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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3375/1ba0394c-8171-446e-b489-c34d6b672705_hq__1_.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Keep Your Identity While Changing Your Accent' data-article-id='3889'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9167'>English learners all over the world have the same question: how can I speak more like a native speaker?</span> <span data-start-time='9167' data-end-time='18313'>A big industry has grown up around helping non-native English speakers change their accent.</span> <span data-start-time='18313' data-end-time='25208'>Accent is more than simply how you pronounce individual words.</span> <span data-start-time='25208' data-end-time='33083'>It also includes the stress and intonation patterns for whole sentences.</span> <span data-start-time='33083' data-end-time='44646'>There are many books and software programs, online and in-person courses that promise to teach a "native accent."</span> <span data-start-time='44646' data-end-time='50521'>But is it really necessary to sound exactly like a native speaker?</span> <span data-start-time='50521' data-end-time='54104'>Some experts say it is not.</span> <span data-start-time='54104' data-end-time='66000'>Eusebia V. Mont leads the Accent Modification Program at the University of Maryland&rsquo;s Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences.</span> <span data-start-time='66000' data-end-time='71167'>Mont talked about it to VOA Learning English.</span> <span data-start-time='71167' data-end-time='81063'>The Accent Modification Program serves students, faculty and the local community.</span> <span data-start-time='81063' data-end-time='86771'>Students come to the program for one or two school terms.</span> <span data-start-time='86771' data-end-time='90771'>They meet in a group for 90 minutes a week.</span> <span data-start-time='90771' data-end-time='98083'> Each student meets with one other student and a clinician for more individual work.</span> <span data-start-time='98083' data-end-time='104646'>Altogether the program amounts to about 60 hours of learning in class.</span> <span data-start-time='104646' data-end-time='111188'>Mont says the time needed to improve is different for each student.</span> 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fall in the sound of your voice when you speak'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3375/the_ability_to_read_and_write.wav'><span>the ability to read and write</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3375/the_rise_and_fall_in_the_sound_of_your_voice_when_you_speak.wav'><span>the rise and fall in the sound of your voice when you speak</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3375/the_leader_or_head_of_something.wav'><span>the leader or head of something</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3375/the_belief_in_a_god_or_higher_power.wav'><span>the belief in a god or higher power</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=13010 data-hint-location='81063' style='display:none;'><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3375/a_big_industry_has_grown_up_around_helping_nonnative_english_speakers_change_their__blank_.wav'>A big industry has grown up around helping non-native English speakers change their <span class='blank'>accent</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='accent'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3375/hair.wav'><span>hair</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3375/eye_color.wav'><span>eye color</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3375/accent.wav'><span>accent</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3375/style.wav'><span>style</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button 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