Overview of corporate and individualized programs for improving oral communications skills, foreign and regional accent reduction strategies....

1. Accent Reduction Resources Accent Modification for Business Professionals

3. Accented speech can be improved significantly by choosing as few as three or four critical sounds to correct

4. Sometimes it is not the speech sound error that creates communication problems in accented speech………… rather, it is the rate, intonation and/or syllable stress of the speaker

5. Research shows that individuals who follow accent reduction programs as intended, show a fifty to sixty percent improvement in speaking skills

6. Communication Excellence. Corporate Success.

7. Most foreign and regional accents are: charming……………. interesting…………….. distinctive…………….

8. Unfortunately, some foreign and regional accents are: distracting……………. irritating…………….. penalizing…………….

9. Problems arise when listeners pay more attention to the speaker’s accent than to what he or she is saying

18. Communication Excellence. Corporate Success.

29. Accent Reduction Resources OUR MISSION: COMMUNICATION EXCELLENCE. CORPORATE SUCCESS.