What Is Intonation & How to Improve it
Intonation is about colour, melody and flow in speech. In short, it is the thing that breathes life into your communication. Therefore, if we are going to master one communication skill, getting the art...
Published: November 11, 2020
Transform Your Spanish Accent To Sound Like A Native English Speaker
Principal Coach Jamie Chapman gives his insights working with Spanish speakers who wish to soften their Spanish accents whilst speaking in English. Read on for some useful tips if you are Spanish on improving...
Should I Take An Accent Softening Course?
Should non-native English speakers drop, change or soften their accents? Your first instinct may be an indignant “of course not!” And in a way, we agree. But as with many things in life that...
How To Be More Coherent When Speaking Using Vowels
The delivery of what you say can make all the difference in how your audience remembers you - for both the right and wrong reasons! Remember that lacklustre speech you endured that almost sent...
How Easy Is It To Reduce A Native Accent?
Ok, let’s be honest - a lot of people would be offended by the title of this blog post. Why would anyone want to reduce their native accent? After all, our accents are part...
Accents & Accent Softening – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Do you sound different to the people around you? Do you feel like you don’t fit in? Or do you relish the fact that you’re just that little bit unique? This week we’re...
Published: March 18, 2019
Common Accent Challenges & How To Overcome Them
Three guys are out walking. The first one says, “Windy, isn’t it?” The second one answers, “No, it’s Thursday!” To which the third replies, “So am I. Let’s go get a beer.” While...
Published: December 15, 2018
Finding Your Voice, Finding Your Tribe
The BBC has just released their findings from the world's largest loneliness study. 55,000 people took part in the BBC's Loneliness Experiment in collaboration with the Welcome Collection. The people who took the...
Published: October 23, 2018
“Oar vs Or!” – 5 English Pronunciation Tips
The English language is a peculiar beast. In what other language would you pronounce 'law', 'caught', 'sure', and 'poor' with the same vowel sound? Or pronounce all these words with different sounding 'o' sounds?...
5 Tips To A Better English Accent – Without An Accent Reduction Coach
Your English is Already Great. Before we begin, it’s important to establish something really important: your English is great. I mean it. You are speaking a language that is not your mother...
Published: January 25, 2018