Module 1 · Speaking without freezing Lesson 3 of 15

Being understood, whatever your accent

Worked example

"I worked" with the d said, instead of "I work", changes the tense an interviewer hears. It is one small habit with a large effect.

Your practice task

Record yourself describing your last project for two minutes, listen only for words ending in -ed and -s, and rerecord it once fixing just those.

Do this before moving on. Reading a solution teaches the shape of it; typing it teaches you.

Key takeaway

Clear beats accentless. Ending words completely, separating the last consonants and not swallowing the ends of sentences does more for understanding than any accent training video.

Almost there

15 lessons left of 15

Finish every lesson to unlock the certificate. Each one ends in a practice task — do them and the final project brief writes itself.