What’s truly unique about the application is what Rebecca Linquist brings to it from years of personal coaching with hundreds of first languages from Chinese to French to Telugu. She integrates the commonalities that all non-native speakers face when speaking American English with exercises that target the distinguishing factors and offer insights and suggestions to create lasting change. Her focus on helping executives achieve changes at a faster pace than typically possible in Accent Reduction class rooms has enabled her content to more cleverly address the underlying issues associated with learning the American accent.
“Acquiring a new accent as a natural and comfortable way of speaking is extremely difficult for most people, especially those who have spoken English in a different way for many years,” Rebecca explains, “It requires daily practice in a meaningful and relevant way, and that’s what the iPhone app provides to people who use their devices daily. It only takes minutes to get feedback from a native speaker for comparison on challenging sounds in natural environments.”
Bala Paranj from Zepho Inc. who helped with the development of the app further clarifies, " We believe that the success of this app will come down to three things: Simplicity, Usefulness and Value. You can repeat the lessons as many times as you like by using the controls for the playback. You can pause and practice your accent at any time, and the audio meter shows you the length and pitch variations so that you can reproduce them correctly.”
Check out the app - American Accent Made Easy - in the iTunes Store.
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