Understanding the American English accent: conversational English practice.
Here’s a simple, useful website, http://trainyouraccent.com, that has speaking samples spoken by a young American man, with accompanying text. You can hear him speak while you read the text of his words. Even better, you can see the same text marked to show pronunciation reductions and elisions, especially those elusive schwas! He speaks on a variety of everyday topics, like renting an apartment. His sound is natural and authentic American pronunciation and intonation. Students can use the site on their own.