The Center for Confident American English Communication

One way to practice your American English pronunciation is to rehearse. This is what I mean. Before going into a situation where you know you will be conversing with native English speakers, predict how the conversation might proceed. Depending on the context you should be able to anticipate many of the words and phrases that

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Will you ever be able to totally eliminate your foreign accent when you speak American English? The truth is, probably not. However, you can improve the way you speak so that people will understand you. To do that you need to learn the accent reduction strategies that will help you and practice those strategies every

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Sometimes it’s hard to know how to practice your pronunciation outside of class. Here are three strategies that I use with my students. 1. Use a checklist Make a checklist of the pronunciation features that you need to work on. You can use the results of your accent assessment or feedback from your pronunciation teacher

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Every week I get lots of questions from my readers. The most frequently asked question is- “How can I reduce my accent?” That’s a great question! Although most people will never sound like a native American English speaker, everyone is capable of reducing their accent and making their speech more comprehensible. As an adult learner you

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Spoken English can be mysterious. Since English is not a phonetic language there is not always a one-on-one relationship between the letters in the English alphabet and spoken sounds. The written and spoken language don’t always seem to work together very well! This can cause problems when you want to pronounce English words from a text!

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