Reduce Your Foreign Accent: Step #10

Lynda Stucky January 30, 2015 Million Dollar Speech and Voice

This is Lynda Stucky with your weekly speech and voice tip. The tip you are about to hear is part of a process. This process, when used with the acquisition of a new speech habit, can be a powerful tool for reducing a foreign accent to become better understood. This process is essential for mastering a speech skill because it takes into account the development of your listening skills before actually trying to learn the new skill.

Step #10 is here! You have worked hard to accomplish a new skill and take it to the complex conversation level. Your new skill should be automatic now and you don’t even have to think about it anymore. Congratulations. I sure hope that you are receiving some feedback from those around you that “something” is different about your speech and you are easier to understand! That is sure evidence that you have made changes in your speech habits. Now that you have mastered one skill, are you ready for your next one? Take them one or two at a time. Any more than that and you will get burned out and lose interest. Changing a habit is worthwhile but it isn’t easy. Make it easier on yourself by taking it slow. That way, you will hear and see your progress and so will those people who are around you.