American Accent Posts

​Most foreigners pick up an American English pronunciation because the world’s pop culture is simply American culture, at least most of it. Our Clear English Speech program allows you to speak clearly and intelligibly with an American English pronunciation. More specifically, we teach you how to speak Standard American English. 

​I like cats and I like languages (I speak 4 languages). My mother spoked Polish and when she read books and it showed a dog barking, she would say ‘how-how”. So I was wondering how people say the sound that cats make.
As you can see from this list, the cat’s basic “meow” is widely interpreted by different languages, but do share a recognizable sound pattern. The spelling/sound differences may be more from the limitations/parameters that each language has rather than a real difference in translating cat sounds.  I found looking at these enjoyable, I hope that you do, too. 

​If English is not your first language, and someone said to you, “my coworker just gave me the cold shoulder so I don’t think I’ll hang out with him until he lightens up,” you might be wandering what he’s talking about. If your food is spicy and your American friend says “it’s too hot”, what is he talking about? Below are some typical American English Slang words and phrases that may help you understand the Americans you’re communicating with.

​No matter how old you are it is absolutely possible to both reduce your accent and improve your English pronunciation.  Changing the way that you pronounce English words is similar to learning a new musical instrument. It takes a lot of practice, and being older makes it more likely you will need to practice more. Remember when you first learned to drive a car?  

​As a native Slavic speaker, you may tend to not move your mouth when speaking English as much as American English speakers do. Your jaws, lips and teeth are more clenched and tense.  Americans move their lips quite a bit when speaking.  I will teach you how to move your mouth correctly to pronounce specific sounds and how to improve your speech.