Carolina Freedman can read and write English perfectly but says she's been embarrassed when speaking it. She says she's had people tell her they don't speak Spanish when she's speaking English. "I was ...

Sheri Brooks, an English as a Second Language teacher who specializes in accent reduction, works with Andrea Tontodonati, left, of the Philippines. The Lancaster General Hospital employee wanted to ...

Many entrepreneurs tackle niche market segments. But Judy Ravin went out on a limb and started Accent Reduction Institute LLC before there was much of a market for technology tools that targeted ...

Alice Wujciak (right) helps Dominican Republic native and Broward College student Nykoll Hernandez improve her English elocution and reduce her accent. Like so many recently arrived immigrants in ...

MIAMI, Fla. - Virginia Lopez, a Cuban-born economist, wants to speak better English. But when people hear her heavy accent, they switch to Spanish instead. Mariela Salomon, a legal secretary from ...

Theresa Cinotti, a clinical assistant professor at UB’s Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic, finds accented English beautiful. An accent, she says, is something distinct and individual, a clue to a ...

A medical student named Ahmed sat down at his computer, looked into the camera, and began reciting spices. “Cinnamon, turmeric, cloves, and garlic powder,” the 23-year-old said from his dim Saudi ...

Camden County College’s free advisement and instruction coursesare helping those whose first language isn’t English – including area residents and students from all over the world – conquer their ...

The foreign accents that charm many Americans can also be a major barrier to getting hired after graduation. In order for international students with heavy accents to improve their employment chances ...

For language geeks like me, accent reduction is a term used to describe losing a foreign or regional accent to adopt a more popular one (e.g., American). It’s an important part of a person’s identity, ...