{"id":2512,"date":"2015-12-03T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/?p=2512"},"modified":"2015-11-20T16:29:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T00:29:48","slug":"how-to-speak-english-confidently-with-a-foreign-accent-middle-eastern-accents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/how-to-speak-english-confidently-with-a-foreign-accent-middle-eastern-accents\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Speak English Confidently with a Foreign Accent: Middle Eastern Accents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Confidence is one of the most important skills you can have when speaking English\u2014on the TOEFL or in life. Confidence allows you to speak clearly and boldly. It allows you to communicate effectively, even if you have a foreign accent.<\/p>\n

While accent reduction is important, don\u2019t wait until you feel your accent is \u201cmanageable\u201d before you begin to speak with confidence. Confidence is a skill you can and should start building right now!<\/p>\n

On TED.com<\/a>, English speakers from around the world give powerful talks on a variety of subjects.<\/p>\n

Below, I\u2019ve highlighted a number of talks by non-native English speakers from the Middle East. Middle Eastern Magooshers can look to these speeches as examples of English speech that is confident and effective, even with a noticeable accent.<\/p>\n

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Street Art for Hope and Peace (eL Seed, Tunisian speaker of English)<\/strong><\/p>\n