As an expert foreign accent and regional dialect modification coach, my career focus over 25 years, has been to help my clients to learn to communicate and make presentations with precise American English pronunciation and intonation. After completing my graduate degree in Communication Sciences, I studied with the well known accent/dialect coach, Sam Chwat. Just as an actor can learn a new accent, you can neutralize or reduce a dialect or accent that may be difficult for others to understand, or a distraction when you speak.As a faculty member at CSUN in Los Angeles, I pioneered one of the first accent reduction classes offered in a university setting. I taught Business English in Japan, and I have offered public speaking, voice, social coaching, literacy, and fluency coaching at vocational centers across the country. I provide accent reduction and other speech services directly to corporations, hospitals, and growing technology companies. With the advent of online video-conference platforms, I offer my coaching services globally, and as a communication consultant around the world. If you are a foreign-born professional who is working in the United States, you may have come to realize that you will benefit from advanced training to improve your English speaking skills. The English you learned in school may not be satisfactory for your current professional needs. As my client, I am dedicated to helping you gain the confidence to speak English clearly and naturally, whether it is for a presentation to a large group, preparation for a job interview, or a call to an individual customer.My clients come from many language backgrounds, including Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Russian Spanish, Tagalog,Telugu, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, and others.Areas of expertise:accent modificationadult education and trainingconsultingfluencyspeech coachingpronunciation coachingpublic speakingspeech pathologyvoiceweb-based instruction
Listed skills include Speech Therapy, Accent Reduction, Phonology, Speech Coaching, and 35 others.
