"I Need to Learn a British Accent"
I get enough inquiries from people who ask about learning a British accent, that it seems to be important to clarify that this is too broad of a statement. Usually... Read more
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Two Vowel Shifts in Almost All ESL Accents
In addition to sharing useful information about shifts to the [ɪ] and [ʊ] sounds, I use an example word that fills me with regret and joy. I love to be... Read more
Russian Accent Intonation
AccentHelp coach Jim Johnson leads you through some techniques for learning the intonation for a Russian accent when speaking English. It's always best to start with a very strong stereotype,... Read more
Aspiration on Plosive Consonants
Jim gets into how plosive consonants can have varying degrees of aspiration (explosion) and how to note those with the phonetic alphabet: Read more
Rhotic vs Non-Rhotic Accents
One major subdivision of accents/dialects is whether they are rhotic or non-rhotic: do they drop their R's or not? When the R's drop after vowels ("hard" = "hahd") this is... Read more
Broad vs Narrow Transcription of R
I had a question from someone about why they see different symbols for the R sound even though people are talking about the same one... The symbol \r\ may be... Read more
Introduction to Accents 6: Prioritizing Learning Accents
What accent should you learn when it's not immediately demanded by a project? Coach Jim Johnson leads you through a list of which accents and dialects to work on as... Read more
Introduction to Accents 5: Helpful Hints
Often there are little shortcuts or tricks that help you to jumpstart learning an accent. Here, Jim Johnson leads you through a number of possible elements that might help you... Read more
