
Caribbean Accents
This download covers a variety of Caribbean accents, including recordings from Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, the Bahamas, St Kitts, St Vincent, Belize, Trinidad & Tobago, Anguilla, Aruba...
It's super-sized with five and a half hours of audio!
$30.00
Caribbean - West Indies Accents Learning Materials
- The Caribbean - West Indies accents materials include recordings of AccentHelp coach Jim Johnson guiding you through the basics of Caribbean accents, including leading you through a monologue in the accent, and additional examples of speaking with the accent from coach Carolyn Johnson.
- There are also recordings of native speakers from over a dozen Caribbean countries - over 5 hours of recordings in total! You'll get a PDF transcript of these conversation so that you can follow along with the recordings.
- You'll get a PDF of the teaching materials, plus three more formats of the same book: a PDF file to print, MOBI for Kindle, and EPUB for other portable readers.
- All of the sound files are in MP3 format so that you can play them on your computer, load them onto your phone, or burn them to a CD.
- You'll receive a link via email so that you can download all of the materials as ZIP files directly to your computer.
- You'll also get future updates for free!
5% of all profits on AccentHelp accents go to food banks.
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Audio files in Four Volumes (323.6MB, 327 minutes)
Volume 1: Learning the Accent
- Introduction to Sound Placement, Intonation, and Helpful Hints for learning a Caribbean accent (13:56)
- Consonant sound changes (13:01)
- Vowel sound changes (9:34)
- changes in Diphthongs (9:11)
- guidance on finding Alternate Pronunciations of words and terms (4:16)
- Jamaican Patois phrases by a native Jamaican male (3:48)
- Wrap up for learning Caribbean accents (3:48)
- BONUS Text Practice (22:47)
- BONUS Text Intonation (7:41)
- BONUS Text Example (2:32)
Volume 2: Recordings of Native Speakers
- Port Marie Jamaica Male reading (2:17)
- + his conversation (6:20)
- Belize City Belize Male reading (2:21)
- + his conversation (9:29)
- Dangriga Belize Female conversation (7:57)
- Dangriga Belize Male conversation (4:24)
- St Lucia Female reading (1:22)
- + her conversation (5:11)
- St Vincent Grenadines Female reading (1:06)
- + her conversation (4:39)
- Diego Martin Trinidad & Tobago Male reading (1:30)
- + his conversation (1:03)
- Trinidad & Tobago Female reading (1:22)
- + her conversation (12:28)
- Guyana Male reading (1:48)
- + his conversation (8:10)
- Kingston Jamaica Female reading (2:26)
- + her conversation (2:38)
- Gordon Town Jamaica Male reading (1:12)
- + his conversation (7:11)
- Mandeville Jamaica Male reading (1:36)
- + his conversation (:56)
- St Lucia Male reading (1:22)
- + his conversation (4:11)
- Bridgetown Barbados Female reading (1:02)
- + her conversation (2:22)
- Antigua Male reading (1:58)
- + his conversation (2:44)
- Jamaica Female reading (1:22)
- + her conversation (2:48)
Volume 3: Recordings of Native Speakers
- Leeward Islands Anguilla Female reading (1:31)
- + her conversation (3:32)
- Leeward Islands Anguilla Female reading (1:50)
- + her conversation (4:52)
- Kingston Jamaica Female reading (:54)
- + her conversation (:57)
- Barbados Male conversation (10:00)
- Kingston Jamaica White Male reading (1:09)
- + his conversation (5:14)
- Montego Bay Jamaica Female reading (1:12)
- + her conversation (4:41)
- Nassau Bahamas Male reading (1:12)
- + his conversation (4:41)
- Trinidad & Tobago Female reading (1:12)
- + her conversation (3:00)
- Trinidad & Tobago Female reading (1:12)
- + her conversation (3:00)
- St Kitts Female reading (1:37)
- + her conversation (4:56)
- St Vincent Male reading (1:13)
- Kingston Jamaica Female reading (1:31)
- + her conversation (:52)
- Kingston Jamaica Male reading (1:14)
- + his conversation (3:41)
Volume 4: Recordings of Native Speakers
- Bahamas Female reading (:53)
- + her conversation (5:05)
- St Kitts Male reading (:57)
- + his conversation (11:32)
- St Vincent Male reading (1:18)
- + his conversation (6:41)
- Aruba Male reading (1:26)
- + his conversation (7:39)
- Plaisance Guyana Male reading (1:21)
- + his conversation (6:42)
- Kingston Jamaica Female reading (1:53)
- + her conversation (2:34)
- Bridgetown Barbados Female conversation (7:34)
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.