Speech & Accent Instruction

Answer These Questions Out Loud:

1. What is your name?

2. Where are you from and what is your native language

3. What is today’s date?

4. What is your favorite food and how do you like it to be prepared?

5. Why do you want to improve your speech?  (this helps you stay motivated!)

6. Can you think of a few words that are difficult for you to pronounce?

Please read the following passage:

On a bright morning, a curious traveler carried a small suitcase through a crowded station. He noticed children laughing, vendors calling out prices, and musicians tuning their instruments. Across the platform, a woman dropped a book, and a stranger kindly returned it with a smile. The train arrived with a rush of wind, rattling doors and echoing voices. Everyone hurried aboard, searching for seats, yet the traveler paused to admire the rhythm of accents and the variety of languages around him. For a moment, he realized the world was both immense and close, full of voices that deserved to be heard clearly.

Now Just Talk For 1-2 Minutes:

Talk about what is going on in your life right now.  Talk about your family, what you do for work, your hobbies, what you did last weekend...

It does not have to be interesting.  

Just talk!

Welcome!

You may have been searching for accent modification, accent reduction, the American accent, or accent coaching. This work has many names but one central focus- improving your ability to speak clearly and naturally.

The Speech & Accent Site provides personalized instruction on the General American accent.

• Feel confident while speaking
• Communicate effectively
• Be easily understood
• Avoid embarrassing mistakes
• Understand American English intonation to convey different meanings
• Learn new vocabulary and idioms

Your Speech & Accent Instructor can teach you all of this and more while you learn to incorporate principles of the General American Accent into your speaking style.

• Spanish
• Korean
• Arabic
• Chinese
• French
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Hebrew
• Polish
• Russian
• Vietnamese
• Languages of India

We have compared the specific sound and pattern features of your first language and their impact on your ability to be understood by listeners.

Our instruction is specific to your first language background and can quickly improve your ability to speak clearly and naturally.