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  Children link accents with intelligence from the age of five, says study By age five, children already associate a standard southern English accent with intelligence. Children exposed to a wider var iety of accents at home show less bias and are more accepting of different accents. Early accent biases are shaped by soci alization, not innate, and can be addressed through exposure and awareness. Hey, it’s Rex here, reporting on a fascinating study published in  The Conversation  that dives deep into how young children start linking accents with intelligence-long before most of us would expect. The research, led by a team at the University of Essex, set out to explore whether five-year-olds already have unconscious biases about accents. They worked with 27 children in Essex, introducing them to two cartoon characters: one described as “clever” and the other as “not clever.” After this introduction, the kids listened to audio clips of different UK accents and then com...

Hey the re! I’m Rex, founder and director of  Accent Coach Online , and if you know me, you know I’m passionate about helping people speak English with clarity and confidence.  My journey has taken me from the sun-soaked beaches of California to the vibrant classrooms of Hawaii, and then across the globe—Japan, Korea, Singapore, China (three times!), and Thailand. Along the way, I’ve taught students from every walk of life: ambitious professionals, eager college students, and everyday folks just wanting to connect in English. But here’s the thing: No matter where I went or who I taught, I kept running into the same frustrating wall. My students were bright, hardworking, and could function impressively well in English—yet when it came to sounding natural and speaking spontaneously, something was missing. Despite all the grammar drills, vocabulary lists, and even specialized pronunciation courses I’d taken (hello, CELTA and Masters in Educational Psychology!), my students ...