I'd be interested in this information, too.  I'm hearing more from 
professionals about their difficulties with understanding 
heavily-accented English from native speakers, as an aspect of language 
access.

Martha Burton Santibáñez
Program Specialist - Medically Underserved Populations
Office of Patient Advocacy
National Marrow Donor Program
www.marrow.org/patient
Toll-free: (888) 999-6743 x8336
Direct: (612) 617-8336
Fax: (612) 627-8195
E-mail: mburton at nmdp.org



JBaker3439 at aol.com wrote:

>  

> I'm doing work in a large hospital where there are employees who speak 

> English, but are very hard to understand, due to their heavy accents. 

>  

> I have decided to work with one employee who works with visitors and 

> patients entering the hospital. He's a very bright man from 

> Argentina who would like to move up the career ladder, but feels that 

> this thick accent is holding him back. It /is/ very difficult to 

> understand him, even though he understands English perfectly.

>  

> I told this employee that I wouldn't want him to fully lose his 

> accent, but am willing to help him with certain sounds that will help 

> him be more clearly understood.

>  

> During my years in adult and workplace education, I have helped many 

> with accent reduction on an informal basis.  However, I've never had 

> any formal training in that specific area and would appreciate any 

> information others have in that area.  Also, are there training 

> materials available - both for the students and for training the trainer?

>  

> Thank you ,

> Julie

>  

>  

> Julie N. Baker

> Workforce Skills Development

> 13805 Shaker Blvd., Suite #4A

> Cleveland, Ohio 44120

> 216-561-1629

> jbaker3439 at aol.com

>

>

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