“Until now, there was a lack of studies on the influence of regional and foreign accents on children's learning of new words,” says Hanulíková. To fill this gap, the researchers had 88 Freiburg ...

We've all probably tried to learn a new language at some point. Foreign films can help you learn those words and accents, but a recent study suggests that subtitles can help a lot. Your first instinct ...

It's a highly frustrating moment talking to a voice assistant that doesn't understand your regional accent. But a new voice assistant launched by the BBC will learn UK regional accents to ensure you ...

I’VE been told my Australian accent is variously “charming,” “exotic” and “unintelligible.”While I’m almost deliriously patriotic, and loath to shed my native dialect permanently, there are times when ...

Regional accents help All 88 children who participated in the study were German speakers, some of them bilingual or multilingual. The researchers also asked how often per week each child hears ...

Mastering English can be tough for many learners. And choosing the right accent can add an extra challenge. But which English accent is easiest to learn: British or American? The answer is not as ...

Last year, the BBC announced their own voice assistant called Beeb, which would work in a similar way to Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri. Recently, they have shared some more details about this ...

Q: I’ve been working on learning different British accents (I’m American) to help expand my range, but I’m having trouble distinguishing between the various accents and dialects. Help! —@Tom_Snout, ...

"The hardest part of all of it was doing it and doing it well enough that it just sort of disappears and you don't then hear me doing it," Kate Winslet said Kate Winslet has had to learn many accents ...