Accent Coach Bianca

I'm pretty sure I have APD. Does someone you love maybe have it too?This special episode is in honor of Auditory Processing Awareness Day (April 4th, 2023)! I ask 'what?' all the time, but by the time...

4 Apr 202344min

In honor of Michelle Yeoh's 2023 Oscar for Best Actress (the first time it has been won by an Asian), I want to share with you how I listen to people's individual speech patters, or idiolects. Specifi...

30 Mar 202332min

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 Mar 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 Mar 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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Jan 20235min