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Asian (East & Southeast) Accents

Asian (East & Southeast) Accents

This download covers a variety of Asian accents, including recordings from Japan, China, Korea, Thailand, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia, plus guidance on other East and Southeast Asian accents. That's why it only comes in Extra Large size!
$30.00
$30.00

East & Southeast Asian Accents Learning Materials

  • The E&SE Asian accents materials include recordings of AccentHelp coach Jim Johnson guiding you through learning varieties of the accent, with native speakers demonstrating various practice words and sentences. Jim will also lead you through a practice monologue in the accent. 
  • You'll hear 15 different native speakers from various countries reading through the practice sentences and the monologue as well.
  • You''ll get a PDF of the teaching materials, plus additional formats of the same book: a PDF file to print and a MOBI for Kindle.
  • This accent set covers a huge range of accents in East and Southeast Asia in a total of 8 volumes of recordings. The basics of Asian accents are taught by Jim Johnson, and there are additional recordings of native speakers of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese, as well as natives from Taiwan, Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos Malaysia, and Singapore. You'll also hear practice sentences from a woman from Taiwan and a man from Singapore.
  • You'll get a PDF transcript of all of the conversations with native speakers.
  • 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! (last updated October 2022)
At least 5% of all profits on AccentHelp accents go to diversity and inclusion scholarships for students to attend the Prague Shakespeare Company summer Shakespeare intensives.

Listen to a Sample!

Audio files in Eight Volumes (708.4MB, 11 hours 58 minutes)

Asian E&SE Volume 1: Learning the Accent

  1. Sound Placement, Intonation and Helpful Hints (14:04)
  2. R Sounds (11:07)
  3. Additional Consonants (12:25)
  4. Vowel Sounds (9:40)
  5. More Vowel Sounds (6:33)
  6. Diphthongs (4:26)
  7. Practice Monologue Sounds part 1 (9:25)
  8. Practice Monologue Sounds part 2 (8:32)
  9. Practice Monologue Sounds part 3 (7:25)
  10. Placement & Intonation Practice (9:17)
  11. Introduction to Practice Examples (2:20)
  12. Zhuhai China Cantonese Mandarin Female Practice Examples (9:26)
  13. Heilongjiang China Mandarin Female Practice Examples (4:42)
  14. Taiwan Mandarin Female Practice Examples (4:46)
  15. Hong Kong Cantonese Male Practice Examples (4:52)
  16. Japan Male Practice Examples (6:53)
  17. South Korea Male Practice Examples (5:19)
  18. Laos Female Practice Examples (5:04)
  19. Thailand Female Practice Examples (5:30)
  20. Vietnam Male Practice Examples (6:05)
  21. Cambodia Male Practice Examples (4:41)
  22. Malay Female Practice Examples (5:32)
  23. Indonesia Female Practice Examples (5:35)
  24. Myanmar Male Practice Examples (5:46)
  25. Philippines Female Practice Examples (5:32)
  26. Singapore Male Practice Examples (5:44)

Asian E&SE Volume 2: Native Speakers from China

  1. Female from Beijing China reading (1:40)
  2. +her conversation (4:26)
  3. Male from Linyi China (1:30)
  4. + his conversation (2:09)
  5. + speaking Mandarin (1:03)
  6. Male from Inner Mongolia China reading (:50)
  7. + his conversation (10:11)
  8. Female from Changchun NE China reading (1:54)
  9. + her conversation (2:33)
  10. Male from Sichuan China reading (1:21)
  11. + his conversation (2:27)
  12. Female from Fuzhou China reading (1:39)
  13. + her conversation (:18)
  14. Male from Xi’an China reading (1:19)
  15. + his conversation (1:26)
  16. Female from Guangzhou China reading (1:09)
  17. + her conversation (1:13)
  18. Male from Chengdu China reading (1:29)
  19. + his conversation (2:55)
  20. Female from Chengdu China reading (1:41)
  21. + her conversation (2:18)
  22. Male from Guangdong China reading (1:31)
  23. + his conversation (3:41)
  24. Female from Chengdu China reading (1:25)
  25. + her conversation (:45)
  26. Female from Beijing China reading (1:43)
  27. + her conversation (:11)
  28. Female from Guangzhou China reading (1:41)
  29. + her conversation (2:31)
  30. Female from Guangzhou China reading (1:19)
  31. + her conversation (3:13)
  32. Male from Hong Kong China reading (1:13)
  33. + his conversation (4:55)
  34. Female from Hong Kong China reading (1:06)
  35. + her conversation (1:14)

