looking for English Accent reduction training

alvarpaz · #1 18.01.2012, 13:34

Hi,

I am not native English speaker and looking for a trainning / lessons on English accent reduction, I am in Zurich. Any provider suggestion (School, trainned teacher, etc)? Thanks very much for advice.
cheers
Alvar

KeinFranzösisch · #2 18.01.2012, 13:37

	Quote:	alvarpaz
	Hi, I am not native English speaker and looking for a trainning / lessons on English accent reduction, I am in Zurich. Any provider suggestion (School, trainned teacher, etc)? Thanks very much for advice. cheers Alvar

You want to reduce your English accent or improve your English accent? Personally I think you should work on improving your American accent. It's much lovlier, and closer to the original.

tomberli · #3 18.01.2012, 13:40

Could help with an Ozzie accent - not sure thats what you're after...

MacGregor's Daughter · #4 18.01.2012, 13:42

	Quote:	alvarpaz
	Hi, I am not native English speaker and looking for a trainning / lessons on English accent reduction, I am in Zurich. Any provider suggestion (School, trainned teacher, etc)? Thanks very much for advice. cheers Alvar

We could get together and brush up /acquire a Canadian accent, which is the purest and lovliest of them all

glennsche · #5 18.01.2012, 14:09

Which american accent? We do have more than 1 you know.

1. The "like Oh. My. God. California accent? Where everything ends a little higher in pitch? than it started? so it all sounds like a question? Totally". (My native accent)

2. The "Oh jee now, oh jaa you betcha" northern / sarah palin / "Fargo" movie accent, spoken along the states which border Canada.

3. "Ey how YOO doin'" new jersey douchebag /tony soprano accent, native speakers of which are dying off from cancer from too much hairgel and fake tanning

4. "Pahk tha cah by tha habah" "what aah you, retahded" bostonian / new england, who desperately need an airlift of R's.

5. "how y'all doin' fellers i'm from texas", speakers of which should never be allowed to hold public office outside of texas ever again

6. Standard TV style "lack of accent" accent, spoken in the midwest by fat people

not to mention all the various ethnic regional accents and different flavors of ebonics...

while we're not quite as obsessed with accent as the brits nor do we have as many accents, we do have more than just a few.

grynch · #6 18.01.2012, 14:12

	Quote:	glennsche
	Which american accent? We do have more than 1 you know. 4. "Pahk tha cah by tha habah" "what aah you, retahded" bostonian / new england, who desperately need an airlift of R's. ..

we don't need your stinkin' "R"s

jrspet · #7 18.01.2012, 17:34

Try this member:

Accent reduction, Voice Coaching

Faybay · #8 18.01.2012, 17:46

I'll teach you Scottish. Much nicer than English. 😁

MacGregor's Daughter · #9 18.01.2012, 17:48

	Quote:	Faybay
	I'll teach you Scottish. Much nicer than English. 😁

May I come, too?

Faybay · #10 18.01.2012, 20:01

	Quote:	MacGregor's Daughter
	May I come, too?

Most certainly! But surely as a MacGregor you need no training!!!

MacGregor's Daughter · #11 20.01.2012, 18:00

	Quote:	Faybay
	Most certainly! But surely as a MacGregor you need no training!!!

Believe me, I do! Ol' MacGregor emigrated to New Scotland back in the olden days.

freeworld · #12 20.01.2012, 21:56

oh, no. This book cheated me. It says there is only one accent in the US.
American Accent Training

	Quote:	glennsche
	Which american accent? We do have more than 1 you know. 1. The "like Oh. My. God. California accent? Where everything ends a little higher in pitch? than it started? so it all sounds like a question? Totally". (My native accent) 2. The "Oh jee now, oh jaa you betcha" northern / sarah palin / "Fargo" movie accent, spoken along the states which border Canada. 3. "Ey how YOO doin'" new jersey douchebag /tony soprano accent, native speakers of which are dying off from cancer from too much hairgel and fake tanning 4. "Pahk tha cah by tha habah" "what aah you, retahded" bostonian / new england, who desperately need an airlift of R's. 5. "how y'all doin' fellers i'm from texas", speakers of which should never be allowed to hold public office outside of texas ever again 6. Standard TV style "lack of accent" accent, spoken in the midwest by fat people not to mention all the various ethnic regional accents and different flavors of ebonics... while we're not quite as obsessed with accent as the brits nor do we have as many accents, we do have more than just a few.