Where do accents really come from? Why do people even have an accent? Formal language classes focus on reading and writing from the first day of class. This causes us to input what we know about reading and writing on the new language before we even hear it. That...
You Speak a Second Language with an Accent. So What? My Spanish-speaking client arrived for her in-office Corporate English Training lesson and flopped into her chair, clearly exasperated about something. “Why can’t I order a regular coffee like everyone else at...
When I first moved to Mexico, I made my friends order for me at restaurants. Why would I do this when I spoke Spanish? It’s simple. I had an English accent, and speaking with an accent made it hard for native Spanish speakers to understand what I was saying....
Want to know something that often surprises professionals who relocate from other countries to the U.S.? They may have previous experience using English on the job. But working day in, day out in an English-only office, with native English speakers, is a whole new...
On July 4, 1776 — almost 243 years ago — the Continental Congress approved the United States’ Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. But American English was on a path to independence from British English even before that.You may have heard the famous...
