Does Accent affect job prospects?

Research has shown that having a strong accent can affect how employable you are. Employers subtly favour certain accents over others, with perceived levels of intelligence, friendliness, and trustworthiness all supposedly conveyed by accent.

Is the Australian accent hard to imitate?

There’s two types of english speaking accents, rhotic and non-rhotic. One reason the Australian accent is so hard to imitate is because it’s a combination of these. An example are the words “can” and “can’t”. We say can the rhotic way “caan” and can’t the non-rhotic way “cahnt”.

Is Australian accent hard to understand?

A very broad Australian accent can be exceptionally hard to understand (a common joke is that we slur all our words together because it’s too hot to put spaces in), but if you spend time in Australia you’ll likely pick it up.

When an accent gets in the way of a job?

It is against the law to make an employment decision based on a foreign accent, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, with the exception of an accent that “seriously interferes” with the job in question.

Does your accent work against you in Australia?

But, by 1972, Gough Whitlam had given the prime minister’s office a distinctly Australian voice: In contemporary Australia, linguist Felicity Cox observes that a cultivated accent might work against you. She writes, “many Australians feel that that Cultivated accent is not reflective of Australian values”.

Why choose speech active’s Australian accent training courses?

Either way, Speech Active’s Australian accent training courses will help you be easily understood by listeners and sound more Australian. We hear time and time again from our students that the most beneficial thing they gained from the course was increased speaking confidence. That makes us very happy.

Why take an English accent course?

Our English accent courses help people from non-English speaking backgrounds, who are living in Australia to speak English more like a local. Do people sometimes find your English unclear? Or do you want to improve your Australian accent so you sound more like a local? Maybe both of the above? : )

How to speak Australian?

Want to speak Australian? Let’s have a look at the typical traits of the Aussie accent and slang. Here are 7 steps to speaking like an Australian. 1. Drop the R sound from the end of words and replace it with an “ah.” For example, instead of “forever,” you would say “forev-ah.” 2. Keep your intonation steady, quick, and soft.