Now that you know what a voice and accent round is from my previous article What Is A Voice And Accent Round, and learned about 3 Easy Tips To Pass The Voice And Accent Round, here is an article that will help you prepare for your up and coming voice and accent round.
What if my voice and accent round is soon?
If you have an voice and accent round scheduled to take place in only a week, or maybe in a month, then the following preparation tips are just for you.
1) Study and practice my English pronunciation 3 the easy tips everyday (click here to learn what the 3 Easy Tips are).
2) Identify one or two English sounds that are the most problematic for you. For example, here are some sounds that tend to be difficult for most nonnative English speakers no matter what your mother language is: voiced & voiceless /TH/, /L/, /N/, /R/, and ending sounds.
Often if you clear up the voiced and voiceless /TH/ English sound then it’ll make a dramatic improvement in your overall clarity. If you are confusing the /L/ and /N/, or the /L/ and /R/, then this can also be a great pronunciation area to focus. Make sure to identify the correct mouth placement for these sounds and practice reading out loud with your focus on the target sound. If you’re not sure about how these sounds are supposed to sound or know the correct mouth movements, you can join the Pronunciation Pro Basic Yearly membership and receive access to all the lessons of the course at once to focus on your most problematic English sounds.
Remember, your voice and accent round is coming soon, so make sure to only focus on 1 or 2 English sounds. This will ensure you really improve these sounds. If you try to improve too many sounds in a short amount of time then you might only improve your results slightly or not improve your accent at all.
I have more than 2 months to prepare for my voice and accent round. How do I prepare?
If you have more than two months to prepare for the voice and accent round then that’s great! The more time you have to practice the better your results. The following preparation tips are just for you.
1) Study and practice my English pronunciation 3 the easy tips everyday (click here to learn what the 3 Easy Tips are).
2) Identify all the English sounds that you are mispronouncing, and then gradually address those sounds consistently everyday. If you don’t know which sounds you are mispronouncing then you can have your accent evaluated by an accredited source or authority (you can click here to be evaluated in our Full Accent Assessment). Once you have identified which English sounds you are not pronouncing correctly then you can confidently begin practicing the specific sounds you need to improve.
3) Practice speaking in the correct rhythm of English. This last tip may come to you as a surprise, but it is the single-most overlooked and most common English pronunciation mistake for almost every nonnative speaker. Believe it or not, it is just as important as pronouncing words correctly! The rhythm of English includes word stress, sentence stress, linking, and intonation. These all make up what is known as the general rhythm of English—it’s what helps make you sound fluent. (Remember, simply speaking fast does not make you sound fluent! It only increases your pronunciation mistakes).
It takes a step by step approach to overcome incorrect speech habits permanently. That’s how Pronunciation Pro is structured—to help you gradually improve your speech habits so you are making long term changes to your spoken English. It doesn’t happen overnight but through steady and consistent practice you’ll be able to not only prepare for your future voice and accent round but also improve your communication for life in your new career. The whole point of passing the voice and accent round is so that you will be able to effectively communicate with your future coworkers, boss, and important stakeholders.
I truly hope this post was able to shed some light on how to prepare for your upcoming voice and accent round! I believe that if you are prepared then you’ll have nothing to fear when you take the voice and accent round. I’d love to hear from you in the comments below! If you have taken the voice and accent round what have you done to prepare for it, or what would you wish you had done in preparation? I look forward to hearing from you! Cheers!
