“Accent reduction” – also known as “accent elimination” – doesn’t work and in most cases doesn’t even exist. Accents in Action™ offers you a way to build upon your existing speech skills to create the accent you want. Firmly founded in neuroscience and developmental language skills, Accents in Action™ expands your speech possibilities by adding to your skills instead of taking away from them.
Rather than comparing your accent to some hard-to-identify “standard accent,” Accents in Action™ recognizes that certain collections of speech choices offer different opportunities for belonging, prestige, and income. Whether you want a so-called General American accent for public speaking or a regional accent for a role, Accents in Action™ uses the same language-learning approach to build your speech skills to meet your goals.
By rejecting the harmful fictions of “accent reduction” and “accent elimination,” Accents in Action™ empowers you to view your speech through the positive lens of physical skill-building — like riding a bike or playing a sport. No matter how challenging you believe your accent goals to be, you can find the practice you need in the Accents in Action™ curriculum. Tyler’s decades of experience in voice and speech will guide you toward a holistic and self-motivated process, a process you can apply in any setting, at any time.
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