27 Apr Stressed About Sentence Stress?
Placement of stress in a sentence is critical when trying to get people to understand your meaning and to arrive at that understanding quickly and easily. Against gut intuition, the...
22 Apr The Listen and Repeat Method: Does It Work?
Quick and easy doesn’t exist in accent training, but it doesn’t stop people from trying to find a magic pill. Many language learners end up in large group classes, in...
01 Mar An Easy Fix: Pronouncing the Spelling “au” Correctly
Most non-native speakers of English pronounce "au" incorrectly, regardless of where they are from in the world. Think about the words “auto,” “audit,” and “caught.” What sound do you use...
29 Jan “Bowel” or “Vowel”: Clarifying the Difference between “B” and “V”
“Bowel?” I ask my client jokingly from across the table while pointing to my stomach. “Ha! No, ‘vowel,’” the client clarifies. While many clients are aware of the difference between...
18 May Indian Accents- Just Another Version of British English?
One thing I commonly hear from people who were born and raised in India is that their difficulties being understood in the U.S. stem from their British accents. Indian accents...
12 Sep “cope, cop, cup”: A Vowel Tutorial
Open the voice memo app on your phone (if you don’t have a smart phone, grab a handheld recorder) and record yourself saying these three words: cope, cop, cup. Listen...