1. Slow down your speech by lengthening the vowels in words. Practice setting the pace that is within your comfort level. Chances are very good that others will follow.

2. Are you speaking loud enough, so that others can hear you? If not, pitch your voice up two or three tones higher than your normal speaking voice.

3. Practice makes perfect. Practicing your articulation exercises a few times per day is better than once a day for a long marathon practice session.

4. Change your pitch up and down when speaking. Vary the pitch of your voice from higher to lower as you gradually move through the sentence.

5. Stress one word in every sentence. This allows the person(s) listening to you, to keep up with your sentences, thus giving others a chance to catch up with you.

6. Know your mistakes. If you know which consonants or vowels you have trouble with, then you can slow down your sentence just before you pronounce them.

7. Have fun. Remember to relax and be at ease when speaking to others. If you are tense mentally, than chances are that you will tense up physically when speaking. Take time to breathe between sentences.

8. Speak through the words until their final ending.

9. Know what you want to say before you say it. Keep your sentences precise.

10. Maintain eye contact with your listener. Others will, unconsciously, observe your facial expressions and mouth movements while your speaking.

11. Keep listening and correcting your sound mistakes when your talking. As you keep trying and trying, you will develop the listening and repeating skills needed to improve your accent.

12. Don't worry about appearing foolish or making mistakes in order to communicate with your new accent. If your not doing something different, then chances are your not learning anything new.

13. Pay attention to your intonation (up and down tones) when speaking. Make sure you change and vary your pitch patterns often.

14. Take advantage of ALL opportunities to practice.

15. Pay attention to the speech patterns of others.

16. Don't just think about meaning, but, the basic sounds and stressing patterns.