Speech pathologists are excellent resources for this.

Best,

Bertie Mo


--- On Sun, 7/27/08, JBaker3439 at aol.com <JBaker3439 at aol.com> wrote:


> From: JBaker3439 at aol.com <JBaker3439 at aol.com>

> Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2182]  Accent Reduction

> To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov

> Received: Sunday, July 27, 2008, 9:59 PM

> 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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