Asian E&SE Volume 3: Native Speakers from China & Taiwan

  1. Male from Beijing China reading (1:10)
  2. + his conversation (1:29)
  3. Female from Guangzhou China reading (1:22)
  4. + her conversation (:42)
  5. Female from Guangdong China reading (1:24)
  6. + her conversation (:49)
  7. Male from Hubei China reading (1:34)
  8. + his conversation (3:10)
  9. Female from Huzhou China reading (2:05)
  10. + her conversation (3:07)
  11. Female from Inner Mongolia China reading (1:31)
  12. + her conversation (1:42)
  13. Male from Inner Mongolia China reading (1:37)
  14. + his conversation (7:25)
  15. Male from Hong Kong China reading (1:34)
  16. + his conversation (3:38)
  17. Male from Kaohsiung Taiwan reading (1:16)
  18. + his conversation (6:09)
  19. Female from Chiayi City Taiwan reading (1:29)
  20. + her conversation (:51)
  21. Female from Taiwan reading (1:10)
  22. + her conversation (1:49)
  23. Female from Taipei Taiwan reading (1:49)
  24. + her conversation (:55)
  25. Female from Kaosiung Taiwan reading (1:52)
  26. + her conversation (5:26)
  27. Male from Taiwan reading (1:08)
  28. + his conversation (5:05)
  29. Female from Taiwan reading (1:37)
  30. + her conversation (4:14)
  31. Female from Taipei Taiwan reading (1:09)
  32. + her conversation (2:44)
  33. Female from Taiwan reading (1:33)
  34. + her conversation (2:53)

Asian E&SE Volume 4: Native Speakers from Japan

  1. Female from Hiroshima Japan reading (1:37)
  2. + her conversation (7:53)
  3. Male from Kurashiki Japan reading (1:36)
  4. + his conversation (9:07)
  5. Female from Fukuoka Japan reading (1:22)
  6. + her conversation (6:03)
  7. Male from Japan reading (1:12)
  8. + his conversation (6:50)
  9. Male from Kansai Japan reading (1:28)
  10. + his conversation (3:32)
  11. Female from Osaka Japan reading (1:56)
  12. + her conversation (3:19)
  13. Female from Yokkaichi Japan reading (1:38)
  14. + her conversation (6:49)
  15. Male from Aichi Prefecture Japan reading (1:42)
  16. + his conversation (1:53)
  17. Male from Central Japan reading (2:05)
  18. + his conversation (1:34)
  19. Female from Kagoshima Japan reading (1:47)
  20. + her conversation (2:38)
  21. Female from Takaishi Japan reading (1:24)
  22. + her conversation (1:57)
  23. Male from Tokyo Japan reading (1:21)
  24. + his conversation (2:52)
  25. + reading in a stronger accent (2:03)
  26. Female from Yokohama Japan reading (1:18)
  27. + her conversation (2:23)
  28. Male from Tokyo Japan reading (1:20)
  29. + his conversation (1:03)
  30. Male from Tokyo Japan in conversation (2:32)
  31. Male from Kasugi Japan reading (1:14)
  32. + his conversation (2:07)

Asian E&SE Volume 5: Native Speakers from South Korea, the Philippines, and Indonesia

  1. Female from South Korea reading (1:35)
  2. + her conversation (4:23)
  3. Male from Seoul South Korea reading (1:27)
  4. + his conversation (2:49)
  5. Female from South Korea reading (1:18)
  6. + her conversation (1:40)
  7. Female from South Korea reading (1:23)
  8. + her conversation (1:28)
  9. Male from South Korea reading (1:32)
  10. + his conversation (2:58)
  11. Male from Seoul South Korea reading (2:13)
  12. + his conversation (1:28)
  13. Female from South Korea reading (1:16)
  14. + her conversation (2:08)
  15. Female from Manila Philippines reading (1:06)
  16. + her conversation (5:45)
  17. Male from Bacolod City Philippines reading (1:27)
  18. + his conversation (1:59)
  19. Female from Manila Philippines reading (1:16)
  20. + her conversation (8:19)
  21. Female from Philippines reading (1:28)
  22. + her conversation (2:14)
  23. Female from Philippines reading (1:30)
  24. + her conversation (1:56)
  25. Female from Manila Philippines reading (1:15)
  26. + her conversation (1:56)
  27. Male from Medan Indonesia reading (1:16)
  28. + his conversation (3:46)
  29. Male from Jakarta Indonesia reading (1:20)
  30. + his conversation (2:43)

