by Judy Ravin | Aug 7, 2012 | Accent Acquisition, American Pronunciation, British Accent, Globalization, Language Acquisition
We’re halfway into the 2012 Summer Olympics and the U.S. athletes have certainly done America proud. Take Michael Phelps, honoring the U.S. with his 18th gold medal, Gabby Douglas standing proud and bemedaled on the award stand, and 17-year-old boxer Claressa Shields...
by Judy Ravin | Apr 18, 2012 | Accent Acquisition, Accent Modification, Accent Neutralization, Accent Reduction, American Accent Training
Twenty-four years ago, as an American student participating in a Junior Year Abroad program in Paris, I was inundated with the phrase, “Quoi? Qu’est-ce que tu as dis?” That’s French for, “What? What did you say?” It was then and...
