African-American Vernacular Accent

African-American Vernacular Accent Learning Materials

• The African-American Vernacular English materials include recordings of Accent Help coach Jim Johnson guiding you through learning the accent, using the text, as well as many volumes of recordings of native speakers. He's traveled all over the United States to gather these recordings - bringing the experience back to you in this download. You'll hear the voices of a number of African-American actors giving you examples of the practice materials, and Jim will also lead you through a practice monologue in the accent that you'll hear those actors perform.
• All of the audio and written materials will be instantly available to you online. You'll get access to the written teaching materials that accompany the recordings, and a PDF file to print, as well as hours of recordings teaching you the accent and recordings of native speakers.
• This accent is appropriate for productions of plays by August Wilson and Lynn Nottage and scripts such as The Whipping Man, Immediate Family, Our Lady of 121st Street, A Raisin in the Sun, and lots of other plays. You'll hear it widely used in film and television, and Jim has an extensive list of links to other video and audio materials available online.
• African-American Vernacular is known by other names as well: Black English, Ebonics, Black Vernacular, and Blaccent. Though there are variations of the accent around the US, there are shared elements that are covered in these materials.
  
• You'll immediately have access to all of the materials online using your computer, phone, or iPad.
• You'll also get have access to all future updates for free, as they'll simply be added to the cloud and appear whenever you log in to use the materials!

All profits from these materials go to opportunity scholarships for actors at the University of Houston to train overseas.