How Long Does It Take to Eliminate a Strong Foreign Accent?

Eliminating a strong foreign accent completely can take 6 months to 2 years, depending on your language background, practice consistency, and access to expert feedback. However, most learners achieve clear, professional-sounding English within just a few months of focused training.

The process takes time because accent habits are built over years of speaking your native language. It requires retraining both the ear and speech muscles to adapt to new sounds and rhythm patterns.

Daily practice of 30–45 minutes, paired with feedback, creates lasting improvement. Even if full accent elimination takes longer, major clarity and confidence gains happen much sooner.

Intonetic’s structured coaching helps learners noticeably refine their accents in as little as 12 weeks—making speech easy to understand and naturally confident, even before achieving complete accent transformation.