Why can't I understand the Louisiana accent well?

The Louisiana accents are not the same as Standard American. Most Louisiana residents have a medium to strong version of their particular accents. read more

Working abroad or with international colleagues can be great, but it can also be difficult, especially when you don’t understand the conversation! Break the same-language barrier with these four simple steps to understanding different accents and dialects. read more

Once you can understand the individual words better, you will have to start to understand the meaning of everything when it is put together. It sounds easy, but listening comprehension is a difficult problems for many (even in their native language). read more

Occasionally, though, usually after she’s been talking to someone back home, she slips into her old Jamaica Queens accent, and when she does, I spend the first thirty seconds or so just trying to figure out whether she’s speaking English, and I don’t even bother trying to understand the meaning of those strangely accented words she’s uttering. read more