Without a doubt, sentence stress is a crucial skill in the English language. However, it is not something that is emphasized in English learning classes. Native English speakers use it as a fundamental tool to guide communication and although non-native English speakers hear it, without the explicit intention of practicing and honing this skill, they don't use it.  

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SMART Goals are not a new concept and have been implemented in many different fields within the medical rehabilitation body of work as well as in business and professional endeavors. By applying SMART goals to systematically target and audit your English language learning goals, you can build momentum and success into your English pronunciation learning.

About the Show: 

AccentOutLoud is your weekly source for English communication, insights, experimentation, and inspiration. Every Thursday (and sometimes more) I'll share my personal take on English communication, tips of English communication and what I think is important in clear communication. If you have an interest in improving your English communication, learning a speech-language pathologist's perspective on the field, or just want uniquely interesting podcast, you're sure to find something useful in each episode.  It's my hope that you'll  become  a  fan and gain a better appreciation and understanding of what  is involved in your accent as a result!   

AccentOutLoud is proudly made by me, a one-man team from Lucid Accent Consulting. Feel free to get in touch for any thoughts, ideas, or  feedback Check me out on Instagram - www.instagram.com/LucidAccent/ 

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Having stumbled upon this gem by G. Nolst Trenite, "The Chaos" reveals the inconsistent, ambiguous and challenging skill that is speaking English. Tune in as I blunder my way through the poem and follow along with the poem in front of you to see the spelling as well. 

p.s. yes, I now know I pronounce corps. incorrectly. As a Canadian with minimal exposure to the military, I was unaware, but now I know!

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AccentOutLoud is proudly made by me, a one-man team from Lucid Accent Consulting. Feel free to get in touch for any thoughts, ideas, or  feedback Check me out on Instagram - www.instagram.com/LucidAccent/ 

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Sharing my thoughts on how to approach accent modification and what are two ways to approach the issue. by better having an understanding of how to approach accent modification as a whole, you can better understand the impact of approaching accent modification in one way or another. The traditional method builds a foundational understanding of sound production, manner of articulation, and placement to ensure you have an understanding of the sounds involved. The other method is to choose functional words you use on a daily basis and targeting those specific sounds and words to ultimately alleviate frustrations in communication that currently impact your communicative success.

About the Show:

AccentOutLoud is your weekly source for English communication,     insights, experimentation, and inspiration. Every Thursday (and    sometimes  more) I'll share my personal take on English communication,     tips of English communication and what I think is important in clear    communication. If you have an interest in improving your English    communication, learning a speech-language pathologist's perspective on    the field, or just want uniquely interesting podcast, you're sure to    find something useful in each episode.  It's my hope that you'll  become  a  fan and gain a better appreciation and understanding of what  is   involved in your accent as a result! 

AccentOutLoud is proudly made by me, a one-man team from Lucid Accent Consulting. Feel free to get in touch for any thoughts, ideas, or  feedback

Check me out on Instagram - www.instagram.com/LucidAccent/

Without an understanding of the big picture and how to view accent learning, learning an accent or even evaluating your own accent can be difficulty, at best. There are fundamental building blocks and prerequisites to understand how speech production and sound work before you can learn a new way of speaking.

Many times, clients approach learning an accent with the individual sounds but don't have a greater appreciation for HOW they can change their mouth shape to alter their speech sounds. Without a strong understanding of the basic skills, consistent and reliable changes can be hard to master and further frustrate clients along their journey of self-improvement.

If you missed the discussions on mouth anatomy and the international phonetic alphabet, check out my last two episodes. They are pretty content heavy but worth the listen!

About the Show:

AccentOutLoud is your weekly source for English communication,     insights, experimentation, and inspiration. Every Thursday (and    sometimes  more) I'll share my personal take on English communication,     tips of English communication and what I think is important in clear    communication. If you have an interest in improving your English    communication, learning a speech-language pathologist's perspective on    the field, or just want uniquely interesting podcast, you're sure to    find something useful in each episode.  It's my hope that you'll  become  a  fan and gain a better appreciation and understanding of what  is   involved in your accent as a result! 

