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18 May Practice Makes Perfect

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If you think getting kids to do their homework is challenging, try convincing a 40-year-old to do theirs!  Some people mistakenly assume it is easier to get adults to practice...

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27 Apr Stressed About Sentence Stress?

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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...

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22 Apr The Listen and Repeat Method: Does It Work?

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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...

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01 Mar An Easy Fix: Pronouncing the Spelling “au” Correctly

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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...

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29 Jan “Bowel” or “Vowel”: Clarifying the Difference between “B” and “V”

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“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...

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18 May Indian Accents- Just Another Version of British English?

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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...

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