What IS accent reduction? You might be wondering exactly what we do here and exactly HOW you can work on “losing” your accent, so that native English speakers can understand you clearly. Well, the technical definition for “Accent Reduction,” which is also known by many other names, such as accent training, elocution, accent modification, accent neutralization, or deaccentation. And it is a systematic approach for learning or adopting a new agent and there are many, many ways, programs, and people out there who can or can try to help you achieve this goal if you are trying to change or...
In this post from the American accent training team at Pronunciation Workshop, we thought it would be helpful to go out and find the best videos on YouTube specifically to help you with how to improve your public speaking. So here are the five highly viewed public speaking videos on YouTube: Five Basic Public Speaking Tips How to Speak with Confidence 6 Public Speaking Tips To Hook Any Audience 5 public speaking tips from TEDxPortland speaker coach Become a Better Speaker: 9 Essential Public Speaking Tips - College Info Geek
If you aren't afraid of public speaking, chances are you know someone who HATES it! So, the American accent training team at Pronunciation Workshop thought we'd give you some tips you can use to get over your fears and perform when you need to most! Communication is one of the most important things, and if you are communicating in English, proper English pronunciation can help you nail that big job interview, ace your presentation or be more confident answering questions in class. Public speaking could literally change your life! The #1 tip is kind of an obvious one but one that...
The summer is heating up and with schools out around the globe, people are beginning to take their vacations and plan trips to and from hither and yon. So we thought we would give you some tips on being a good, courteous traveler, as well as a few phrases you might hear while you are out and about this summer. Chances are if you have ever taken a trip in your life, you have come across one of “those” people. You know the ones, the person/people who just doesn’t seem to “get” it. In this blog, your American accent training...
Speech pathologist from Highland Park taps global drive to speak perfect English Back in April, Paul was featured by the Chicago Tribune for his work in speech language pathology and his international travel with Pronunciation Workshop. Here is what Karen Berkowitz of the Tribune had to say: Paul Gruber isn't a recognizable figure in his hometown of Highland Park, but he is in parts of Asia. Gruber has appeared on daytime talk television in Vietnam, and has drawn hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube. All pretty heady stuff for a speech pathologist. Gruber is the guru behind an English training course that's...