{"id":52144,"date":"2017-01-04T16:40:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T16:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/ielts-energy-350-accent-affects-ielts-speaking-score\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T16:08:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:08:09","slug":"ielts-energy-350-accent-affects-ielts-speaking-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-energy-350-accent-affects-ielts-speaking-score\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS Energy 350: How Accent Affects Your IELTS Speaking Score"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/ielts\/8-5-ielts-speaking\/\">A wonderful 3 Keys student <\/a>asked this question in our closed Facebook group:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I\u2019ve been working on so-called accent reduction with italki teachers to sound more like a native. I understand that IELTS wouldn\u2019t criticize accent too much as long as candidates are understood, but isn\u2019t it better if we can speak with a native accent? And, isn\u2019t it impressive for examiners to hear us with a native accent? This is my question, as I\u2019ve been working on this for a really long time and it doesn\u2019t seem to improve. I\u2019m wondering if we can reduce our accent as an adult.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>IELTS Pronunciation Scores<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The fact is, <a href=\"\/ielts\/ielts-energy-290-4-simple-steps-7-speaking\/\">you can score an 8<\/a> and still have a slight first-language accent.<\/p>\n<p>Think about it- even as native English speakers, <a href=\"\/ielts\/ielts-listening-understanding-difficult-accents\/\">we all have very different accents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your IELTS Pronunciation&nbsp;score is based on two things:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Being understood by the examiner. Again, you can still have an accent.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The only way this affects your score is if your accent <strong>prevents you from saying the English sounds correctly<\/strong>, such as \u2018th\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>Also, make sure that you are pronouncing the <strong>final consonants<\/strong> correctly. You can do this by focusing on specific sound problems and read out loud every day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><strong>100% Score Increase Guarantee with our Insider Method<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/keys\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3-Keys-IELTS-Box-Shot-900px-OPTIMIZED-FOR-WEB-smaller-version-1-300x293.png?b7008f&amp;b7008f&amp;1f7936&amp;1f7936\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3-Keys-IELTS-Box-Shot-900px-OPTIMIZED-FOR-WEB-smaller-version-1-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3-Keys-IELTS-Box-Shot-900px-OPTIMIZED-FOR-WEB-smaller-version-1.png 440w\" alt=\"3 Keys IELTS course\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\"><\/a><strong>Are you ready to move past IELTS and move forward with your life vision?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out why our strategies are the most powerful in the IELTS world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When you use our Insider Method you avoid the BIGGEST MISTAKES that most students make on IELTS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/keys\">Click here to get a score increase on IELTS. It\u2019s 100% guaranteed.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Using emotion in your voice.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Using stress and intonation is even more important than accent. <a href=\"\/ielts\/ielts-speaking-pronunciation-trick\/\">Put your personality in your answers<\/a>, and, above all, don\u2019t sound bored.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stress<\/strong> is <a href=\"\/ielts\/video-sample-ielts-part-1-answers-need\/\">emphasizing certain words<\/a>. The important words that carry the necessary information are longer and louder.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Intonation<\/strong> is <a href=\"\/ielts\/aee-ielts-think-need-speak-fast-ielts-myth-bring-best-intonation-test\/\">when your voice goes up and down<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>How can you improve your pronunciation?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult to identify pronunciation problems on your own. You really need a speaking partner to tell you if you sound bored, or if your speaking is unclear in any way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think of today\u2019s advice?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leave us a message in the comments section below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wonderful 3 Keys student asked this question in our closed Facebook group: I\u2019ve been working on so-called accent reduction with italki teachers to sound more like a native. I understand that IELTS wouldn\u2019t criticize accent too much as long as candidates are understood, but&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-energy-350-accent-affects-ielts-speaking-score\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"category":[274,332],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ielts","category-ielts-accents"],"acf":{"podcast_link":"https:\/\/chrt.fm\/track\/CB27B5\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/ALLE1282702321.mp3?updated=1670167615"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Does Accent Affect Your IELTS Speaking Score? | All Ears English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out how accent and pronunciation influences your IELTS Speaking score and your overall IELTS band score. 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