[header] How to communicate with a non native english speaker [title] Speak clearly and pronounce your words correctly. [step] Exaggerated pronunciations will not help your listener and may cause more confusion. However, you may find that it helps to pronounce some words as the non-native speaker does. 
This will be especially true if the proper pronunciation is very different from the non-native pronunciation. [title] Recognize that people wrongly think that turning up the volume somehow creates instant understanding.