A2 → C1 150 lessons 40.0 hours

American Accent Training

Master the American English accent with 25 comprehensive modules covering pronunciation, vowels, consonants, connected speech, and prosody. A complete self-learning course for those who want to improve their American accent.

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2 students

Lessons150

Modules25

LanguageEnglish

ProgressionSequential

40.0+ hours of content

150 interactive lessons

25 structured modules

Works on mobile & desktop

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AI Conversation Practice

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Pronunciation Feedback

Get detailed pronunciation analysis with phoneme-level scoring and coaching

Immersive Story

Follow 6 international friends building a startup in San Francisco

Professional Voice Acting

Every character has a unique AI voice — hear natural American English conversations

20+ Activity Types

Comics, dialogues, quizzes, flashcards, role-plays, matching games, and more

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Course Content

25 modules, 150 lessons

The 3 Pillars of American English 35m

American vs British vs Australian — Hear the Difference 35m

Accent Is Not Grammar — What You Already Know 35m

The American Sound Inventory — A Quick Tour 35m

Your Accent Self-Assessment — Where Are You Now? 35m

Your Learning Roadmap — How This Course Works 35m

Your Speech Machine — Tongue, Lips, Jaw, Throat 35m

Voiced vs Voiceless -- Feel Your Throat Vibrate 35m

Tongue Positions -- Front, Center, Back 35m

Lip Shapes -- Rounded, Spread, Neutral 35m

The IPA -- Your Sound Alphabet 35m

Map It All Together -- The Complete Sound Chart 35m

What Is Word Stress? — The Big Syllable 35m

Two-Syllable Words — Noun vs Verb Pattern 35m

Three-Syllable Words — Find the Pattern 35m

Four+ Syllable Words — Suffixes Tell You Where 35m

Stress in Compound Words & Phrases 35m

Review & Master Drill — Stress All 50 Essential Words 35m

4.1 — Content Words vs Function Words 35m

4.2 — The Stress-Timed Rhythm 35m

4.3 — Focus Stress: Changing Meaning 35m

4.4 — Thought Groups & Pausing 35m

4.5 — The Rubber Band Exercise: Stretching Stressed Words 35m

4.6 — Review: Read a Paragraph with Perfect Rhythm 35m

5.1 — /iː/ as in 'see' & /ɪ/ as in 'sit' — The Tense-Lax Pair 35m

5.2 — /eɪ/ as in 'say' — The Diphthong That Moves 35m

5.3 — /ɛ/ as in 'bed' — The Open Mid Vowel 35m

5.4 — /æ/ as in 'cat' — The Wide American Sound 35m

5.5 — Front Vowel Minimal Pairs Challenge 35m

5.6 — Front Vowels in Real Speech 35m

/uː/ as in "food" & /ʊ/ as in "book" 35m

/oʊ/ as in "go" — The Gliding Vowel 35m

/ɔː/ as in "law" & "thought" 35m

/ɑː/ as in "hot" & "father" 35m

Back Vowel Minimal Pairs Challenge 35m

Back Vowels in Real Speech 35m

/ʌ/ as in 'cup' — The Stressed Central Vowel 35m

/ə/ The Schwa — English's Favorite Sound 35m

How Schwa Changes Everything 35m

/ɝː/ The R-Colored Vowel — 'bird' 35m

Schwa in Function Words 35m

Central Vowel Mastery — Hear It, Say It, Use It 35m

/aɪ/ as in "my" — The "I" Diphthong 35m

/aʊ/ as in "how" — The "OW" Diphthong 35m

/ɔɪ/ as in "boy" — The "OY" Diphthong 35m

Diphthong Minimal Pairs 35m

Diphthongs in Connected Speech 35m

Diphthong Mastery — All Three in Action 35m

The Rule: Voiced = Longer Vowel 35m

Vowel Length Before Final Consonants 35m

Vowel Length Before S vs Z 35m

Vowel Length in Longer Words 35m

The Flap T Connection 35m

Vowel Length Mastery 35m

10.1 — Full Vowel vs Reduced Vowel 35m

10.2 — Function Word Reduction 35m

10.3 — Syllable Reduction in Long Words 35m

10.4 — Gonna, Wanna, Gotta — The Big Reductions 35m

10.5 — Reduced Speech vs Careful Speech 35m

10.6 — Reduction Mastery — Sound Like a Native 35m

11.1 — /iː/ vs /ɪ/ — The #1 Confusion 35m

11.2 — /æ/ vs /ɛ/ — Cat or Bed? 35m