AccentOutLoud is proudly made by me, a one-man team from Lucid Accent    Consulting. Feel free to get in touch for any thoughts, ideas, or  feedback

Check me out on Instagram - www.instagram.com/LucidAccent/

Before we can talk about English pronunciation, we need to better describe sounds and systematically categorize them based on criteria. Otherwise, it becomes an impossible he heard vs. she heard subjective debate. Having a better appreciation of what is involved in sound production (using the learned mouth anatomy from the last episode), better facilitates an understanding of what mouth parts are involved in what sounds.

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About the Show:

AccentOutLoud is your weekly source for English communication,    insights, experimentation, and inspiration. Every Thursday (and   sometimes  more) I'll share my personal take on English communication,    tips of English communication and what I think is important in clear   communication. If you have an interest in improving your English   communication, learning a speech-language pathologist's perspective on   the field, or just want uniquely interesting podcast, you're sure to   find something useful in each episode.  It's my hope that you'll become  a  fan and gain a better appreciation and understanding of what is   involved in your accent as a result! 

AccentOutLoud is proudly made by me, a one-man team from Lucid Accent   Consulting. Feel free to get in touch for any thoughts, ideas, or feedback

Check me out on Instagram - www.instagram.com/LucidAccent/

In this episode, I talk about the basic anatomy involved in making sound. Although the content is not specific to accent learning or English learning, it is an important fundamental aspect to learning any sound production in order to better understand WHAT is moving when you change sounds. If you don't have control of WHAT is moving, then issues regarding HOW and WHEN they need to move becomes harder.

Check out my instagram for an accompanying image of the mouth anatomy.

About the Show:

AccentOutLoud is your weekly source for English communication,   insights, experimentation, and inspiration. Every Thursday (and  sometimes  more) I'll share my personal take on English communication,   tips of English communication and what I think is important in clear  communication. If you have an interest in improving your English  communication, learning a speech-language pathologist's perspective on  the field, or just want uniquely interesting podcast, you're sure to  find something useful in each episode.  It's my hope that you'll become a  fan and gain a better appreciation and understanding of what is  involved in your accent as a result! 

AccentOutLoud is proudly made by me, a one-man team from Lucid Accent  Consulting. Feel free to get in touch for any thoughts, ideas, or  feedback

Check me out on Instagram - www.instagram.com/LucidAccent/

Many times, clients will have a vague idea of what they want and what they expect from accent consultation services. They want to get better but better is such a vague concept and very subjective. There are 3 concepts that need to be discussed to better qualify and compartmentalize peoples' wants and desires:

1) Accentedness

2) Speech Intelligibility 

3) Ease of Comprehension

By better grasping how these are interrelated and prioritizing them, you can better understand and focus your efforts on what matters to you. It'll also re-frame what you want into a more understandable, realistic and measureable goal.

About the Show:

AccentOutLoud is your weekly source for English communication,  insights, experimentation, and inspiration. Every Thursday (and  sometimes  more) I'll share my personal take on English communication,   tips of English communication and what I think is important in clear  communication. If you have an interest in improving your English  communication, learning a speech-language pathologist's perspective on  the field, or just want uniquely interesting podcast, you're sure to  find something useful in each episode.  It's my hope that you'll become a  fan and gain a better appreciation and understanding of what is  involved in your accent as a result! 

AccentOutLoud is proudly made by me, a one-man team from Lucid Accent  Consulting. Feel free to get in touch for any thoughts, ideas, or  feedback

Check me out on Instagram - www.instagram.com/LucidAccent/

Restarting this aspect of my life/career. I have a clearer idea of what I want to do with this outlet and I plan on making this a a recurring  weekly podcast. 

Today I'm recapping who I am, my aspirations for this podcast and getting the sense of what I want this to be.  

About the Show:

AccentOutLoud is your weekly source for English communication,  insights, experimentation, and inspiration. Every Thursday (and sometimes  more) I'll share my personal take on English communication,  tips of English communication and what I think is important in clear communication. If you have an interest in improving your English communication, learning a speech-language pathologist's perspective on the field, or just want uniquely interesting podcast, you're sure to find something useful in each episode.  It's my hope that you'll become a fan and gain a better appreciation and understanding of what is involved in your accent as a result! 

AccentOutLoud is proudly made by me, a one-man team from Lucid Accent Consulting. Feel free to get in touch for any thoughts, ideas, or feedback

Check me out on Instagram - www.instagram.com/LucidAccent/