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When someone first starts learning to speak a new language, pronunciation is usually the first place to start. This is understandable because pronunciation of the sounds of a language must be close enough...

Another way of describing speech that could be called “choppy” would be to say speech that is not smooth, or comes out in pieces, such as one word or even one syllable at a time. If you’ve ever been concerned...

No, it’s not just you! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this. And I’ve experienced the feeling as well. So don’t worry, you’re not the only one. There’s no quick fix for this, but there are some...

I’m certainly not uniquely qualified to answer this question just because I’m in the field of teaching accent reduction. I personally wouldn’t judge anyone who has an accent. On the contrary, I’m amazed...