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Teaching non-native speakers to link words in English is one of the first things that I cover in my accent and pronunciation training programs.

Lots of accent instructors...

Lesson 13

One of the fastest, easiest ways to teach an accent is to practice the pronunciations of the goal accent (that’s the accent that your student...

Lesson 12

There are 3 levels of stress in English: primary, secondary, and completely unstressed syllables.

Some syllables are louder and longer, some syllables are...

Lesson 11

The focus of this week’s lesson is the American pronunciation of one of the most common words in English… “of.” (See how many times it...

Lesson 10

Did you know that rhythm is the #1 reason that non-native speakers are not easily understood when speaking English.

Most people think that the sounds and...

Lesson 9

Did you say 40? or 14?

Does this question sound familiar? Do your students have trouble being easily understood when pronouncing numbers?

I have an...

Lesson 8

One of the questions that I am asked most often is:

How did you become an Accent Specialist?

Short Answer: I got lucky enough to find real students who let me work...

Lesson 7

When teaching the American accent, I always have my students choose a speech model at some point during our first session. 

Why?

It gives us a clear goal to...

Lesson 6

I’ll never forget the day that I really understood the power of the vowel /AE/ when learning or teaching the different accents and dialects of English.

Just...