Mexican-American

(53.1MB, 72 minutes)  Updated 2010 Edition

This download includes a written examination of the accent, and the following sound files featuring Accent Help coach Michelle Lopez-Rios:

Play Audio Sample:

1. Intro
2. Consonants
3. Vowels
4. Diphthongs
5. Alternate Pronunciations
6. Wrap up
7. Brownsville Male reading
8. + his conversation
9. 2nd Brownsville Male reading
10. + his conversation
11. Brownsville Female reading
12. + her conversation
13. 3rd Brownsville Male reading
14. + his conversation
15. Mexico Male reading
16. + his conversation
17. Mexico Female reading
18. + her conversation
19. Monterrey Male reading
20. + his conversation
21. Mexico Female reading
22. + her conversation
23. 2nd Monterrey Male reading
24. + his conversation
25. Mexico City Female reading
26. + her conversation
27. Nuevo Leon Female reading
28. + her conversation
29. 3rd Brownsville Male Spanish reading
30. Brownsville Female Spanish reading

Though these sound files have been remastered to reduce background noise, most of these recordings are made "in the field" so you will hear such things as birds, cars or other people in the background.  A transcription of the conversations is included in the Updated 2010 Edition to help you follow along.

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