Learn more about common American English pronunciation problems and how to fix them:
- You need schwa if you wannə speak American EnglishYou need schwa if you wannə speak American English If you wanna speak American English in a way that sounds very natural you absolutely MUST use ...Read more
- Words with the Voiceless TH SoundAmerican English has two TH sounds. For both TH sounds you need to place your tongue gently between your teeth. One TH sound is voiced and one ...Read more
- Will Toastmaster’s help me speak with an American accent?You won’t get specific or specialized help with your foreign accent at a Toastmasters club. Toastmasters are not trained to provide you with feedback on ...Read more
- Why You Need to Use Syllable Stress CorrectlyWhy You Need to Use Syllable Stress Correctly When you’re speaking American English it’s critical for you to use syllable stress correctly. You absolutely must stress words ...Read more
- Why Thomas Kurian is a great speakerListen closely to the way Thomas says the words below using the correct syllable stress. He emphasizes one syllable in each word. His speech sounds ...Read more
- Why is Th is so difficult to pronounce?Why is Th is so difficult to pronounce? Do you ever wonder why the Th is so difficult for non native English speakers to pronounce? Here’s a ...Read more
- Why is my accent hard for Americans to understand?Why is my accent hard for Americans to understand? Do you know why your accent is hard for Americans to understand? What I mean is, do you know ...Read more
- Why don’t people understand me when I speak English?If you learned to speak English outside of North America, there’s a good chance that people born in the U.S. and Canada won’t understand you.Read more
- Why does the T have different sounds in American English?The American T has many sounds My accent reduction coaching clients often ask me, “Susan, I’ve noticed that you say your T sounds differently than I do. ...Read more
- Why Do People Always Ask Me Where I’m From?Why Do People Always Ask Me Where I’m From? One of the biggest complaints that I hear from my clients is this~ Susan, people always ask me where ...Read more
- Why Do I Have an Accent When I Speak English?This is #2 of four posts that explain why you have an accent when you speak American English. Yesterday I wrote about syllable stress. You should read that ...Read more
- Why Do I Have an Accent When I Speak English?This is Part 3 of my series that addresses the question~ Why do I have an accent when I speak English? In the past two posts I wrote about the importance ...Read more
- Why do I have an accent when I speak American English?Why do I have an accent when I speak American English? There’s nothing wrong with you if you speak American English with an accent. If I went ...Read more
- Why Do I Have an Accent When I Speak American English?This is my fourth & final post in my series titled Why do I have an accent when I speak American English? Today I’m going to talk about how sound ...Read more
- Why can’t Americans understand my accent?Why can’t Americans understand my accent? Do you ever wonder WHY Americans have difficulty understanding you when you speak? Many professionals working in the US, or working ...Read more
- Why Accent Assessments are so popularHere at ConfidentVoice, my most popular training option is my personal Accent Assessment. People choose to get an Accent Assessment because they want to find out ...Read more
- Which words should I stress?Don’t stress every word One of the biggest American accent challenges my accent reduction coaching clients have to learn is choosing which words to stress in a ...Read more
- What’s the Quickest Way to Improve American English Pronunciation?The Quickest Way to Improve Your American English Pronunciation You’re working on improving your American English pronunciation. And you want to seed noticeable results as quickly as ...Read more
- What’s the most common word in English?What’s the most common word in English? The most common word in English is the. How to pronounce the There are two ways to pronounce the word the. Both versions ...Read more
- What’s a heavy Indian accent?What’s a heavy Indian accent? Many of my accent reduction clients come to me because their boss, manager or coworkers told them that they speak with a “heavy ...Read more