In this episode, Robert, a programmer and native speaker of Hungarian, was kind enough to sit down with host Steven Nelson and talk about his four years of experience as an accent training student.

Robert tells us his thoughts on why he feels it’s essential for non-native speakers to focus on their accent, and he shares with us some of the techniques he’s used to modify his accent, as well as advice for others who want to modify their accent.

Robert then reads a passage with some tricky contracted forms, and at the end of the interview Steven gives him some specific feedback on how to make his accent sound more natural to native speakers of American English.

The passage Robert read on the show: "I’ve been thinking about our plans for next month, and I’m sure that’ll be the perfect time to take a short trip together. The weather  ...