American Spoken English in Real Life: Fast Natural, Urgent Survival, Foreign Accent Begone! : The Phonology of General American Colloquial

Learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) with academic "school" English, often British, bemoan not understanding well enough Americans speaking naturally & not being readily understood by them. A quick, effective remedy..."AMERICAN SPOKEN ENGLISH IN REAL LIFE," a practical scientific application of the phonology (some 50 simple visually imprinted rules of phonetics) of casual spontaneous unprepared GENERAL AMERICAN colloquial as Americans commonly speak it informally in real life-- 15-20 sounds a second (=up to 200 words a minute), 425 functional structures (word patterns), 1,120 daily-use thought units (practical meaningful utterances)...i.e. 203 "auxiliary verb plus noun" reduced forms (& hundreds other phonic words) which all ESL learners should recognize instantly, 1,500 index entries..."HEAR - SEE - DO - SAY" TPR (with up to 6 visual reinforcement imprints of a sound) needs no oral explanations in any language.