think and pronounce fluently at the same time.The professional ClearSpeak MethodTime-Online courses are based on the ClearSpeak Method developed over 25 years. Used in many universities internationally, professional speech therapy techniques set this course apart from others. It will give you your best shot at achieving a superior result.Use fun techniques to learnI’ll be guiding you every step of the way through many hours of masterclass videos and ‘listen-and-repeat’ exercises. You’ll be using lots of intuitive visualisations along with instructions about how to move your mouth into the correct position. Simply ‘telling’ you what to do, and asking you to mimic me, are never enough.Accent change is not just about learning separate soundsWhole accent change has three quite different aspects and all are essential:FIRST you learn to make each new sound, one at a time. SECOND you change the overall holding posture of your mouth as you speak. All your sounds are placed within this posture.This method is used by professional mimics to create a consistent and fluent accent. There is no other way. Your mouth must ‘feel’ it is operating quite differently when you change from one accent to another. Most pronunciation courses make no mention of this critical step.THIRD you tune in to the speech melody of the English speech flow. This is quite different to learning about intonation and stress within individual sentences. The Time-Online texts encourage you to mimic the overall rhythmic melody, regardless of the words or sentences used in your speech flow.So, take a look at the outline that follows to learn more. I’ll be delighted to have your company if you decide to join me.All the best for now!Your tutor,Kimi“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step”. LAO TZUHow a course worksThe course is by self-study online. In the Start Up Unit you will:Discover all about English sounds and the ClearSpeak techniquesDecide on your course PlanThe Typical List of Errors for your accent group has the 15 most common consonant and vowel errors relative to EnglishStudy the entire List if your aim is overall accent change  OR  Select only a few problem sounds Then move on to study each sound on your Plan. There is a Sound Kit Unit of study materials for each one.All 15 Sound Kits haveA one-hour Masterclass video or a Tutorial video. Kimi demonstrates how real students achieve success with the ClearSpeak techniques.A Sound Guide giving you instructions on how to make the soundArticles on key issues or challenges in making the soundUp to one hour of custom-designed ‘listen and repeat’ audio exercises supported by text with words, phrases, sentences and story textA set of Advanced Exercises for problem issues, such as confusion between similar soundsA Review Text for evaluating your progress as you learnA Completion Coupon for each Sound Kit Unit

Overview

Section 1: START UP UNIT - Part 1 Your plan and study materials

Lecture 1 Learn 'th' with the ClearSpeak techniques. See how they're different!

Lecture 2 Time for Liftoff!

Lecture 3 Sound errors for your course

Lecture 4 Learning techniques and tools

Lecture 5 Add speech melody for your final result

Section 2: START UP UNIT - Part 2 Stop Consonants as the foundation of English clarity

Lecture 6 Why Stops are so important in English

Lecture 7 Review of study materials and learning techniques

Section 3: Sound Kits for Thai accents

Lecture 8 SKC01 Sound Kit for Stop Consonants /p-b/ /t-d/ /k-g/

Lecture 9 SKC02 Stop Clusters

Lecture 10 SKC10 /r/ red

Lecture 11 SKC09 /l/ lake

Lecture 12 SKC18 /w/ and /f-v/ way, face-very

Lecture 13 SKC04 /θ/ & /ð/ thin, that

Lecture 14 SKC08 /tʃ/ and /dʒ/ chin, jaw

Lecture 15 SKV21 /a/ park

Lecture 16 SKV20 /æ/ hat

Lecture 17 SKV24 /u/ food

Lecture 18 SKV33 /oʊ/ low

Lecture 19 SKV17 /i/ feet

Lecture 20 SKV32 /eɪ/ gate

Lecture 21 SKV27 /ɒ/ hot

Lecture 22 SKV23 /з/ bird

Those with a Thai accent seeking to study or work with English speakers,Professionals and those on a career path where clear English is critical for success,IELTS students wishing to pass the Speech Test,Anyone seeking to speak English clearly and sound ‘good’ at the same time