Welcome back! Have you checked out my Accent Reduction classes yet? A couple of days ago I explained that heteronyms are two words that are spelled identically. The way the words are stressed determines the meaning.
One good example is the word: OBJECT.
The way you use syllable stress say the word ‘object’ changes the meaning of [...]
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Syllable Stress in Nouns & Verbs
Best Accent Training American English Audio Course
This week I found an excellent American English Pronunciation Audio Course on the web. In this audio course instructor Charles Becker teaches you American English vowel & consonant sounds, syllable stress & intonation as well as linking and connected speech.
This is a very complete course and I advise you to check it out! You can [...]
How Long Will it Take to Reduce My Accent?
When people are thinking about signing up for accent reduction training they usually ask how long it will take them to reduce their accent. Here is my response to that very important question.
Although most people will never sound like a native American English speaker, everyone is capable of reducing their accent and making their speech [...]
Korean College Grads and English Job Interviews
From all that I’ve heard, the push to learn English in Korea is huge these days. This article from the Korea Times reports that 39% of recent college graduates want to find jobs with big companies where spoken English is frequently a prerequisite for the job. Some job interviews are done with native English speakers [...]
Minnesota Immigrants Study Accent Reduction
Immigrant professionals are taking classes at the University of Minnesota to improve their accents and communication skills. The director of the program says, ”We as Americans tend to make some judgments and assumptions about people’s credibility, their expertise and their education based on how we perceive them communicating,”
Participants understand that as adult learners they will never [...]
