Private lessons with top Accent Reduction instructors near Woodland Hills, CA

This course is about how to learn to say the 44 sounds in English (including the 20 vowel international phonics sounds) quickly and to reduce your accent audibly. A suggested twice a week course. We will cover the most important phonics/sounds that my clients - from India, China, France, Russia, Brazil, Spain and so on - have the most problems with doing business in the US/Silicon Valley. You don't have to go through all the lectures, just pick the areas you feel you still have to work on and practice the words diligently. You will see the slides that go with the video and most of the time, I also uploaded additional practice materials. If you work on your English pronunciation consistently, you will see results really fast. Master the American Accent book will be provided (228 pages). Who this course is for: You need to know some spoken American English already to benefit from the course. But, since this is an American English speaking course with lots of examples, if you practice a lot, you will be successful and will master American English. We will cover all 44 phonic sounds of the English language An English Curriculum and Instructor for 20 years, I 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 have created a proven, groundbreaking, easy to understand, result oriented approach to reduce, and in some cases eliminate the foreign accent completely (don't worry, it doesn't involve you singing LOL!). The ONLY way we can learn the American Accent is to retrain our tongue and soft palette muscles to create these American sounds and rhythms that your body is just not used to making. I will be providing you with specific exercises focusing on the sound and feel of specific American "Targeted" sounds and how they link to each and every consonant. In addition, I will share specific singing techniques to help create reliable muscle memory that you can call upon instantly. This technique has helped so may of my accent reduction students master the American Accent a lot faster. By the end of this course you would have gone through every possible combination of sounds. There will be nothing you will come across that we haven't covered in your practice. Our goal is to make sure these improvements are retained, so you can call upon them when you need them. That will involve practicing on your end. If you commit to the practice exercises you will improve much more rapidly. Take the first step to propel your career to the next level! Who this course is for: Anyone whose first language isn't English Anyone who want to master the American Accent Anyone who wants to improve their communication skills Anyone who want to master outstanding communication skill in their business and personal lives

I have taught listening, speaking and pronunciation classes to students of all ages and from a variety of language backgrounds. Whether it is an issue of fluency or individual phonetic sounds, I can cater my lessons to your level and goals. I have taught online and on the ground so I have built an extensive arsenal of resources to suit all needs. I look forward to working with you! IF A TIME IS NOT LISTED AS AVAILABLE, PLEASE SEND ME A MESSAGE. I CAN PROBABLY ACCOMMODATE YOU :)

Do you have an accent and want to reduce it? Through speech training I can help you change your speech patterns and sounds to sound like a more native English speaker.

I am available to help reduce accents of students from any country. Hour sessions are available but count as two 30 minute sessions back to back.

I can help you adapt your accent or dialect for an acting role or for business/professional purposes. “Accent reduction” is sort of a misnomer because what we’re really doing is learning a different accent; I prefer the term "accent modification." We all have accents! But I can help you code-switch between your habitual dialect and one that you feel is more suitable for your situation. I have worked with speakers from Turkey, Egypt, Iran, Poland, France, India, Italy, and more. The work we do together can give you more confidence and a greater sense of ease when you speak, knowing that you can be heard and understood.

Zelda S. can help you with Accent Reduction training whatever your native language is. With her easy to follow activities and exercises she can help you be better understood when you are speaking and also better understand others. Zelda is helping students across the USA including top level professionals, performers and artists, front-line customer service personnel, to teachers and trainers and people of all ages and all walks of life and family cultures. The lessons are interactive, fun and effective and you'll love the experience building skills with your voice, speaking and communications. WHAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING "I enjoyed all my lessons with Zelda and I have learned so much. I learned how to pronounce words correctly and reduce my accent which was important to me in my work in technology. This has helped me come out of my shell and be more confident talking with others especially in my job." KH, Edmonton, Canada "Zelda has helped me reduce my accent and speak more clearly. As a Chinese born teacher in the arts world I was finding it difficult to speak English and be understood. People would always ask me to repeat myself and tell me they couldn't understand me. Zelda's lessons were so helpful, and I saw a huge difference not only in my speaking voice but also in my singing voice and feel so much more confident speaking with others. Plus she is an amazing person to work with and a fun teacher." NC, NYC USA.

The key to reducing your accent is a sensitive, objective hearing. We hear what we project from our minds. Very often it is not the same as what comes out of our mouths. The listener is also a judge that effects our speaking and thinking as well as our emotional state. That as you may know, effects the way we speak and also the way we perceive what we hear. The accent actually changes every day. There is your first lesson and its free! There is much more to learn and to explore in accent reduction. I speak multiple languages and I am a professional musician with an unusually refined hearing. I possess perfect pitch, being able to identify frequency to within a range of a tuning instrument. As a conductor, I am able to hear which section and which instrument in that section is sharp or flat on a given note in the middle of playing a symphonic work. Why is this important? It is vital to being able to identify what and where is needed to be moved as you speak to reduce or eliminate the accent in your speech. There are some jobs in acting or broadcasting that prefer an accent but it should be under your control and desire to produce it and modulate as you wish. I arrived from Ukraine without any vocabulary (actually about 3 words) of the English language. Since, I have done voice over work, trained singers and worked with accent reduction for opera and lieder work on a doctoral level of a degree program. Taught voice and singing at USC (University of Southern California) and managed to remove any accent from the English language or the Russian language I speak as a native. My Italian speech has been praised as without accent as well. I offer my expertise in whatever project and goal you may have. The style of my work is laid back but effective. As I stated above, it is important to relax and enjoy your time to be able to hear well. I look forward to working with you.

Quick analysis of how to make you more intelligible since VOICE was my reason for becoming a speech-language pathologist; customized sessions for your sound errors, how to improve your writing of short memos AND homework. Daily 30 minute practice is a necessity.