Accent Reduction Classes October 16, 2010

Accent Reduction Workshops Once a Month
For non-native English speakers

Monthly classes at FIU Kovens Center are afternoon intensive workshops, usually less than 10 people. Small classes allow individual instruction and personalized help for each student.

The course is taught by Accent and Speech Expert, Lisa Jeffery, MBA, MA. Lisa teaches Advanced Business English at FIU International MBA Program, and Speech and Voice & Articulation at Barry University. She has been an executive coach in Public Speaking Skills and Accent Reduction to broadcasters, actors and top executives since 1998. Lisa offers private coaching, group classes and corporate seminars on location of over the internet.

Course Description
Does your accent hold you back? Attend this intensive workshop at FIU Kovens Center. These are not English classes; they focus on SPEECH, and speaking English well. 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 training offers:
• Individual diagnosis and counseling on your accent
• Learn to detect and hear your own mistakes & mispronunciation
• Identify your own trouble sounds, 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 to improve your accent

Saturday Classes Once a Month 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
October 16, 2010
November 13, 2010
December 11, 2010

Cost: $169.99 for one class; 10% discount for three classes $458.99

Contact Lisa Jeffery for a free consultation, she can advise the best program for you or for your organization!
www.accentreductionmiami.com

Contact Jeffery Communications
305 395-5253
lisa@accentreductionmiami.com