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By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist  If you don’t use and practice English, you will lose what you know. At the end of the day, you are responsible for your own language growth.
Read on to learn how to grow to become a highly proficient English speaker. By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist I just wish my mouth had a backspace key. Thinking before acting is wisdom, but acting before thinking is regret.  I’m going to share with you, exactly what to do and say when you feel stuck in English. Have you ever felt frozen when you couldn’t think of the right word to say? What happened? Were you able to continue the conversation?
By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.  Let Me See, which Tagalog idiomatic expression matches the English idiomatic expression, "Looking for a needle in a haystack?" Tagalog and English idiomatic expressions are fascinating to compare. Below are some of my favorites.
By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.  Proven self-help American accent techniques can help you be better understood. To be a great communicator in English do the following:
By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist  STOP! Putting yourself down for the way you speak English. START confidently speaking English like an American and be understood. It may not seem fair, but getting high grades in English second language classes, even from top rated schools, does not guarantee you will speak English understandably. Few English as a Second Language (ESL) programs provide the necessary help and training required to establish truly functional English pronunciation skills.This often surprises many students who fail
By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist
Having a strong accent and a speech condition can interfere with accent neutralization.
One time, I was working with a husband and wife team who were originally from India. Soon during our first lesson it became evident that the husband had a frontal lisp...
By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist
"Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed."
-Demakis, Joseph 
Do you speak at the rate of a speeding train?
Speech rate is the term given to the speech at which you speak. Slow speech is usually regarded as less than 110 words per minute. Conversational speech generally falls between 120 wpm at the slow end to 160-200 wpm in the fast range. People who read books for radio podcasts are often asked to speak at 150-160 wpm. The best way to determine your speaking rate is to.....
By Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, American Accent Specialist
Writing Emails can be challenging for Non-Native speakers due to English grammar, American colloquial and idiomatic expressions.
My American accent clients often tell me that they have a hard time with writing emails or that people complain or correct their emails. So here are some general tips to improve your email writing:
Author: Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, Accent Reduction Specialist
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
-William James 
Newscasters use idiomatic expressions to spice up their interview stories.
Recently, I have been listening to the news about the government's tribulations as well as events happening on the Super Bowl. I realized how many idiomatic expressions the newscasters used to make what they’re saying more interesting. Have any of you had the same experience? One expression, especially, has been coming up rather frequently –
Author: Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, Certified American English Pronunciation, Accent Reduction Specialist  There are key differences in how consonants are pronounced by Spanish and American speakers. Many English consonant sounds do not exist in Spanish: they include the voiced and voiceless “th”; /v/; /z/; “sh”;”zh”; /y/; and /h/. To speak with an American accent, Spanish speakers need to clearly pronounce these English consonant sounds:
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