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Need to learn an accent for an audition? Got the part but can't quite grasp the sounds? Want to expand your repertoire?
The Accent Handbook is a novel approach to accent-learning, providing a practical, digestible and customisable way of learning any accent of your choosing. Drawing on the authors' extensive experience coaching students and leading stage and screen actors, the book offers more than 200 empowering exercises to actively explore and hone accent features. You can dip in and out or go from cover to cover, depending on your aims, what you're learning or how much time you have.
The book is accompanied by a wide-ranging and diverse library of contemporary accent recordings from across the globe. Uniquely, it also offers a guide to finding accent samples and getting more out of your listening. A section devoted to accent and acting delves into the powerful interplay between dialect, character and performance. Approachable and encouraging, this book is an

The Accent Handbook

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    A Paperback by Jessica Hammett

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 1/14/2024 12:11:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781350243330
      978-1350243330
      ISBN-10 1350243337
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Need to learn an accent for an audition? Got the part but can't quite grasp the sounds? Want to expand your repertoire?
      The Accent Handbook is a novel approach to accent-learning, providing a practical, digestible and customisable way of learning any accent of your choosing. Drawing on the authors' extensive experience coaching students and leading stage and screen actors, the book offers more than 200 empowering exercises to actively explore and hone accent features. You can dip in and out or go from cover to cover, depending on your aims, what you're learning or how much time you have.
      The book is accompanied by a wide-ranging and diverse library of contemporary accent recordings from across the globe. Uniquely, it also offers a guide to finding accent samples and getting more out of your listening. A section devoted to accent and acting delves into the powerful interplay between dialect, character and performance. Approachable and encouraging, this book is an

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