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Accent Reduction

Would accent reduction help you to advance your career? Do you want to improve your American accent in the most effective way? Are you looking for customized accent training to address your specific accent reduction needs?

Accent reduction incorporates the learning of language skills such as the sounds, stress patterns, rhythm, and intonation patterns of American English. This is a separate process from learning the grammar and vocabulary of American English and key to improve your American accent.

At Executive Language Training, our personalized one-on-one and small group Accent Reduction Course is the most effective and convenient way for busy professionals to improve their accent and advance their career! Each course is designed to help non-native American English speakers tackle American English language skills and improve their pronunciation and manner of speaking dramatically.

Taught by a qualified trainer, our Accent training is customized to participant's individual needs and requirements. The content of our classes is tailored to the job-specific American English language necessary to improve the participant's American accent and help them function more effectively at work.

Our Accent reduction classes are flexible and convenient! Training hours are designed to accommodate each participant's busy schedule and time requirements. The location of each session is set based on participant's preferences (office, workplace, or at Executive Language Training facilities).

At the end of each Accent Reduction course our 4-step Accent Reduction training method results in accent modification, accent improvement and easily understandable conversational speech. Following are the 4 steps of our training method for accent reduction:

Identify participant's trouble American English sounds, stress and intonation patterns.

Assist participant to hear and learn the differences between American English sounds.

Produce and practice the troubled sounds to improve participant's American accent!

Incorporate new American English sounds into participant's conversational speech.

At Executive Language Training we understand your immediate needs and we'll help you start your path to accent reduction immediately:

• First, a thorough Needs Assessment will be conducted to obtain your individual goals, learning style and accent reduction needs. This will make sure your accent reduction course is fully customized and tailored to your individual requirements.

• Based on your Needs Assessment, an ELT trainer will be assigned. All of our trainers are career professionals with four to twenty years of accent reduction training experience and teaching diplomas or MA/PhD degree. They are the best in the industry!

• Your accent reduction training hours will be set to accommodate your schedule. Location will be based on your preferences (your office, workplace, or at an Executive Language Training facility).

• Your personal trainer will be entirely focused on your individual accent training needs, thereby monitoring your accent improvement and progress and adjusting the pace.

At Executive Language Training we are committed to your success! We have helped hundreds of executives and Fortune 500 companies with their accent reduction training needs. Contact us today and our account executives will design the highest quality training course for you or your company's employees!