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NOTES FROM ACADEME
Auckland, New Zealand
Speaking like an American -- if there is such a thing -- didn't come easily to Craig Forsberg. When he first encountered the so-called American accent in a course at New Zealand's Unitec Institute of Technology, it was all he could do to get his mouth around the vowels and consonants. Hammering the correct "r"...
Teaching New Zealanders to Talk Like Americans
By DAVID COHENAuckland, New Zealand
Speaking like an American -- if there is such a thing -- didn't come easily to Craig Forsberg. When he first encountered the so-called American accent in a course at New Zealand's Unitec Institute of Technology, it was all he could do to get his mouth around the vowels and consonants. Hammering the correct "r"...
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