Sitting across from his teacher, Edgar Martinez repeated the word he couldn’t quite pronounce: “situation.” “Sit-oo-a-shun,” he said. “What happens with the tu?” asked the teacher, Lisa Mojsin, hired ...

GREAT FALLS, Va. -- Armed with a tape recorder and endless patience, Sharon Heffley has spent the past 17 years unraveling the knot of mispronunciations and garbled syllables common to many ...

In social situations, Britishisms or a long Southern drawl can be charming and unique — how many times have you thought, "He's not that cute, but his Australian accent is"? Well, it doesn't seem to ...

Carolina Freedman can read and write English perfectly but says she's been embarrassed when speaking it. She says she's had people tell her they don't speak Spanish when she's speaking English. "I was ...