Accent Reduction for speakers of Southeast Asian languages
Southeast Asia is a linguistically interesting region of the world. It is home to diverse set of languages and a great variety of accents and also has a significant portion of proficient English users who will speak fairly fluently, albeit with their local accent.
Still, there are enough commonalities to create general focus areas. Some examples: The rhythm of many of these languages is syllable-timed and its staccato nature differs from English’s syllable-timed rhythm. In many languages partially or fully lack aspirated plosives. Finally, often consonant clusters as commonly found in English often are absent or restricted in these languages.