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| Title | Article: Accent Reduction Companies |
| Body | From http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/business/05accent.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Accents on the Wrong Syl-LA-ble By MICHAEL T. LUONGO Published: June 5, 2007 Sergei Petukhov is one of many educated non-native English speakers working in the United States who take voice training and accent reduction to improve presentations, workshops and everyday conversations with their American-born co-workers. Mr. Petukhov’s accent coach, Jennifer Pawlitschek, said that from her experience in New York, the field is growing. “Here it’s hot, and I think it’s because it’s an international crossroads,” she said, both because the United Nations is in the city and because of New York’s role in global financial markets. Often trained as actors, some coaches use techniques they learned to reduce regional American accents or to affect foreign accents. Ms. Pawlitschek teaches clients jaw exercises and muscle relaxation to reduce “a tightness in the jaw that nasalizes the sound.” Her exercises focus on mouth muscles, and her clients listen to themselves from recordings and practice speaking in front of mirrors. Read the entire article at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/business/05accent.html?_r=1&oref=slogin . |
| Source | New York Times |
| Inputdate | 2007-06-10 10:30:23 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2007-06-10 10:30:23 |
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| Publishdate | 2007-06-11 00:00:00 |
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