Accent Coach Bianca

You're probably aware of the accent bias that snuck into the face recognition software. It wasn't that the AI was racist, it merely exposed that humans are. I think of the Hollywood language bias and ...

8 Maalis 202313min

These are 4 mistakes you might be making when you link your words in Connected Speech. It may be because the sound is difficult to articulate because it isn't in your first language.Or perhaps it is, ...

8 Maalis 20236min

Linking is a very common way to Connect your Speech in English! It's more difficult than Assimilating or Gliding because now we're going from a consonant to a vowel! Even though some people confuse th...

27 Helmi 20237min

Gliding is more common than Assimilation in Connected Speech, but a bit more difficult! Gliding is also more common than Assimilation, so you'll use this skill more often!We define and review the diff...

15 Helmi 20237min

Assimilation is the easiest (yet rarest) of the 4 forms of Connected Speech! Connected speech has evolved in English, and by rebracketing our words, we can connect our speech. I demonstrate how assimi...

10 Helmi 20239min

Here are 2 example groups where a change in syllable stress DOES equal a change in the language.Sometimes stressing a different syllable tells us the part of speech the word is. For instance, OBject a...

27 Tammi 20235min

Do you ever hear the same word two different ways, with different numbers of syllables? For example, some people say 'different' with 3 syllables, and others with only 2. What's going on here? Languag...

27 Tammi 20236min

THESE are the words you NEED to get right in English, because you use them all the time. Maybe you're doing the stress right, but it wouldn't hurt to check!Why these words? It's all about high frequen...

24 Tammi 20236min