IMPROVE YOUR ACCENT TO DEVELOP CONFIDENCE AND FLUENCY ACCENT INTERNATIONAL Overview Failure to communicate effectively may be due to the way you speak. We call this accent but it may be due to: • Pronunciation of sounds • Word and sentence stress • Intonation • Voice projection • Speed of delivery ACCENT INTERNATIONAL is a personalised training programme that uses a combination of resources to help executives diagnose communication difficulties and introduce strategies to help non-native speakers of English improve or soften their accents. The main ones are: • Face-to-face interviewing • Telephone training • Downloadable podcasts for listening and repetition • Visual presentations of mouth positions • Texts to help you practice particular aspects of pronunciation The aim is to help you sound more like native speakers of British or American English to improve fluency and confidence in presentations, meetings, negotiations and networking. ACCENT INTERNATIONAL coaching programmes are delivered one-to-one and targeted at the client's precise needs and requirements. Morning Session 1: Session 2 - 5: Phone Coaching • Phone coaching based on discussion and reading, accompanied by support pronunciation exercises. Session 6: Face To Face • Final presentation, progress check, review of programme. • Identification of pronunciation and accent issues, practice in working with accent improvement, development of an accent development programme for the rest of the sessions. Face-to-face coaching ACCENT INTERNATIONAL offers six sessions, ideally a mixture of face-to-face and telephone training, supported by downloadable audio and print materials for practice. Each session is one hour in length. The sessions break down as follows Terms & Conditions TECLA Languages London telephone number: +44 (0) 203 014 8949 Established 2009 Director of Cultural Training