accent training
Speech pattern instruction
Accent training is instruction aimed at modifying how someone speaks—either to reduce a foreign accent when speaking a second language, or to acquire a different accent for acting or other purposes.
Programs may focus on pronunciation, intonation, rhythm, and stress patterns: She took accent training to sound more American for business calls.
Also called accent reduction or accent modification.
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- articulationClear vocal expression
- prosodyStudy of verse rhythm
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
- stress patternsSyllable emphasis distribution
phonology · clear speech · self-monitoring · cross-cultural communication · immersion programs · confidence building · speech drills · identity formation · mother tongue · second language · regional dialect · tongue twisters · public speaking · rhythm · speech therapy · pitch · elocution · foreign
accent traininggrammar instruction
Teaching linguistic rules
reading comprehension · grammar drills · silent reading · vocabulary building · listening comprehension
accent trainingcode-switching
Alternating between linguistic varieties