kinsay gi ingnan og "You have a Regional Accent" diha?

[angelmigs]

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ahaha mao jud, mura pinoy raman ang himantaun kau gud.. hehehe..

[daiclerr]

When interviewers tell you that you have a regional accent, what that mean is kung sa bisaya pa: Maklaro na bisaya imo accent. Not to offend you ok, but this is the reality. This term was coined so as not to offend the applicant. Some call centers are strict in matters of communication. Some centers though, make do with accented speakers, so long as it is something workable and that the applicant doesnt have much trouble conveying his/her ideas. Anyway, try to do these more, watch english movies and mimic the characters, converse with people in english(proper english at that). Try to work the Th sound like The, There, Them, not as Da, Der, Dem. The E as in Here, Clear not as Her and Cler. The A as Aeppl(Apple), Maen (Man), not as Ahpol or Mahn. That is if you really want to work in a call center. Hope this helps.

Ditto! I totally agree with you.

If you want to eliminate your accent TS, watch American English movies. But the thing is, if there are people who are tone-deaf when it comes to music (meaning wa sila kabaw na yabag sila), there are also some people who, even when they try to mimic phrases and statements they hear from movies, don'trealize that they were not able to say something correctly. It appears to them as if they said it in the same way as the actor/actress did. What I suggest is, you get yourself a voice recorder. Record one line or statement from the movie and then record your voice following how it was said. Then, listen to it. Chances are, you are going to hear or notice the difference of your voice and the actor's since you hear your voice from the recorder and not from your mouth. Once you're done perfecting one line, don't delete your file right away. Write the line down on a piece of paper and then try another phrase. Gather up to a hundred phrases (or less if you think that's too much) and go back to each one everyday. Record your voice everytime so you can check if you have improved. You can ask a friend to listen to your recordings. His opinion would surely help, especially if he has a good accent of his own. Once you are good with your first set of lines, make another set. Try TV commercials, song lines, or anything that sounds good.

I know it will be quite arduous, but it can really help. I know a lot of people who eventually eliminated their regional accent through this process. I was their trainer. lol

[tzihloOh]

hashahahahah..... the key word here is practice ♥♥♥

[Detective Mask]

You can't blame some call centers kung ingnon ka na naa kay "regional accent". After all, mga American customers man ang usually gi-cater nila. And apparently, mosalig ra kuno ang mga Amerikano sa mga Amerikano. Kung maklaro sa accent na Bisaya ka ug dili Amerikano, naay chance na mawad-an ug salig ang imong Amerikano na customer.

Like the others suggested, it's good na ma-expose ka sa mga English movies and shows para maka-understand ka on how foreigners speak English. Maayo sad na practice na magkanta ug English songs.

However, dapat sad i-take note kung unsaon pag-pronounce ang mga words. My suggestion is to check the pronunciation of the words in [Dictionary.com | Find the Meanings and Definitions of Words at Dictionary.com]. You might be shocked to know that the proper pronunciation of words isn't the way we've been used to pronouncing it.

Pwede sad ka mo-take ug free online ESL lessons sa YouTube.

[masakiton]

ako pud.. gi ingnan ko nga "are you from the philippines?"
based on exp.. ang mga americano.. ang ilaha lang gusto kai mag ka sinabot lang.. daug na

[tearz777]

nangaply kog western gi ingnan kog regional accent daw ko ahak... phobia nakog pangaply ug call center

[nofriends]

atleast naa kay accent, meaning english gihapon pero regional lng.

ngita nya tag kol senter nga bisaya ilang dawaton. I think naa, sa smartbro nakasuway ko ug

agent nga nagbinisaya since sa cebu kuno ko.