11.3 — /æ/ vs /ʌ/ — Cat or Cup? 35m

11.4 — /ɑː/ vs /ʌ/ vs /ɔː/ — Hot, Cup, Law 35m

11.5 — /uː/ vs /ʊ/ and /oʊ/ vs /ɔː/ 35m

11.6 — All Vowels Mixed — The Ultimate Test 35m

The Top T — Strong & Clear 35m

The Flap T — 'Water' Sounds Like 'Wader' 35m

The Stop T — Held but Not Released 35m

The Silent T — When T Disappears 35m

Which T Do I Use? — The Decision Tree 35m

T Mastery — All Four in Natural Speech 35m

13.1 — R Is a Semivowel — Nothing Touches 35m

13.2 — Initial R — Start from 'Er' 35m

13.3 — R After Vowels — R-Colored Vowels 35m

13.4 — R in Clusters — TR, DR, STR 35m

13.5 — R Between Vowels & Final R 35m

13.6 — R Mastery — Comprehensive Drill 35m

14.1 — Light L: Tongue Tip Up 35m

14.2 — Dark L: Tongue Back Raises 35m

14.3 — Light L vs Dark L: Position Matters 35m

14.4 — L in Clusters: BL, CL, FL, GL, PL, SL 35m

14.5 — The Disappearing L 35m

14.6 — L Mastery: All Positions 35m

15.1 — Initial R vs L: right/light 35m

15.2 — Medial R vs L: arrive/alive 35m

15.3 — Final R vs L: fear/feel 35m

15.4 — R vs L in Clusters: fry/fly 35m

15.5 — R and L in the Same Word! 35m

15.6 — R vs L Speed Challenge 35m

16.1 — /θ/ Voiceless TH: "think" 35m

16.2 — /ð/ Voiced TH: "this" 35m

16.3 — TH vs T/D: Stop Substituting! 35m

16.4 — TH vs S/Z: Another Common Trap 35m

16.5 — TH in Common Phrases 35m

16.6 — TH Mastery: Speed & Fluency 35m

17.1 — /v/ vs /w/ — Very Different! 35m

17.2 — /f/ vs /v/ — Voiceless vs Voiced Pair 35m

17.3 — /p/ vs /b/ — The Lip Pop Pair 35m

17.4 — /f/ vs /p/ — Teeth or Lips? 35m

17.5 — /b/ vs /v/ — Two Voiced Sounds 35m

17.6 — Lip & Teeth Mastery 35m

18.1 — /s/ vs /z/ — Hiss vs Buzz 35m

18.2 — /ʃ/ vs /ʒ/ — SH vs ZH 35m

18.3 — /tʃ/ vs /dʒ/ — CH vs J 35m

18.4 — The -S Ending Rules 35m

18.5 — The -ED Ending Rules 35m

18.6 — Sibilant Mastery 35m

19.1 — Final Consonants — Stop Dropping Them! 35m

19.2 — Beginning Clusters: Two Consonants 35m

19.3 — Beginning Clusters: Three Consonants 35m

19.4 — Ending Clusters: Two Consonants 35m

19.5 — Ending Clusters: Three+ Consonants 35m

19.6 — Cluster Mastery: Full Sentence Practice 35m

20.1 — Consonant-to-Vowel Linking 35m

20.2 — Vowel-to-Vowel Glides 35m

20.3 — Consonant-to-Same-Consonant Linking 35m

20.4 — T and D Linking Rules 35m

20.5 — The Most Common Linked Phrases 35m

20.6 — Liaison Mastery: Connected Speech Practice 35m

21.1 — Gonna, Wanna, Gotta — The Big Three 35m

21.2 — Hafta, Hasta, Oughta — Obligation Reductions 35m

21.3 — Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda — Past Modal Reductions 35m

21.4 — Kinda, Sorta, Lotta — Degree Reductions 35m

21.5 — Didja, Wouldja, Dontcha — Question Reductions 35m

21.6 — Reduction Mastery — When to Reduce & When NOT To 35m

22.1 — Subject + Be Contractions 35m

22.2 — Subject + Will/Would 35m

22.3 — Subject + Have/Has 35m

22.4 — Can vs Can't — The Hardest Pair 35m

22.5 — Weak Forms of Common Words 35m

22.6 — Contraction Mastery — Natural Fluency 35m

Falling Intonation — Statements & Wh-Questions 35m

Rising Intonation — Yes/No Questions 35m

The List Pattern — Rise, Rise, Fall 35m

Choice Questions & Tag Questions 35m

Intonation for Emotions & Attitude 35m

Intonation Mastery — Sound Like You Mean It 35m

24.1 — The 7 Meanings of One Sentence 35m

24.2 — New Information Stress 35m

24.3 — Contrastive Stress: Correcting & Comparing 35m

24.4 — Emotional Emphasis 35m

24.5 — Emphasis in Questions 35m

24.6 — Emphasis Mastery: Say What You Mean 35m

25.1 — Business Meetings: Professional American English 35m

25.2 — Phone & Video Calls: Being Understood 35m

25.3 — Presentations: Confident Public Speaking 35m

25.4 — Small Talk & Social English 35m

25.5 — Casual Conversations: Friends & Family 35m

25.6 — Your American Accent Portfolio: Final Review 35m

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