American English Speech Patterns is structured into 9 modules:

 Module 1: Introduction 

• Fluency is more than just vocabulary and grammar

Module 2: Syllables and Stress

 • 3 Rules of Connection - Final consonant to next consonant; Final consonant to initial vowel; W and Y Shadow

• 3 Types of Stress - primary, secondary, unstressed

Module 3: Connected and Reduced Speech

• Common Reductions and Phrases

  • Reducing Unstressed Structures

• Reducing "h"

Module 4: Understanding and Applying Sentence Stress

• Content Words

• Function Words

Module 5: Mastering Intonation

• Rising/Falling Intonation

• Rising Intonation

• Non Final Intonation

Module 6: Nouns

• Articles "a, an, the"

• Countable Nouns

• Noncount Nouns

• Irregular Nouns

Module 7: Noun/Verb Stress

• Noun/Verb Stress: Part 1

• Noun/Verb Stress: Part 2

Module 8: Speaking Over the Phone

• Tips For Speaking Over the Phone 

Module 9: Exam

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