内容简介
Theworld'sbestsellingaccentandpronunciationbook.Thisbookstartsatthemostbasiclevel--thesyllable--andbuildsuptothecomplexintonationthatisusedineverydayEnglish.ThisbookwillguideyoutofluencyinspokenAmericanEnglish
作者简介
AnnCookistheauthorofthebest-sellingAmericanAccentTrainingtext,publishedbyBarron'sin1991,2000and2012.(AlsopublishedinChina,Japan,KoreaandIndia.)Herspecialityistailoringandexpandingmaterialsforspecificsituations,asinherthreebooksforparentsofelementary-agestudents,HowWellDoesYourChildRead?HowWellDoesYourChildWrite?HowWellDoesYourChildDoMath?CookstudiedSpanishLiteratureattheCaliforniaStateUniversityatLosAngeles,spentayearattheInstitutd'ÉtudesFrançaisesinAix-en-Provence,amonthstudyingSpanishwiththePeaceCorpslanguageprograminQuetzaltenango,Guatemala,andfiveyearsinJapanattheJapaneseCultureandLanguageInstituteinTokyo.Inadditiontoherregularteachertraining,CookhastrainedadozenAmericanstoteachinKorea,andhundredsofKoreanhighschoolstudentswhocametotheUSforherprogram.Hercompany,AmericanAccentTraining,Inc.,hasprovidedtrainingfornumerousheadsofcorporations,post-graduatestudents,engineersandITpersonnel.AmericanAccentTrainingisusedaroundtheworldatpublicandprivateschools,universitiesandcorporatetrainingprograms.CookalsodevelopedanonlinelearningprogramfortheAmericanaccentandcultureforblendedlearningintheoverseascallcentermarket,includingassessments,industry-specificmodules,salesmodules,andgeneralculturalinformation,deliveredviaaMoodleplatform.AmericanAccentTraining,Inc.,foundedin1986andincorporatedin1997,isavirtuallanguagetrainingcompanywithinstructorsacrosstheUnitedStates.AllAATinstructorshaveamastersdegreeorPhDandareintensivelytrainedin-house,specificallyforsecondaccentacquisition.
