Improving Spoken English NativeAccent™

What is NativeAccent? New internet-delivered technology that assesses a student’s English pronunciation skills in about 10 minutes Individually selected and organized instruction, focused on building individual student skills which are needed to quickly improve their comprehensibility in English Adapted to learner’s gender and native language

What will students gain? Studies have demonstrated that learners can increase their pronunciation skills significantly through focused time-on-task practice speaking. NativeAccent case studies repeatedly show significant gains* among learners who used native accent for as few as 13 hours in addition to classroom instruction when compared to those who had only classroom instruction. * Average increase in overall pronunciation skills in 13 hours of instruction of 26.45%, however gains in problematic sounds and skills are much higher.

How long will it take? Studies have shown that optimal results are achieved by regular, spaced practice. Each Lesson is 15 minutes long Recommended - 30 minutes per day 4 days per week to stay on track with the curriculum plan Not recommended – 2 hours one day a week

Getting Started You will need an account! You will receive a validation code via from your instructor that looks like this: 47655G79F2A4467F2E8DD964E42DFEAB Highlight and copy to your clipboard Go to the Native Accent Log-in page at Click “Create New Account”

Create Your New Account Fill out the form that looks like the one below, pasting the validation code from your clipboard and click “Create new account”

A validation link will be embedded in an sent to your registered account Click on the link Check Your

Log into NativeAccent

Select your class

Select “Assessment”

Give Flash permission To access your microphone, and check the mike sound level. Make sure that it is not registering in the red when you have the headset on and are speaking normally

Go through the tutorial Step-by-step Important! Do not skip this step, as it is used to “tune” your headset and volume levels.

Record yourself speaking the sentences provided When you are finished click the “SUBMIT” button

Select the Intelligent Tutor from Topic Outline menu The Intelligent Tutor is a software program that presents the lessons that are most appropriate for each learner based on their Assessment.

Select the bookmarked lesson NativeAccent always presents your with the bookmark to show where you should begin your next session. If you are returning to an incomplete lesson the bookmark will return you to the last screen that you worked on.

Articulation Listen then record! Do your best to copy the model speaker! Click PLAY to listen to yourself after your record the sample.

Feedback The focus sound of the lesson will be color coded Good, Close or Needs Improvement If your pronunciation is Good you will be advanced to the next lesson

If your pronunciation is Close or Needs Improvement you will be presented with feedback which describes how to improve Hint – click on the diagram for sample words that use the focus sound correctly Feedback

Duration Listen then record! Try to match the model speaker’s duration of the phrase. This exercise exaggerates the sounds of normal speech so that students listen to the exaggerated sounds for contrast

Pitch Listen then record! LISTEN for the stress point in the word, phrase or sentence RECORD your voice. See feedback and listen to your voice

IMPORTANT TIPS ALWAYS click “Submit” when you are leaving the program. If you close the browser without clicking Submit, your lesson will not be saved, and you will not receive credit for time-on- task. If you are being unsuccessful with a sound, move on to another section and ask your instructor for help with that sound.

If You Need Tech Support 1.First ask your instructor or lab supervisor for help 2.If they cannot help you, they will contact the NativeAccent support team to resolve your issue in a timely manner.