Learn the Texan Accent Volume 2

(87.4MB, 84 minutes)  2011 edition

This download includes numerous recordings of native speakers. This download is designed to serve as a supplement to all of the sound files included in Accent Help’s Texan dialect training download.  The ebook for this download includes a typed transcription of every one of the conversations.

Unlike most Accent Help downloads, this download does NOT include a written examination of the accent, nor does it include files featuring an Accent Help coach teaching the dialect. This features recordings of native speakers:

Play Audio Sample:

1. Male from Houston Texas reading (1:38)
2. + his conversation (3:41)
3. Male from Houston Texas reading ( 1:35)
4. + her conversation (1:59)
5. Female from Pasadena Texas reading (1:14)
6. + her conversation (4:45)
7. Female from Houston Texas reading (1:31)
8. + her conversation (1:29)
9. Male from Houston Texas reading (1:14)
10. + his conversation (2:54)
11. Male from Ft. Worth Texas reading (1:14)
12. + his conversation (:38)
13. Female from Houston Texas reading (1:00)
14. + her conversation (1:51)
15. Male from Houston Texas reading (:54)
16. + his conversation (1:03)
17. Female from Hitchcock Texas conversation (3:47)
18. Female from Houston Texas reading (1:41)
19. + her conversation (1:10)
20. Male from Houston Texas reading (1:06)
21. + his conversation (2:49)
22. Male from Houston Texas reading (1:04)
23. + his conversation (3:50)
24. Male from Buffalo Texas reading (1:20)
25. + his conversation (2:27)
26. Female from Longview Texas reading (:58)
27. + her conversation  (3:30)
28. Male from Laredo Texas reading (1:11)
29. + his conversation (4:07)
30. Female from Paris Texas reading (:55)
31. + her conversation (2:27)
32. Female from Houston Texas reading (1:07)
33. + her conversation (3:58)
34. Female from Northeast Texas reading (1:16)
35. + her conversation (2:01)
36. Male from Abilene Texas reading (1:22)
37. + his conversation (6:26)
38. Male from Port Neches Texas reading (1:20)
39. + his conversation (4:41)
40. Italian-Texan Female reading (1:42)
41. + her conversation (3:42)

Texas accents can vary a bit, especially between east and west Texas.  The traditional Texas accent from classic cowboy films is more the west Texas sound, with a strong drawl; whereas the east Texas sound has much more "twang" to it.  This download contains samples of native speakers from all over Texas.

Whatever accent you're working on, it's a good idea to get our FREE guide to learning an accent or dialect - it will help you to get started with some basic terms and ideas for learning accents.  (It's also included in this download.)

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 to help you follow along.  This download also contains four versions of the written materials:  A printer-friendly pdf, a pdf that is in a larger format for use on a portable reading device, and both mobi and epub editions for other portable readers.