Santa Clarita, CA Accent Reduction Lessons

Learn how to be heard and understood so that the person you're communicating with hears you and what you are trying to say, not the accent. I work with any regional or national accent you may want to modify.

As professional actor, singer, and teacher, fine tuning the way my voice sounds and understanding how accents work are a huge part of my life. But in any field, elocution/pronunciation is a huge part of how you are understood and how you present yourself professionally. I love working with fine differences in vocal sounds, and I hope to make it fun for you as well! We'll use easy exercises from the worlds of acting, singing, yoga, Feldenkrais, and sound meditation, to put your voice and pronunciation in your control and build your confidence.

I provide help on perfecting an English (American) accent, with use of pronunciation diagrams, recording speech, listening to aural prompts, and practice, practice, practice.

Throughout the past 8 years, I have successfully supported numerous students from a wide variety of native language backgrounds in fine tuning their phonetic awareness and pronunciation skills in order to achieve the accent modifications they've always desired.

Accent Reduction

*****Each Online Lesson with Free Video & MP3 Recording*****

Carefully following Burrkowsky's (1969) multi-media method, I have taught this subject for over five years for public and private causes, such as library, individuals, and language schools. My emphasis for pronunciation is a scientific, comprehensive overview and treatment of the various sounds, rhythms, inflections, and patterns the spoken language integrates. I encourage practicing and mastering both the sounds themselves, as well as how the sounds are connected and contextualized. I use contemporary sound recording and .wav editing software to involve audio feedback and self-monitoring.

Sources: Burrkowsky, Mitchess (1969) Teaching American Pronunciation to Foreign Students. New York: Warren Green, 1969.

I have developed a proven, groundbreaking, unique, fun and interactive approach to reduce, and in some cases eliminate the foreign accent completely. How you ask? Being a singing teacher for over 15 years, I have always found it fascinating when my foreign students would be able to sing a standard American song with NO accent. Somehow, singing completely eliminated their accent. Since that discovery, I was determined to find out why and how. Based on my research, I have created a very easy to understand method that can dramatically reduce the foreign accent.

Coming from an immigrant family myself, and being fluent in three languages (English, Spanish, Italian), I can relate to the challenges foreigners face when attempting to speak in a neutralized American accent. This can be holding you back from advancing your career.

You will see results instantly. Take the first step to propel your career to the next level!

With accent reduction lessons, I will help you increase your confidence in English by working on difficult sounds with you. I also teach you words and expressions that will help you in daily conversations, in e-mails, and in the workplace.

Increase your confidence in presenting and public speaking by pronouncing words more clearly and articulately with my stress-free speaking and pronunciation lessons.

I have been helping students neutralize accents through targeted pronunciation and articulation practice. Students can expect to practice verbal communication with a focus on pronunciation techniques that target their unique focus areas such as problems pronouncing "b" and "p", "l" and "r", the variations of "s", "t" and "th", intonation, syllables and sound clusters.