The Center for Confident American English Communication

Here’s some interesting news (or perhaps an opinion) about the Indian English accent vs. the Filipino English accent. An article in the Economist Magazine states; “The main reason for the success of the Philippine call centres is that workers speak English with a neutral accent and are familiar with American idioms—which is exactly what their American

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Many people contact me to ask if it’s possible to eliminate their foreign accent. That’s a very good question! Can you totally eliminate your native accent and speak like an American born person? The answer is…. probably not. AND, it’s really not necessary! What you CAN do, if you get some training and work hard is modify your

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Speaking English too quickly can contribute to your foreign accent!! Many of my accent reduction coaching clients have a habit of speaking English with a very fast pace. This is often true of Spanish speakers, Brazilian speakers and speakers of Indian languages. When I ask them why they speak so fast, many of them say,

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Many of my clients have been told by their coworkers that they speak English too quickly. They often tell me, “Americans speak quickly, so I think that I should speak quickly too.”  ➽ Here are my thoughts on this topic~ Many American born speakers DO speak English quickly. They’re able to do this and be

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The clients in my accent reduction coaching program learn effective strategies that help them speak American English more clearly.♬ Here’s a short quiz that indicates how to use the schwa sound + /y/ & /w/ insertions in some tough words. This is a strategy that I use with my clients who work in accounting &

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This week I am writing a series of posts that describe WHY you have an accent when you speak American English. Yesterday I wrote about syllable stress. You should read that post NOW if you missed it yesterday. Today I’ll talk about the importance of lengthening ⇒  certain vowel sounds. There are 2 rules I

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To start out the New Year, I’m going to write a series of 4 posts to answer the question: Why do I have an accent when I speak American English? There are a number of factors that contribute to accented speech. Over the next few days I’ll describe 5 factors that may be causing YOU

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Many of my accent reduction clients come to me because their boss, manager or coworkers told them that they speak with a “heavy Indian accent”. So what do they mean? What exactly is it that creates what people call a “heavy Indian accent”? Here are some features that contribute to a heavy accent in the ears of

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In my accent reduction coaching sessions I teach my clients working in business, engineering and IT how to pronounce longer words the way Americans do. ☝ Knowing how to pronounce longer words using the correct syllable stress pattern is KEY to efficient, clear and PROFESSIONAL communication. The short quiz below features some longer words that

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My American Accent iPad book is provides an excellent foundation for South Asian English speakers to work on their American accents, ☆ This course teaches Indian English speakers to communicate more clearly in spoken American English. ☆ If you’ve never taken an American accent or accent reduction course before, or if you want to practice

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