How to Do Accents - Oberon Books

2nd Edition

Paperback (09 Jan 2009)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This unique book offers a complete course in how to do any accent and also gives you the tools to navigate your way through a specific accent. Using solid technical know-how, clear practical steps, real-life examples, and the occasional dose of humour, the Haydn/Sharpe System brings to the surface the underlying structure of accents. The authors share the processes that they, as specialist dialect coaches, have developed, to give you the insight, tools and confidence to work with accents.


Includes Free Online Code to access detailed exercises and sample sentences - giving you the sounds you need to get your accent skills going! Also includes ready-to-use resource recordings of the following accents:


Norfolk (NEW), Yorkshire (NEW), Standard Canadian (NEW), Standard Australian (NEW), Standard American, Northern Irish (Belfast), Southern Irish (Cork), Scottish (Glasgow), Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, South Wales (Swansea), West Midlands (Walsall), Cockney, Neutral Standard English, Contemporary 'Street' London (NEW), Cornish

Book information

ISBN: 9781840029574
Publisher: Oberon Books
Imprint: Oberon Books
Pub date:
Edition: 2nd Edition
DEWEY: 421.6024792028
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 224
Weight: 408g
Height: 245mm
Width: 173mm
Spine width: 15mm