Improve your american english accent - English By The Hour

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English By The Hour

• http//englishbythehour.com/

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About

• English by the Hour offers Voice, Speech Accent
  Coaching to foreign-born Executives and
  Professionals all through the Bay Area and by
  means of the web utilizing WebEx. Coaching
  services provided by English by the Hour are
  focused, intense, and rigorous. We work
  exclusively with non-native speakers of American
  English.
• We specialize in helping foreign-born executives
  and professionals polish their English speaking
  skills, get clear style, learn the American
  Accent when desired, and obtain Executive
  Presence in speech, movement, and personal
  rapport.

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Coaches
Michelle Knoop American Accent Acquisition Coach
Bud Everts Business Conversations American
Accent Acquisition Coach
Rebecca Linquist American Accent Acquisition
Coach Founder
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Get Accent Classes with customized programs!
American Accent Training Online
Executive speech coaching
Personal Accent Coaching
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Our Courses Include

• American Accent Training Pronunciation, Word
  Stress Intonation in view of detailed Speech
  Analysis
• Voice Quality Improvement Pitch, Loudness,
  Pacing/Speed Control Techniques
• Grammatical Speech Correction Verb Tense
  Agreement, Consistency, Appropriate Usage
• Common Collocations Self-Correction Applying
  Concepts to Natural Speech
• Mouth Movement Exercises, Articulation, and
  Breath Techniques
• Best Practices for Public Speaking and
  Presentations in Corporate Settings
• Preliminary Assessment, Strategic Improvement
  Plan, Final Assessment/Recommendations

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Business Conversations Through Role Playing

• The structured way to deal with having
  conversations in the workplace. Student works
  with an instructor to explore the variety of
  topics in different work environments.

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Course Outline

• This course is a structured way to deal with
  having conversations in the working environment.
  The student works 1-1 with the instructor to
  explore an assortment of topics that are probably
  going to come up in the workplace in a variety of
  environments from the boardroom to the lunchroom.
  Topics may include sales conversations, manager
  to employee conversations, meeting conversations,
  negotiations, dealing with arguments,
  inappropriate behavior-stopping, or encouragement
  discussions. Strategies on the best way to deal
  with difficult topics and difficult people will
  be polished, as well as how to say these things
  in American English adequately and clearly!
  Students have the chance to be on both sides of
  the conversation.

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Roleplay Environments May Include

• Formal Meetings
• Informal Meetings
• Business Discussions
• School Discussions
• Recreation
• Social Events
• Sales Conversations
• Talking to your Boss

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Business Conversations Topics May Include

• Negotiation
• Helping a Problem Employee
• Voicing a Difficult Problem
• Revealing an Issue
• Working together with Others
• Being Heard in a Meeting
• Getting Recognized
• Requesting something
• Refusing to do something
• Approaching someone
• Getting somebody to Stop
• Getting somebody to Help

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Goal Of The Course

• The goal of this course is to empower the
  participant to feel that s/he is in control of
  any discussion and can voice what s/he wants to
  state clearly and effectively in a socially
  worthy manner. After each role play, the
  instructor and the student will have a dialogue
  about what happened, including applicable points
  of English (articulation or structure) and
  technique to improve the conversation or devices
  take it in a different direction linguistically.

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Contact Us

• Business Email marketing_at_englishbythehour.com
• Phone [phone]

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