What is Accent Modification?
Everyone who learns a second language after the age of four or five will speak it with an “accent.” Accent modification is the systematic process used to learn or adopt a new accent. The methodology involves several steps, which include identifying deviations in your current speech from the desired accent (such as pronunciation, speech patterns, and speech habits), changing the way you use your mouth, teeth, and tongue to form vowel and consonant sounds, modifying your intonation and stress patterns, and changing your speaking rhythm. Using this method, individuals may alter their speech to more closely resemble the accent of a certain group of people, and thus enhance the clarity of their communication with those people.
