Accent reduction: Native Speaker speech pattern copying
You were promised some accent reduction training in yesterday's blog, so here it is! At the end of this blog RECORD YOURSELF saying the example sentences - I will get…
R&R 22: English Accent – Missing England
English Conversation Real & Relevant Podcast 22 Two English teachers with two types of English accent. Melissa is back in the pod and talks about the things that she has…
Accent training: ‘th’ sound exercises
Accent training is desired by lots of students. It seems that everyone wants to sound like a native speaker because my students have asked me so many times, "How do…
Shakespeare’s accent
Nobody truly knows what Shakespeare's accent sounded like. He wrote his plays nearly 500 years ago in English that is very different than it is spoken today. Just think how…
Lose your accent
A lot of students at SGI have asked me how they can lose their accent. Well, firstly it’s a very difficult thing to do and probably more importantly, is it…