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How do you give feedback with an accent?
Feedback: Give them gentle feedback on what you are noticing. For example, you could say “I noticed at the meeting that you didn’t speak up, even though you have great ideas.” Choice: Don’t tell someone they need to change their accent. Instead, ask them “do you want to change your accent?”.
What defines your accent?
Broadly stated, your accent is the way you sound when you speak. This sounds wrong, or ‘foreign’, to native speakers of the language. The other kind of accent is simply the way a group of people speak their native language. This is determined by where they live and what social groups they belong to.
What is the most correct accent?
General Accents are more theoretical than real Some people believe that RP (Received Pronunciation) is the most standard or general accent in British English. Many EFL (English as a Foreign Language) schools teach it because it is supposed to be the most “polished” pronunciation.
How do I make an accented I?
In Word, you can use accent marks (or diacritical marks) in a document, such as an acute accent, cedilla, circumflex, diaeresis or umlaut, grave accent, or tilde….Keyboard shortcuts to add language accent marks in Word.
To insert this | Press |
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à, è, ì, ò, ù, À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù | CTRL+` (ACCENT GRAVE), the letter |
á, é, í, ó, ú, ý Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú, Ý | CTRL+’ (APOSTROPHE), the letter |
Which accent is most popular?
Option 1: the American accent The most popular English accent of them all. Spread around the world by American cinema, music, television and more than 350 million North Americans (including Canadians, eh), this is the easiest accent for most people to understand, whether native speakers or non-native speakers.
Which accent is best to learn?
In most countries around the world, it’s common to hear spoken English on television or in the cinema. For this reason, students may aspire to speak a sort of ‘Hollywood English’. Others may consider the formality of British English, the ‘Queen’s English’, the best English accent to learn.
What does it mean when someone comments on your accent?
The truth is we can all quickly identify when someone has an accent, including regional accents or dialects. This means when someone comments on your accent, they’re identifying you as different. This can feel really personal, even deeply unsettling. As human beings, we’re biologically programmed to panic if we feel like we’re outside of the group.
Do other people’s perceptions of your accent matter?
Second, we need to talk about other people’s perceptions of your accent. The truth is we can all quickly identify when someone has an accent, including regional accents or dialects. This means when someone comments on your accent, they’re identifying you as different. This can feel really personal, even deeply unsettling.
What should I do if people make observations about my accent?
There are two issues we need to address when people make observations about your accent. First, we need to talk about why you feel sensitive when hearing feedback about your accent. Second, we need to talk about other people’s perceptions of your accent.
Do your co-workers make comments about not understanding your accent?
Some of my co-workers, especially people in more senior positions, make comments about not understanding due to my accent when a majority of the people in the room have no problem understanding exactly what I said. Occasionally someone will repeat a word back to me with a questioning tone, but in a perfect accent.