The Center for Confident American English Communication

Over the past 6 months I’ve been very busy with one-on-one accent reduction coaching, so I have not been conducting any group accent reduction classes. If you are interested in taking an online accent reduction class, follow the link below to see a great course taught by a talented and very experienced instructor. The American

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An article published today in USA Today reports that more people are taking lessons and classes on how to improve their American English pronunciation. Accent reduction can be controversial because one’s accent is part of their identity. We all know that there is nothing wrong with an accent because we all have one. However, for

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English is not always pronounced the same way that it’s written and that is the cause of many pronunciation problems. One sound that American English speakers frequently drop is the /t/ sound. The /t/ sound is often dropped after the /n/ sound in spoken American English. This is very natural and it helps speakers to pronounce

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