Spoken English's Real Impact on Your Life

How Does Your Accent Really Affect Your Work, Relationships, and Confidence? 

So here we are in the heat of the summer, and I think it is a good time really think about our speech and how it truly is impacting the impression we make on the world.  How are we representing ourselves?  Do we put our best foot forward or do we just muddle through.  I am guessing that if you read a blog on spoken American English that you must be some one striving for more, to always put your best foot forward, as I find most of our clients at Accent Master to be, they work on accent reduction or put a clearer way learning an American accent to improve their chances at promotions, being project managers, getting hired, making a clearer sales pitch.  Successful people that don't give up on taking it one step further.

Lets  really evaluate how our speech affects our progress, our lives. Be honest with your self

• I am asked to repeat myself how many time in a day? 
• I avoid using certain words      
• I may have experienced because of my accent:

lost job opportunities
looked over for promotion
networking connections

• I avoid networking or job socialization because I was nervous about my communication skills 
• I feel out of place socializing because I am misunderstood  
• In casual conversation I am
• When explaining complex ideas my accent interferes
• Talking on the phone in English 
• I try to speak with an American accent when speaking English 

  Speaking with an American accent would improve

• confidence
• work/job performance
• social life
• public speaking
• desire to share ideas
• leadership skills
• client relationships
• others perception of my abilities

Because of my accent people see me as:

• More naive
• less capable
• nicer
•  more knowledgeable
• less knowledgeable
• not precise
• less educated
• more educated
• a leader
• a mediator
• less friendly

If I meet someone with a different accent then myself it effects my perception of them 

• More naive
• less capable
• nicer
•  more knowledgeable
• less knowledgeable
• not precise
• less educated
• more educated
• a leader
• a mediator
• less friendly

So what did you find? More positive associations with speaking nonstandard or accent American English?  Or more negative?  For more videos and tips for speaking standard American English please go to:  Accent Master.com

Successful communication is within your reach!

Lynn Founder of
Accent Master