The best way to develop a regional accent is to spend time in that region.You can't learn an accent,
you absorb it. Accent Modification is a method used to change an accent in order to achieve Neutral accent.
Everyone speaks with an accent. You may speak English with an accent from a different region in the United States.
You may speak English with an accent because English is not your first language.
You may speak French with an English accent. In our world today, people move from
state to state and from country to country. One thing that we take with us no matter where we move is our accent.
Many people learn to speak a second or third language. But even so, they may have trouble communicating because
they still have an accent from their first language. This is usually because they learned the later language as an adult.
They may undergo special training or classes to focus only on pronouncing the new language more like a native.
This is accent reduction for the purpose of better communication.
