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Introducing Our eBook – 5 Tools to Stop Your Accent Getting in the Way
We are delighted to be kicking off the new year with the release of a new eBook, in which our founder Emma Serlin shares her top 5 tools for making sure your accent doesn’t...
Published: January 15, 2018
What Is Elocution?
Elocution is an antiquated term, usually associated with clichéd phrases such as ‘how now brown cow’, or Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins. We think it is a path to speaking properly, and it associated...
Published: September 19, 2017
Accent Softening: Let’s Talk About Vowels
Vowels have a greater impact on accents than we think. When looking into accent softening, it is at first important to understand that it's no mean feat! (more…)
Published: September 20, 2016
Empower Your Speech By 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...
Published: September 12, 2016
How The Serlin Method™ For Accent Softening Was Born
Before I set up London Speech Workshop I had never heard of Accent Softening. So I was even more surprised when I realised that for many non-native speakers, the experience of having an accent...
Published: April 4, 2016
Received Pronunciation: Is There A Right Way To Pronounce Words?
Words are the great facilitator of our communication. When we use words sloppily therefore, we are undermining our position as communicators. (more…)
Published: February 29, 2016
Your Accent Challenge: Overcome It By Focusing On 4 Key Ideals
Accents can be a challenge. Even if you are a fluent English speaker, you may find an accent to be a bump in the road towards being the best communicator you can be....
Published: June 23, 2015
What Is Convergence?
Have you ever been speaking to someone with a different accent, and found yourself changing the way you speak to sound more like them? (more…)
Published: March 12, 2015