The Accent Challenge: Accent toolkit for Actors. 5 accents
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Introduction to Accents: The most important day of this program

A quick message from Holly
Introduction to Accents
Intro to Accents: Meet your mouth
The mouth exercises
Interesting links and articles
Today's tasks
RP day 1

Message from Holly
Maggie Smith
Benedict Cumberbatch
Joanna Lumley
On to today's class, but first...
Speeches for RP
Today's class
Today's tasks
RP consonants.pdf
voiced and voiceless sound chart pdf for download
Consonant Specificity exercise.pdf
RP day 2

Greetings from Holly
Today's class
Today's tasks
RP R replacement sounds
Rp vowels-monophthongs
A bonus listening
RP day 3

Hello on day 3
Today's class
Shhh... Accent lip reading.
Today's tasks
Diphthongs and other sounds.m4a
Holly's RP posh chart.pdf
RP day 4

Happy day 4 lovely RPeople
Today's class
Bonus listening. (Highly recommend!)
Today's tasks
RP day 4- rhythm and stress.pdf
Tongue twisters and nursery rhymes.pdf
Answers to yesterday's accent lip-read
RP day 5

Intonation time!
Your final RP class: Intonation
Wrapping up RP
RP speakers list.pdf
RP day 5- Intonation.pdf
Intonation listening challenge
Saving Mr Banks intonation.pdf
Imitation game intonation.pdf
Downton Abbey intonation.pdf
Stephen Fry intonation.pdf
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Listening challenge answers

Answers
General American day 1

Welcome to the USA
American Monologues.pdf
Today's class
On vocal fry
Observation/listening recommendations
Today's tasks
General American day 2

Consonant day
Today's class
Today's tasks
General American Consonants
Hard R listening activity
Listening: podcast recommendation
R listening answers

R-listening answers
General American day 3

Happy General American day 3!
Today's class: vowels
General American vowels.pdf
How it sounds to foreigners 1
How it sounds to foreigners 2
Reference: Brian Williams
Today's tasks
General American day 4

Diphthong day!
Your video today
Today's tasks
Tongue twisters
Diphthongs, can vs can't
RP:Gen American word comparison.pdf
General American day 5

Last day of General American
Today's class
Joining words exercise
General American connection, rhythm, intonation pdf
Newsroom clip
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New York day 1

Welcome to NY!
Your class
Today's tasks, and getting that NY state of mind
NY placement, vibe, consonants
New York references.pdf
New York day 2

New York day 2
Your class
Today's tasks
New York vowels, rhythm, intonation
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Australian day 1

Welcome to Australia!
Step one
Step two
Step three
Australian Accent References
My Australian Detective work
Step four: interview with an Aussie. Your tasks
Australian day 2

Aussie day 2
Today's class
Today's tasks
Australian placement, vowels
Answers- My Australian Detective work
Australian day 3

Final Aussie day!
Today's class
Australian diphthongs
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Your choice day 1

Let's start!
Your video class
Accent reference guide
Template: References for your accent
Your choice day 2

A new day!
Your video today
Culture and placement guidelines
Template culture and placement.pdf
Your choice day 3

Your choice day 3!
Your video today
Consonants Template
Helpful Links
Your choice day 4

Week 4 day 4
Your video today
Vowels template
Your choice day 5

Final day of week 4!
Your video today
Template: Stress, rhythm, intonation.
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Wrapping up

A final message and video

Joanna Lumley

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