Unlock Your Full Communication Potential

At Understand Your Accent (UYA), we understand that effective communication is more than just words; it’s about being understood. Our Comprehensive Understandability Assessment is designed to empower non-native English speakers to enhance their communication skills and become readily understood by native English speakers.

How Does It Work?

Our Comprehensive Understandability Assessment is a detailed evaluation of your spoken English, providing valuable insights into your ability to communicate effectively with native English speakers. Here’s what the process entails

  • 1. Application

    Begin by completing our confidential application form. We'll gather information about your native language, additional languages spoken, location, English study duration, language goals, and the primary location of your English-speaking audience. This data remains secure and confidential.

  • 2. Assessment Fee

    The assessment fee is $150 for the first rater and $50 for each additional rater. You can opt for multiple raters to ensure a comprehensive evaluation.

  • 3. Passage Reading

    Once approved, you'll receive two passages to read. The first, a non-contextual passage, assesses intelligibility, while the second is a regular English passage. Record yourself reading both passages separately.

  • 4. Rater Evaluation

    Your audio recordings are then sent to the assigned raters. Each rater listens to both passages, transcribes them, and rates the effort required to understand your spoken message.

  • 5. Data Compilation

    We compile all ratings and transcriptions, conducting an interrater reliability check for consistency.

  • 6. Understandability Scores

    We calculate your intelligibility, comprehensibility, and overall understandability scores. These scores are plotted on our Understandability Matrix.

  • 7. Personalized Report

    You'll receive a personalized Understandability Assessment Report. It includes your understandability score, the Understandability Matrix with detailed descriptions, scores from each rater, and rater profiles (age range, location area, and familiarity with your native language).

  • 8. Speech Analysis

    The report offers a thorough speech analysis, identifying divergent sounds, problematic suprasegmentals, and high-leverage obstacles (HLOs) that, when addressed, significantly improve your understandability.

  • 9. Recommendations

    We provide tailored recommendations to address HLOs, enabling you to work on specific aspects of your speech for enhanced overall understandability.

Our Comprehensive Understandability Assessment equips you with valuable insights and actionable steps to become a more effective and confident communicator in English, especially with native English speakers. Unlock your full communication potential with UYA.

Are you ready to be understood? Start your assessment journey today.

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