Improve Your American Accent in 6 Weeks
All Levels 6-week Comprehensive SMART Course for the American Accent, by Speech Modification
User Reviews
Fun and very helpful
Othon Reyes
Spanish-native speaker here. I've lived in the USA for 5 years and I work in an environment that demands good communication skills. Every day I struggle to s...
Read MoreSpanish-native speaker here. I've lived in the USA for 5 years and I work in an environment that demands good communication skills. Every day I struggle to speak and give clear and concise messages, not only that but my peers struggled to understand me. I had very little confidence driving meetings because the audience would lose attention because they couldn't understand me. Fed up of that situation I enrolled to the "American Accent Training for Professionals" course. I didn't know what to expect and I was afraid of speaking. Anyways, first class I was mind blown. Christine, the teacher, not only has a lot of years of experience helping professionals under her belt, she gave a class very dynamic, with a lot of participation between peers and combining theory and practice. During the course she showed us how to progress, what accent patterns of our native language could be getting into the way and how to improve them, how to practice solo and with people. Also the other classmates were very open and social, we were a multicultural class with people from India, China, Mongolia, Russia, Poland and Mexico which it was great because I get to hear different accents. Overall, I would recommend this course for anyone that wants to improve her/his accent. I feel that now I have the tools to improve it.
Read LessAn amazing course for non-native speakers
Shadi Peirovi
Thanks to the accent training package by Christine Dunbar, I see a noticeable change in my speech. I have received a complete analysis of my speech and rela...
Read MoreThanks to the accent training package by Christine Dunbar, I see a noticeable change in my speech. I have received a complete analysis of my speech and related video and lessons to correct my errors accordingly. Christine was always available to answer questions and gave me very good advice. I am now more aware of the typical speech patterns of Farsi native speakers, and try to correct myself. I recommend Speech Modification to all non-native speakers of English. Shadi
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Nastaran Khodadadegan
She's the best. Arrangements everything . Patient and understanding situation.
She's the best. Arrangements everything . Patient and understanding situation.
Read LessA very satisfy customer!
JuanCarlos Hurtado
The 6 week course was better that what I was expecting. The material was exactly what I need to become a better English Speaker. I learned more about "Americ...
Read MoreThe 6 week course was better that what I was expecting. The material was exactly what I need to become a better English Speaker. I learned more about "American Pronunciation" on this 6 weeks course than the entire time I lived in the USA. Christine really cares about her students and she give you a lot of resources you can use! I definitely will be taking more classes with Christine!
Read LessGreat course!
Alejandro Torrealba
Great course!
Great course!
Read LessCourse curriculum
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Lesson 1: Final Z (Pronunciation Target)
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Lesson 2: Letter S: /s/ or /z/ sound?
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Lesson 3: Next Steps for Final Z: Plurals
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Lesson 4: Pronouncing Plurals Worksheet
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Lesson 5: Quiz: /s/ and /z/ sounds
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Lesson 5 Quiz Part 2: Letter S Paragraph - Find the /z/ sounds.
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Lesson 6: Additional Repeated Phrase Practice for Final Z
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Lesson 7: Using Reading to Practice Pronunciation
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PDF for Lesson 7: Reading Practice - Final Z
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Final Z Pronunciation MP3's
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Final Z word list
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Recording Tools
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Voiced and Voiceless Sounds
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Lesson 1: Word Stress Carries Meaning
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Lesson 2: Small Talk (Intonation Practice)
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Lesson 3: Stress Content Words (Intonation Practice)
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Lesson 4: Intonation Target Phrase: How are you?
