If you’ve watched Netflix’s “Emily in Paris” (or really any show that’s set in France), you’ve probably wondered how the actors have mastered their French accents—especially the ones who are faking it ...

Unlike private or group classes which are effective but expensive, language learning apps are affordable and can be used at my own leisure. I’ve tried them here and there in the past, but this time ...

Imagine Mike Myers’ Shrek without a Scottish inflection, or Idris Elba’s Stringer Bell in “The Wire” walking around Baltimore with the actor’s natural English lilt. When done well, accents expand an ...

With more than two decades of experience in higher education, cultural criticism and politics, Horacio Sierra's writing and public speaking aims to demystify higher education and promote the ...

Shiri Lev-Ari is a lecturer in Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London. This story originally featured on The Conversation. If someone asked you to read this text aloud in a French accent or ...