Accent reduction focuses on the improved or modified English pronunciation of sounds by non-native speakers to increase intelligibility when speaking English.
Before the trend in Accent Reduction, the correct linguistic term for this form of learning to speak English was, and still is within linguistics, termed Language 1 interference into Language 2 abbreviated to L1/L2. For example, Spanish accent sounds from a native Spanish speaker into and affecting the sounds produced in the target language, namely English.
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