Being misunderstood is frustrating.
Every day, many fluent English speakers experience this frustration due to their accents in spoken English. Whether you come from Boston or Bangalore, your speech must be understood to be effective.
Since 2006, Speak Easy Accent Modification has helped proficient English speakers change the way they communicate so that clients, colleagues, strangers, and even friends can better understand them. While many people call this sort of training accent reduction, what's really happening is that the speaker's accent is being changed, or modified.
Some people think speaking with an accent is related to English proficiency, but accent is not the same as language. Accent is to speaking as penmanship is to writing -- pronunciation is a skill that can be improved through training.
Listen to some Before & After recordings to hear how typical Speak Easy clients have changed the way they communicate in English.
Speak Easy clients follow a completely individualized course of study, working with an instructor once per week - in person or at a distance - and practicing on their own every day. By the end of the training, clients experience at least a 50% improvement in their ability to be understood.
People who have not scored as well as they had hoped on the TSE (Test of Spoken English) or Speak Test benefit greatly from the Speak Easy program.
If you would like some feedback on your speech, you can send me a short audio sample. I will give you some suggestions on how to be better understood. There is no charge for this short evaluation.
No matter how long you've been speaking English, you can benefit from accent modification. You can change your accent.