Accent Reduction Classes at FIU Kovens Center - Miami - accent reduction class MA

Course Description For non-native English speakers
Students will get an assessment on their problem sounds and habits and learn techniques on how to correct their speech. Accent Reduction training helps non-native English speakers learn how to make the sounds correctly and improve their accent. In each language, we make different sounds; we have different stress patterns, rhythm, and intonation patterns. We actually move our tongue, our teeth and our jaw differently. Learning how to make these sounds correctly is a separate process from learning grammar and vocabulary of English. The training is fun, lively and intense. Lisa Jeffery teaches in a way that you will enjoy the process of reducing your accent and improving your articulation. We work on vowels, consonants, articulation, stress and intonation, word order, phrasing, and vocabulary. You will learn proven correction techniques and practice casual speaking, reading out loud and public speaking.

Here’s what the workshop offers:
•Individual diagnosis and counseling on your accent
•Learn to detect your own mispronunciation by hearing your subtle mistakes
•Identify your own trouble sounds, and learn how to improve them
•Use the right stress and intonation patterns in English
•Incorporate the new sounds into your everyday speech
•Improve your confidence in meetings or on the telephone
•Pronounce your vowels correctly in English
•Articulate the consonants at the end of words
•Learn the 4 things you can do every day to improve your accent

These sessions are intense workshops that will help you learn how to improve your accent in English. Lisa also offers private coaching and corporate classes for your organization in Accent Reduction and Public Speaking. Please contact her for a free consultation and she will recommend the best program for you.

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Testimonials:
“I hired Lisa Jeffery for accent reduction when I was asked to be co-host on the Today Show. In Miami, Lisa showed me how to reduce my accent considerably. I enjoyed working with Lisa — she helped me make an amazing breakthrough during the training. I highly recommend her!”
— Maria Celeste Arrarás, NBC Co-Host, The Today Show

“I am a Brazilian lawyer and I went to Miami for an internship in a Law firm. I knew that my accent would be prejudicial at work. Although my English was not bad, sometimes people did not understand me because of my accent and it used to make me very shy about speaking English. After some classes with Lisa, it changed. Now I am much more confident of my capacity of communicating in English. I know my mistakes and what has to be improved. Unfortunately I am not in Miami anymore and I could not continue the classes. However, I frequently do the exercises Lisa taught me to keep working on my accent. Lisa is very professional and enthusiastic. It was a pleasure to have classes with her!”
— Fernanda Freitas, Attorney, Brazil

“My heavy Brooklyn accent was just not doing it! As my voice coach, my lessons with Lisa Jeffery came at a very important and exciting time in my life. Her expertise and patience has helped me immensely to articulate with a cultural image that appropriately represents my book, Thanks to Lisa, my demeanor and delivery now has sophistication and elegance. She has given me concrete tools for elegant speaking on my new cooking show. Lisa, you are a joy to work with!”
— Poopa Dweck, Author Aromas of Aleppo:
The Legendary Cuisine of Syrian Jews, www.aromasofaleppo.com

“My job requires me to speak at conferences in front of 500 attendees. I needed professional help, not only with my accent, but with my public speaking skills. Lisa offers the whole package! After a few sessions with her, I was able to reduce mispronunciation of words and improve my accent. After my first conference as a speaker, I got excellent feedback from several attendees, including “your presentations were amazing,” and “I was very impressed with your presentation” and “your presentation was one of the best!” Now I feel confident and my fear of speaking in public is behind me. I look forward to speaking at the next conference. Lisa is an amazing professional who truly cares about her clients' progress.”
— Evaldo Albuquerque, Financial Research Analyst, Brazil