Elevate Your Expression with Elocution Classes At AccentsOff, we believe in the power of clear and effective communication. That’s why we’re proud to offer specialized Elocution Classes designed to enhance your spoken language skills. Whether you’re looking to improve your public speaking, refine your pronunciation, or simply communicate more confidently, our classes are tailored to…
Flash Strategies for Accent Management
Whether you’re aiming to refine your accent for professional clarity, personal growth, or academic exploration, understanding how to navigate this linguistic landscape is an important skill. This article introduces Part 1 of “Flash Strategies,” simple yet effective techniques designed to enhance your communication skills, especially for those with well-developed, non-native accents who also have trouble…
Final Installment: Mini Case Studies
This is the final chapter in our 3-part series of Mini Case Studies: snapshots of some of our real-life students working hard on their American accents and voice. Check out some of the approaches we used with a Ukrainian marketer, a Columbian C-level executive, and a Japanese engineer. We take a personalized approach with each of…
Accent & Voice: More Mini Case Studies!
This is Part 2 of a 3-part series of “mini case studies”: snapshots of some of our real-life students working hard on their American accents and voice. Mini-Case 4: Stopped the second guessing Client Background: A. was a Haiti-born business consultant who came to us with concerns about “his speech in general”. He spoke excellent English…
Accent Reduction Classes: Mini Case Studies
Many people who inquire about our accent reduction programs ask us “What do students do in your classes, anyway?” So we thought it would be fun and useful to showcase a few “mini case studies” of some of our real-life students working hard on their American accents. This is the first of 3 posts featuring…
Our Top 3 Student Recordings
Wanna, Gonna, Kinda
Many of our accent reduction clients seeking to improve their American accent ask about using the words “gonna” (instead of “going to”), “wanna” (for “want to”), and “kinda” (for “kind of”). Some are quite opposed to using them! Here is my take on when it’s ok to use words like “gonna”, “wanna”, and “kinda”, and…
Do I Always Have to Speak Clearly? (cont’d)
Do I Always Have to Speak Clearly?
“I can’t hear you!” “Stop mumbling!” We all know it’s important to speak clearly with good diction and enunciation, but do we have to pronounce each and every word perfectly, just like we are reading from the dictionary? No! In fact, some people who pronounce all their words too perfectly can come off sounding affected,…
Idioms for Halloween
“Saved by the bell”. “Dead ringer”. “Like a bat out of Hell”. American English is full of idioms – you can’t escape them… 👻 If you are trying to improve your American English accent and language skills, remember idioms! Americans use them all the time. Idioms add spice to your speech and help you deliver…