by paige on June 17, 2011
I’ve been teaching the American Dialect in Australia for 11 years and what really stands out to me, as a huge mistake people seem to make across the board, is that they want to give the accent a particular ‘voice’. People tend to think of the American accent as something with a nasal twang to [...]
by paige on February 22, 2011
I have just spent the last several weeks working as an American Dialect coach on an American ad being shot here in Sydney. I was involved throughout the production process of; initial auditions, callbacks, rehearsals and the entire shoot. Overall my observations were that the kids (high school age) did amazingly well with the accent. [...]