“Why Am I so Hard to Understand When I Speak So Well?”

Lynda Stucky January 18, 2016 Reduce a Foreign Accent, Reduce a Regional Accent

As an English learner with a great command of the language, why are you still hard to understand?

Top 10 Successful Speaking Strategies to Use in Cross-Cultural Conversations for the Accented Speaker-Part 1

Lynda Stucky November 13, 2014 Build Your Brand, Reduce a Foreign Accent

Have you ever felt frustrated that the conversation  you had with a colleague or supervisor fell short of your intentions?  Maybe you were trying to communicate something and it was clear that he/she didn’t understand what you said.  Here are some ideas that may help you:

Foreign Accent Defined

Lynda Stucky July 23, 2020 Reduce a Foreign Accent

Globalization across all industries has opened the door for business professionals to speak and partner with people from all corners of the world. Speaking or listening to someone with an accent is a part of our everyday business and personal lives. What does having an accent mean? An accent is simply a way of speaking shaped by a combination of geography, social class, education, ethnicity and language. Everybody has an accent. There is no such thing as a perfect, neutral or unaccented language. Accents are usually broken into 2 types:

Top 10 Successful Speaking Strategies to Use in Cross-Cultural Conversations for the Accented Speaker–Part 2

Lynda Stucky November 20, 2014 Build Your Brand, Reduce a Foreign Accent

Last week we discussed five tips for speaking in cross-cultural conversations.  Today, we explore the last five tips and tricks:

6. Pause periodically to give your listener time to process what you have said.
If you are making a few errors in your speech, the listener needs time to figure it out or “translate” what was said. Give your listener this time by pausing briefly.