Knowledge of English Is Simply Not Enough for Many Foreigners to Get by in the U.S.
Learn American Accent With The American Accent Course: Knowledge of English is simply not enough for many foreigners to get by in the U.S. This is why the American Accent Course was created.
Online, May 28, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Learning a new language can be a very rewarding experience. Of course, if you need to know not only how to use the language, but to use it effectively for purpose of work as well as everyday conversation, then you need to make sure that both your oral and written skills are adequate.
Many foreigners who travel to the U.S., Canada and other primarily English-speaking territories often find that although they possess acceptable skills in written English, they have to struggle to communicate effectively when it comes to spoken English. Of course, at the root of this problem is having a foreign accent.
There are several distinct disadvantages to having a foreign accent as follows:
• Your listening skills in English may be affected by your foreign accent causing you to misunderstand or hear native speakers incorrectly.
• Native speakers will have a hard time trying to understand you.
• You will face prejudice in finding work as well as trying to fit into a community of native speakers
The last point requires some clarification. It's not that Americans and native English-speakers in general are prone to being discriminatory against foreigners. In fact, America is and has always been the land of opportunities. What you need to realize is that the human mind has the tendency to automatically cast a shadow of doubt on the character of a person with a foreign accent. According to a recent scientific study, accented speech is harder to parse and this causes people to doubt what they have heard - and this results in the mind labeling any person with accented speech as suspicious in character.
Naturally, the most obvious and direct way to negate this problem is to learn the American Accent. Fortunately, the American Accent Course by Sheri Summers was created exactly for this purpose. The course is fully-online and may be accessed through http://www.AmericanAccentCourse.com. Enrollees in the course will be able to advance through it at their own pace thanks to its modular design. The creator of the course, Sheri Summers, has spent several years of her life working helping professionals with foreign accents to get rid of their accents and speak with an American Accent. For this reason, the course was specifically designed with professionals in the U.S. and Canada in mind. The American Accent Course is a comprehensive online course that covers all the basics of the American Accent with live online classes hosted by Sheri Summers herself.