Consultante Formatrice & Coach en Prise de Parole en Anglais | Dirigeante d’A Star Formation (Qualiopi) | Top 3 européen de discours improvisé | Appli IA d’analyse de discours
People with foreign accents are perceived as less educated, less intelligent and less trustworthy, according to past research. Now new research has found the reason: the brain has to work harder to process information delivered in a foreign accent.
(As someone who speaks with a foreign accent just about every time I have any interaction outside of my house, I feel slightly depressed about this.)
So many people nowadays work internationally, using English as their lingua franca, and being judged, unconsciously or otherwise, by native English speakers, puts those people at a disadvantage. It’s so important for native English speakers working with global teams to be fully aware of this.
Even native English speakers need global communication training.
Thanks Heather Hansen Corporate Trainer for posting this article.
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