Embrace your accent and speak clearly – lessons from a Global Investment Bank
We use the term “accent” in at least a couple of ways: the sounds and pronunciation used by a “native” to speak their first language, e.g. when we say that…
5 ways for teachers to help children who stutter – tips from people who stutter themselves
Last week I attended a public forum co-hosted by the Australian Speak Easy Association and the Australian Stuttering Research Centre. The focus was on how to help school-age children who stutter…
Which kind of English is the best? (Hint: none of them)
Three men and a lady meet in a bar Some (ahem) 20 years ago, when I was a youngster backpacking through Ireland, I bumped into a young Texan couple at…
Thank you to the Rotary Club of Concord for supporting the Stroke Foundation during National Stroke Week
During National Stroke Week in early September, I had the honour of presenting a talk about strokes and aphasia to the members of the Rotary Club of Concord. The Rotary Club…
My pre-schooler stutters and has problems with speech sounds: which one should I treat first?
See our 2018 update about this topic. We know that 30-40% of children who stutter also have a speech sound disorder (Gregg & Yairi, 2007). We also know that both stuttering and…