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Are you tending your Speech Garden? Hi ! It's Lisa Scott with losemyaccent.com.
You usually see me in a teaching role, and what you may not know about me is that I love
to work in my garden. Unlike many people, I actually enjoy pulling weeds. I think
it’s the satisfaction I get of seeing how much better the garden looks afterwards! Also,
I know that weeding gives the plants I’m trying to grow a much better chance of becoming
strong and healthy. What about you? Do you like to grow a vegetable
or flower garden? What about a speech garden? Have you ever thought about your American
accent as being like a garden? The better you tend it, feeding and watering it and pulling
the weeds of unnecessary speech patterns, the stronger and more beautiful your speech
garden becomes! So, here’s my spring challenge to you.
Take some time to care for your speech garden this year.
What aspects of your speech need some extra attention so they can grow? You know that
certain areas of your American English are good — maybe grammar and vocabulary. But
you also know that with a little practice, or a little feeding and watering, those areas
could be even better. Do you have some unhealthy “weeds” in
your speech patterns? Maybe these are sounds that make your speech difficult for others
to understand. If you could just “weed out”, or get rid of, a few of those pesky sounds,
your speech would be much clearer. How much better will your speech garden look
in a few months if you take the time to plan for its growth right now?
What will you do to get rid of the weeds and ensure the healthy growth of your speech garden?
Sometimes, weeds can look a lot like a healthy plant, especially in the beginning. It can
be difficult to figure out which ones to keep and which ones to pull and throw away. Often,
the best way to figure it out is to ask someone who can identify those weeds and show you
which ones to get rid of . If you are looking for someone to identify
the “weeds” that need to be pulled from your speech to improve your American accent,
I would love to show you. Together, we can grow a beautiful speech garden for you! We’ll
identify all the strong, healthy plants that need to stay as well as the unhelpful weeds
that need to go. Spring is the perfect time to get your speech
garden growing well. I’ll help you eliminate the weeds in your speech that need to go,
and I’ll provide you with practice materials that are the food to strengthen the sounds
you want to keep in your American accent. We’ll walk through your speech garden every
week to be sure that everything is growing as planned.
By fall, you will be amazed at the wonderful, bounteous garden of American speech that you
have been able to grow! I can’t wait to get started! Are you ready
to join me? Follow the link below to get your free pronunciation
guide and start growing your speech garden today!