"With Practice, My Confidence Grew" - an Interview with Programmer and Accent Student Robert

The Accent Journey Podcast · Mar 15, 2026 · 17m

In this episode, Robert, a programmer and native speaker of Hungarian, was kind enough to sit down with host Steven Nelson and talk about his four years of experience as an accent training student.Robert tells us his thoughts on why he feels it’s essential for non-native speakers to focus on their accent, and he shares with us some of the techniques he’s used to modify his accent, as well as advice for others who want to modify their accent.Robert then reads a passage with some tricky contracted forms, and at the end of the interview Steven gives him some specific feedback on how to make his…