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Adrian Lin

American Accent Coach

Adrian Lin is an accent coach and course creator at Accent Amazing. With over 5 years of coaching experience, Adrian offers 1:1 coaching and video courses, and has helped hundreds of students from 40+ countries and 25+ different native languages speak with more confidence in their accents. Adrian has an accent coaching certification from The Accent Channel and a BA in Linguistics & Communication from the University of Pennsylvania, where he focused on phonology, phonetics, and dialectology and was a founding member of the Penn Linguistics Society. Adrian has given talks and workshops at international language conferences and on podcasts. Adrian is passionate about language education and is conversational in 8 languages (B1 or higher level), which helps him create language-specific content and teaching material, especially for Slavic and Chinese language speakers.

Education

  • MSc, Management, Imperial College London
  • BA, Linguistics & Communication, University of Pennsylvania

Professional Achievements

  • Speaker & Workshop presenter at Polyglot Gathering 2022 & 2023
  • Guest speaker on multiple podcasts & YouTube channels: Accent Training Podcast, Accent Coach Bianca Podcast, Learn French with Gaelle, The Big Possible, and Dr. Geoff Lindsey

Certifications & Organizations

  • Accent Coaching Certification from The Accent Channel
  • American English pronunciation & accent training for speakers of Slavic languages (Russian, Polish, others)
  • American English pronunciation & accent training for speakers of Chinese languages (Northern Mandarin, Southern & Taiwanese Mandarin, Cantonese)
  • Dialect training for actors (native regional and non-native accents in English)
  • Phonetics
  • Historical linguistics

Favorite Piece of Advice

Spelling is not sound! English has five vowel letters but 15+ vowel sounds. If in doubt, check the dictionary's transcription of a word's pronunciation to understand which sounds the word actually contains!

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Cantonese is a difficult Chinese language, however counting to 10 is very simple. Just use the pronunciation that's in this article. The following romanisation scheme is "Jyutping" - the most popular romanisation scheme ...

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Speak With a Fake Italian Accent

Whether it is for acting, or just to pull a prank at some friends, this article will instruct you how to re-create an Italian accent!

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Study the Etymology of Words

The origin of the meaning and sound of words (etymology) is a fascinating and rewarding subject. The previous sentence alone has words of Latin, Greek, Anglo-Saxon, and Germanic origins! Investigating the linguistic root...

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Teach English Pronunciation

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How to Say “Yes” in Different Languages

Learn how to say “yes” in almost every language!"Yes" is one of the most commonly-used and important words in any language. It can signal that you want something, like something, or your opinion. Without yes, we woul...