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44. Accent Bias

44. Accent Bias

FromThe InFluency Podcast


44. Accent Bias

FromThe InFluency Podcast

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Length:
11 minutes
Released:
Jun 5, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, I’m sharing with you an article written by a Nigerian born queer writer based in Toronto. She wrote about the challenges and discrimination that a person with an accent faces.
‘Accent Bias’ article by Kimberly Ehigiator: https://medium.com/@kimberlyjoe/accent-bias-75b566ab5da4
Here’s another related episode on How to Talk About Social Justice In English: https://hadarshemesh.com/podcast/43/
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Released:
Jun 5, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The InFluency podcast is your go-to resource for learning, speaking and teaching English. Hadar Shemesh is a pronunciation expert and fluency coach with thousands of students around the world, though she herself was an intermediate speaker of English once. In this podcast she will share her best strategies for learning English, speaking English with confidence and mastering the American accent. Discover how becoming fluent has everything to do with acquiring the right mindset, setting goals and learning how to overcome challenges. Hadar will also share her teaching philosophy and techniques to support English teachers looking to help their students become fluent.