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American Dialects — An Addictive Map

What a treat I’ve just discovered in Internet-Land! It seems Christian missionary and professional linguist Rick Aschmann has a hobby outside his career of working in Native American languages… more →

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American Dialects -- An Addictive Map — 1 comment

Pamela Vanderway wrote 2 years ago: What a treat I’ve just discovered in Internet-Land! It seems Christian missionary and professi … more →

Tags: Essential Posts, Learning A Dialect, Accent, Dialect, accent acquisition, learning an accent, how to learn a dialect, Linguistics, Rick Aschmann

Guest Post: How to Record a Dialect Donor

Pamela Vanderway wrote 2 years ago: One of the best ways to ensure that you have all the materials you’ll need to learn a particul … more →

Tags: Learning A Dialect, Accent, accent acquisition, actor training, learning an accent, learn an accent

Concentration vs. Awareness — 1 comment

Pamela Vanderway wrote 2 years ago: Sometimes the littlest thing can make the greatest impact. Even a single word can make a difference. … more →

Tags: Essential Posts, Acting, actor skills, accent acquisition

Myth du Jour: Actors Need General American Accents

Pamela Vanderway wrote 2 years ago: Myth: To work regularly, you need to be able to speak in a General American Accent. Reality: The rea … more →

Tags: Dialect Myths, Dialects and Your Acting Career, FOR THEATRE & PRODUCTION COMPANIES, FOR AGENTS, MANAGERS & CASTING ENTITIES, Acting, Acting Career, Accent, Dialect, accent acquisition

Speech Class: Vowels and Consonants — 1 comment

Pamela Vanderway wrote 2 years ago: I’m not going to try to hide it from you. Today’s post isn’t light reading. It … more →

Tags: Phonetics (The IPA), Speech and Articulation Lessons, Accent, accent acquisition, Acting, actor skills, actor training, learning an accent, Linguistics

Learning a Dialect: Five Ways to Squeeze in the Time — 1 comment

Pamela Vanderway wrote 2 years ago: Becoming convincing in a dialect and being able to maintain that convincing nature while acting in a … more →

Tags: Learning A Dialect, Dialects and Your Acting Career, Accent, Dialect, actor skills, actor training, learning an accent, learn a dialect, learning a dialect

How To Interview a Dialect Donor (It’s Easy!)

Pamela Vanderway wrote 2 years ago: To me, one of the most rewarding side-benefits to being a dialect coach is having a reason to interv … more →

Tags: Essential Posts, Learning A Dialect, Accent, Dialect, learning an accent

Top Ten Dialect Posts — 1 comment

Pamela Vanderway wrote 2 years ago: The other day a new reader asked me which Dialect411 posts did I think they should take the time to … more →

Tags: Essential Posts, FOR THEATRE & PRODUCTION COMPANIES, FOR AGENTS, MANAGERS & CASTING ENTITIES, Acting, Acting Career, Accent, Dialect, actor skills, accent acquisition

How To Shop For Dialect Lesson CD’s — 4 comments

Pamela Vanderway wrote 2 years ago: About once a week for the past fifteen years someone has asked me “So… which CD’s … more →

Tags: Learning A Dialect, FOR THEATRE & PRODUCTION COMPANIES, FOR AGENTS, MANAGERS & CASTING ENTITIES, Acting, Accent, Dialect, actor skills, accent acquisition, learning an accent

Finding a Dialect Donor — 2 comments

Pamela Vanderway wrote 2 years ago: Back on April 15th I suggested that one way to improve your casting opportunities would be to determ … more →

Tags: Learning A Dialect, Acting, Accent, Dialect, actor skills, accent acquisition, actor training, learning an accent, Dialect Donor

Real Housewives of New Jersey — 1 comment

Pamela Vanderway wrote 2 years ago: Yesterday there was so much hubbub on Twitter about little Gia’s accent on ‘The Real Hou … more →

Tags: Dialects and Your Acting Career, FOR THEATRE & PRODUCTION COMPANIES, FOR AGENTS, MANAGERS & CASTING ENTITIES, actress, Acting Career, Casting, Accent, Dialect, business of acting

Food For Thought

Pamela Vanderway wrote 3 years ago: Two things to keep in mind: 1) Most audiences cannot distinguish between poor dialect work and a poo … more →

Tags: Learning A Dialect, Dialects and Your Acting Career, FOR THEATRE & PRODUCTION COMPANIES, FOR AGENTS, MANAGERS & CASTING ENTITIES, Actor, Acting, Accent, business of acting, actor skills

Dialect Myth Du Jour: The Most Difficult Accent To Learn — 3 comments

Pamela Vanderway wrote 3 years ago: Myth: Some accents are harder to learn than others. Truth: The perception that an accent  is ‘ … more →

Tags: Dialect Myths, Learning A Dialect, FOR THEATRE & PRODUCTION COMPANIES, FOR AGENTS, MANAGERS & CASTING ENTITIES, Actor, actress, Accent, Dialect, learning an accent


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