Asian E&SE Volume 6: Native Speakers from Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Myanmar

  1. Female from Singapore reading (1:09)
  2. + her conversation (4:50)
  3. Male from Singapore reading (1:28)
  4. + his conversation (5:40)
  5. Female from Singapore reading (1:21)
  6. + her conversation (2:38)
  7. Female from Kerteh Terenngganu Malaysia reading (1:22)
  8. + her conversation (1:58)
  9. Female from Johor Bahru Malaysia reading (1:22)
  10. + her conversation (2:06)
  11. Male from Sungai Ara Malaysia reading (1:22)
  12. + his conversation (3:31)
  13. Female from Malaysia reading (1:36)
  14. + her conversation (1:08)
  15. Female from Saigon Vietnam reading (1:17)
  16. + her conversation (1:22)
  17. Female from Vietnam reading (2:11)
  18. + her conversation (2:43)
  19. Female from Vietnam reading (1:52)
  20. + her conversation (5:07)
  21. Female from Da Nang Vietnam reading (1:37)
  22. + her conversation (2:47)
  23. Female from Hanoi Vietnam reading (1:42)
  24. + her conversation (1:45)
  25. Female from Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam reading (1:18)
  26. + her conversation (:56)
  27. Male from Saigon Vietnam reading (1:22)
  28. + his conversation (1:10)
  29. Male from Yangon Myanmar reading (1:30)
  30. + his conversation (2:57)

Asian E&SE Volume 7: More Native Speakers

  1. Female from Cambodia reading (1:18)
  2. + her conversation (1:59)
  3. Female from Siem Reap Cambodia in conversation (4:28)
  4. Male from Siem Reap Cambodia reading (1:46)
  5. + his conversation (4:14)
  6. Female from Cambodia reading (1:13)
  7. + her conversation (4:27)
  8. Male from Bangkok Thailand reading (1:37)
  9. + his conversation (5:43)
  10. Female from Hat Yai Thailand reading (2:13)
  11. + her conversation (6:47)
  12. Male from Bangkok Thailand reading (1:18)
  13. + his conversation (1:32)
  14. Female from Bangkok Thailand reading (1:30)
  15. + her conversation (2:03)
  16. Male from Yasothon Thailand reading (1:49)
  17. + his conversation (3:26)
  18. Female from Pakse Laos reading (1:51)
  19. + her conversation (8:18)
  20. Male from HO Chi Minh City Vietnam reading (2:06)
  21. + his conversation (5:35)
  22. Female from Nong Khai Thailand reading (1:52)
  23. + her conversation (9:31)
  24. Female from Cavite Philippines reading (1:16)
  25. + her conversation (5:04)
  26. Female from Tai Pei Taiwan reading (1:43)
  27. + her conversation (7:46)
  28. Female from Miri Malaysia reading (1:28)
  29. + her conversation (4:29)

Asian E&SE Volume 8: More Native Speakers

  1. Female from Zhuhai China reading (1:58)
  2. + her conversation (5:48)
  3. Female from Jakarta Indonesia reading (1:19)
  4. + her conversation (4:59)
  5. Female from Heilongjiang China reading (1:49)
  6. + her conversation (4:02)
  7. Male from Hong Kong China reading (1:22)
  8. + his conversation (6:58)
  9. Male from Kobe Japan reading (1:44)
  10. + his conversation (6:01)
  11. Male from Phnom Penh Cambodia reading (1:40)
  12. + his conversation (6:39)
  13. Male from Seoul South Korea reading (1:41)
  14. + his conversation (6:20)
  15. Male from Yangon Myanmar reading (1:48)
  16. + his conversation (8:47)
  17. Male from Singapore reading (2:01)
  18. + his conversation (6:21)

Many of these recordings are made "in the field" or via online connections so you may hear such things as birds, cars or other people in the background and some elements of digitalization. A transcription of the conversations is included to help you follow along.

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