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Lesson 5: Which Words to Stress (Interactive Activity)
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Which Words to Stress (PDF Version)
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Intonation for Statements and Questions
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Lesson 6: Using Pitch
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Bonus Lesson: Using TV to Listen for and Imitate Intonation
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Using Pitch in Statements
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Small Talk Intonation MP3's
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Lesson 1: How to Practice
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Lesson 2: Generalization (How to Take Your Skills to the Next Level)
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Final D (Pronunciation Target)
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Vowel Length Before Voiced Consonants (Pronunciation and Intonation)
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Linking practice for Final Z and Final D
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Final Voiced Sounds /b,d,g,v,dʒ/
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Final Voiced Sounds MP3's
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Lesson 1: American Vowel Sounds (Overview)
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Lesson 2: Vowel Sounds, Not Vowel Letters (Vowel Anchors)
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Vowels_ Focus on Sounds, Not Spelling
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Vowels_ Focus on Sounds Answer Key
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Lesson 3: Vowel /ɪ/
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Find the words with Vowel ɪ
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Lesson 4: Vowel /i/
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Vowel /i/ and Vowel /ɪ/ MP3's
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Vowel ɪ and Vowel i word lists
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Vowel ɪ paragraph
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American English Vowel Sounds (Anchors, Spelling, Common Words)
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Lesson 1: American R
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Lesson 2: R in the Middle and Ends of Words (Vowel "er")
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Lesson 3: Retroflex vs. Bunched R
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American R MP3's
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Initial R word list
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vowel er words
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Lesson 4: Intonation for Statements, Changing Meaning
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Lesson 5: Introducing Yourself (Applying Intonation)
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About this course
- $9.99
- 115 lessons
- 0 hours of video content
What People Are Saying About SMART American Accent Training
O.E.K.
"I would say to my friends, colleagues and co-workers . . . Speech Modification is the most important class for all international students, workers and non-native English speakers. It was the most interesting, helpful, useful, and professional class I have ever taken before."
O.R.S.
"Learning about error patterns, how to correct them, and what things I needed to correct helped me to be more confident speaking English. I learned a lot and what I learned helps me to understand and improve my speech!"
Denis Novak
"Christine was an excellent teacher and helped me a lot with reduction of my heavy Russian accent. The results are very noticeable on my everyday life. I definitely would recommend he to any non-native speaker who want to sound more clear for an American ear."
Charles Tay, Graduate Student
""Outstanding" is a word that I would use to describe my training experience with Christine.
I was fortunate to find Christine to help me with accent-reduction a few years ago. A dedicated trainer, she has done a remarkable job in identifying and targeting the areas that I needed to improve on. A friendly and warm person, Christine made every training session enjoyable for me, and she is someone that I can approach for advice even after my program was over.
I would definitely recommend Christine to anyone who wants to reduce accent or improve communication skills in general!"
Kumi Ikeda, Legal Policy at Twitter
"At the first assessment, Christine was quick to pin point weaknesses in my speech/pronunciation pattern. Then she specifically targeted to improve the weaknesses first. Her approach was very efficient. I highly recommend to work with her!"
Luke Kyohere
"My new role at my job required increased public speaking and increased communication with potential partners and customers. I heard about Christine's coaching online, and reached out. I didn't regret it. Her coaching's personalized and flexible. She worked around my travel schedule and made the effort to understand my specific needs and tailor sessions just for me. I cannot recommend her services highly enough."
Valerie Eberlein
"Christine is a great coach! Her classes are very structured, but fun at the same time. She is very flexible with schedules and always offers a lot of additional materials. I learned so many different things from her. She made me feel more confident in professional and personal conversations. "
Tibor Fabian, Senior Data Scientist
"Christine is a highly qualified and excellent trainer. She helped me to find my accent issues and to improve my pronunciation skills. She provided me with exercises to achieve my goals quickly. I can use her helpful advices ever since for further improvement on daily bases.
I'm happy that I found Christine and I highly recommend her as a personal trainer."
Mahfuz Khalili
"Christine Dunbar is a professional speech therapist who understands subtle differences in pronunciation of the English speakers from different regions as well as people whose primary language is not English. Her quick and prompt diagnosis of problems with my accents, which I was not aware of, helped me to correct myself tremendously in my professional presentations and conversations. "
Krishnan P. Iyer
"Christine, I enjoyed your session at WeWork yesterday. You solved in less than a minute what I had been trying to understand for the last 30 years in the US! I appreciate it."