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What is your superpower to succeed with accent reduction? This is a really interesting topic. For this we have to go back to how everyone learns their native accent. Of course you learn your native
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Why I don't use the phonetic chart or IPA My first time ever teaching pronunciation I prepared from books and brought my phonetic chart into the classroom. After the first 10 minutes one student said
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Before I started writing this article, I got up and put on some lipstick.Strange? Maybe, but it’s something that gives me a push of confidence when I need to sharpen my sass and uplift my mood a
Continue Reading...Why am I an Accent Reduction Coach?
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I have a client that spent thousands of dollars on a speech therapist to change her accent. She had to book seven months in advance and on her first class she was told: "Forget about sounding like a
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