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Caribbean Accents

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 almost seven hours of audio!
$30.00
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Caribbean Accents Learning Materials

  • The Caribbean 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. You will hear native speakers demonstrate the practice words and sentences throughout. In addition, native speakers from 11 different countries read through the practice sentences and the practice monologue as well.
  • There are also recordings of native speakers from over a dozen Caribbean countries - almost 7 hours of recordings in total! You'll get a PDF transcript of these conversations so that you can follow along with the recordings.
  • You'll get a PDF of the teaching materials, plus a PDF file to print 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 can view a complete list of audio tracks below.
  • 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!

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

Listen to a Sample!

Audio files in Four Volumes (630.7MB, 418 minutes)

Volume 1: Learning the Accent

  1. Introduction to Sound Placement, Intonation (14:33)
  2. Consonant sound changes (12:21)
  3. Vowel sound changes (9:01)
  4. changes in Diphthongs (7:52)
  5. Jamaican Patois phrases by a native Jamaican male (4:08)
  6. Practice Monologue Sounds part 1 (9:11)
  7. Practice Monologue Sounds part 2 (7:54)
  8. Practice Monologue Sounds part 3 (5:12)
  9. Practice Monologue for Placement & Intonation (9:24)
  10. Practice Monologue Examples (3:13)
  11. Introduction to Native Speaker Practice Examples (:49)
  12. Practice Examples from Antigua & Barbuda Female (5:17)
  13. Practice Examples from Grenada Female (2:27)
  14. Practice Examples from Trinidad & Tobago Male (2:16)
  15. Practice Examples from Saint Lucia Female (2:22)
  16. Practice Examples from Jamaica Female (3:12)
  17. Practice Examples from Jamaica Male (2:40)
  18. Practice Examples from Barbados Male (3:57)
  19. Practice Examples from Bahamas Female (2:12)
  20. Practice Examples from Curaçao Male (2:50)
  21. Practice Examples from Belize Male (2:29)
  22. Practice Examples from Guyana Female (5:34)
  23. Practice Examples from Suriname Female (7:10)

Volume 2: Recordings of Native Speakers

  1. Port Marie Jamaica Male reading (2:17)
  2. + his conversation (6:21)
  3. Belize City Belize Male reading (2:20)
  4. + his conversation (9:29)
  5. Dangriga Belize Female conversation (7:59)
  6. Dangriga Belize Male conversation (4:24)
  7. St Lucia Female reading (1:23)
  8. + her conversation (5:12)
  9. St Vincent Grenadines Female reading (1:07)
  10. + her conversation (4:40)
  11. Diego Martin Trinidad & Tobago Male reading (1:30)
  12. + his conversation (1:04)
  13. Trinidad & Tobago Female reading (1:23)
  14. + her conversation (12:29)
  15. Guyana Male reading (1:47)
  16. + his conversation (8:10)
  17. Kingston Jamaica Female reading (2:26)
  18. + her conversation (2:37)
  19. Gordon Town Jamaica Male reading (1:12)
  20. + his conversation (7:11)
  21. Mandeville Jamaica Male reading (1:35)
  22. + his conversation (:56)
  23. St Lucia Male reading (1:22)
  24. + his conversation (4:11)
  25. Bridgetown Barbados Female reading (1:02)
  26. + her conversation (2:22)
  27. Antigua Male reading (1:57)
  28. + his conversation (2:43)
  29. Jamaica Female reading (1:22)
  30. + her conversation (2:47)

Volume 3: Recordings of Native Speakers

  1. Leeward Islands Anguilla Female reading (1:32)
  2. + her conversation (3:33)
  3. Leeward Islands Anguilla Female reading (1:50)
  4. + her conversation (4:53)
  5. Kingston Jamaica Female reading (:54)
  6. + her conversation (:58)
  7. Barbados Male conversation (10:00)
  8. Kingston Jamaica White Male reading (1:09)
  9. + his conversation (5:16)
  10. Montego Bay Jamaica Female reading (1:12)
  11. + her conversation (4:41)
  12. Nassau Bahamas Male reading (1:13)
  13. + his conversation (4:41)
  14. Trinidad & Tobago Female reading (1:13)
  15. + her conversation (3:02)
  16. Trinidad & Tobago Female reading (1:23)
  17. + her conversation (3:54)
  18. St Kitts Female reading (1:38)
  19. + her conversation (4:56)
  20. St Vincent Male reading (1:12)
  21. Kingston Jamaica Female reading (1:30)
  22. + her conversation (:52)
  23. Kingston Jamaica Male reading (1:13)
  24. + his conversation (3:41)
  25. Kingston Jamaica Female reading (1:13)
  26. + her conversation (2:38)
  27. Bridgetown Barbados Female reading (1:08)
  28. + her conversation (2:41)
  29. Trinidad & Tobago Female reading (1:19)
  30. + her conversation (3:39)

Volume 4: Recordings of Native Speakers

  1. Bahamas Female reading (:52)
  2. + her conversation (5:04)
  3. St Kitts Male reading (:57)
  4. + his conversation (11:32)
  5. St Vincent Male reading (1:18)
  6. + his conversation (6:40)
  7. Aruba Male reading (1:26)
  8. + his conversation (7:39)
  9. Plaisance Guyana Male reading (1:20)
  10. + his conversation (6:39)
  11. Kingston Jamaica Female reading (1:52)
  12. + her conversation (2:34)
  13. Bridgetown Barbados Female conversation (7:34)
  14. Curiçao Male reading (2:06)
  15. + his conversation (5:45)
  16. Guyana Female reading (1:43)
  17. + her conversation (5:23)
  18. Barbados Male reading (1:25)
  19. + his conversation (4:45)
  20. Suriname Female reading (1:32)
  21. + her conversation (7:58)
  22. Grenada Female reading (2:21)
  23. + her conversation (7:44)
  24. Belize Male reading (1:26)
  25. + his conversation (9:20)
  26. Jamaica Male reading (1:32)
  27. + his conversation (2:04)

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.

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