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From: groover@netcom.com (Robert Groover)
Subject: Re: Any info on accent reduction?
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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 1994 12:26:09 GMT
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>MAELDE01@ulkyvm.louisville.edu wrote:
>: Our patient is a very intelligent, articulate businessman who has
>: been exposed to English since age 7.  He is quite fluent, but
>: retains a minimal Spanish accent.  His ultimate goal is Standard
>: Midwestern American English (!).
There is a fine series of practice tapes for accent reduction - look for 
a store that sells to professional actors.  (I saw them in a nice little 
shop in the DuPont Circle area of DC.)

Robert Groover
groover@netcom.com
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