I am a native Ukrainian. I started learning English in 1995. In 2004, I married a native English speaker who could not always understand what I was saying because of my thick foreign accent. In order to be understood by my husband, I started taking elocution/speech lessons with a drama school tutor, Linda James. I fell in love with Linda’s method and after taking lessons for two years I have decided to create a training manual: a book with CDs to help people like myself, and I did that in 2006. I have created twenty titles for this training manual, to name a few: “Perfect English”, “English Pronunciation”, and others. 100% of people who were participating in choosing the title opted for the title “Get Rid of your Accent”.
People who buy our books and apps and take our elocution lessons and course tell us their reasons why they want to get rid of their accents and have good English speech. Here are just a few.
They feel that their colleagues do not always understand what they are saying and it can be disruptive and even frustrating at work.
They are not invited to meetings and they cannot chair projects because of their thick and difficult to understand accents.
They are not getting promoted and as a result, do not have a pay rise
Their social life is not as good as it could be
They are afraid to present and talk in public
After our elocution lessons and practising with our books and apps their speech and life changed for the better:
They feel confident
They feel they have the skills to present
They get promoted and their salary increases
Their social lives improve
They enjoy their work more including chairing meetings and presenting
To date, we have five books and nine iOS and nine Android apps plus two video courses for speech mastery.
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