Accent Reduction – Top 10 Tips

1 – Imitate the desired accent and expressions of the people around you e.g. co-workers, T.V. and film characters, teachers, etc. 2 – Record yourself and check your progress continuously. 3 – Memorize useful North American slang, current idioms and expressions, etc. and integrate it whenever possible. 4 – Buy a pronunciation book. Check for […]

Accents & Emails

Did you know that a person’s email style is often as culturally-specific as their accent? Some times we come to think of English as a standardized tool that everyone is using for business, travel, pleasure etc. and we forget that it is a living, evolving stylized language. We obviously can see this (rather “hear this”) […]