Over 62% of test-takers for Indian English fear that their Indian accent will impact their performance negatively in speaking tests, according to a recent survey by Pearson. The survey on social ...

A German woman is capturing widespread attention on the internet — not just for her fluent Malayalam, but for her unique explanation of why she speaks English with a distinctly Indian accent. (Also ...

In TOEIC listening, you suddenly can't hear the questions spoken by British people. In online meetings, the English of Indian engineers is too fast to follow. In a call with the Australian branch, ...

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Imagine that you invite a friend, a non-native speaker of your own language, round for dinner. While cooking, you get distracted and the food ends up burnt to a crisp. Once the smoke detector stops ...

Immigrants are critical to the Canadian economy, but their talents are under-utilized due to language and accent discrimination, as immigrants often come from non-English or French speaking countries.

Research shows that people with non-mainstream or non-native accents are less likely to be promoted and earn lower wages. Even communicating with peers can be increasingly hard as speech barriers come ...

What if the way you talked caused you to be denied opportunities that other people have? For instance, when calling to ask about a job opening, you were told it was filled but then found out a friend ...