by Judy Ravin | Oct 13, 2012 | Accent Modification, American Accent, American Accent Training, American Pronunciation, British Accent, British English, Dialect, Globalization
Great Britain and America: “Two Countries Separated by a Common Language” -Oscar Wilde Last month I spoke at the 2012 NATO eLearning Conference where delegates from member nations discussed ‘best practices’ for online learning. My presentation, “Delivering Training to...
by Judy Ravin | Apr 22, 2012 | American Pronunciation, Communication Skills, English as a Second Language, Grammar Rules, Language Acquisition, Language Fluency
“Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts.” ~ Paul de Man Believe it or not, despite our varying degrees of poetic ability, we all try our hand with the poet’s most time honored literary device, metaphor. Metaphor is a technique used to transfer...
by Judy Ravin | Apr 22, 2012 | American Pronunciation
Who’s Jack, as in Jack O’Lantern? That’s right. My question wasn’t, “What’s a Jack-o’-lantern”? But instead, who’s this Jack guy and how did he get involved with Halloween? Let’s begin by taking a look at the...
by Judy Ravin | Apr 21, 2012 | Accent Neutralization, Accent Reduction, Accent Reduction Software, American Accent Training
The Accent Reduction Institute (ARI) is privileged to have a sister company, Menlo Innovations…“Menlo” for short. Menlo is a state-of-the-art software company inspired by the innovative approach of Thomas Edison’s invention factory. As you can imagine,...
by Judy Ravin | Apr 20, 2012 | Accent Comprehension, American Pronunciation, Communication Skills, Inclusion
There’s a fascinating article in the Telegraph.co.uk about humans subconsciously imitating other people’s accents. According to Prof. Lawrence Rosenblum of the University of California, Riverside, people consistently imitate the speech patterns of total...
