All About Accents

Accent and your facial muscles


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Join Dani and Lucas in this episode as they discuss how facial muscles are used in very unique ways in different accents and why changing how you use your facial muscles is crucial in getting an accent right. Learn about the unique facial muscle settings of various major accents and find out how to take your facial muscles under conscious control for this important step on your accent learning journey. Much of this episode’s content is based on the second P, "(oral) posture", of the “4 Ps of Accent Work” framework by Knight-Thompson Speechwork .

To find out more about oral posture, read Dani’s blog post about it here.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

- Accentricity Podcast

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All About AccentsBy Dani Morse-Kopp