Courses

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Courses meet once weekly for ten, fifteen, or twenty weeks.  Your coach will determine which program best meets your needs during a complimentary pre-course consultation.

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Courses Include

• ​​Diagnostic assessments pre- and post-course

• The American Accent Workbook (hard copy and digital)

• Customized worksheets and exercises for your specific issues

•  Between-session email support

•  Video recordings of online sessions​ (downloadable)

 

Flow

• Stress & reduction

• Intonation patterns

• Vowels & syllable length

• Rhythm, phrasing, melody ​​

• Consonants & clusters

•  Voice & breath

•  Volume & rate of speech

• Practice & habit changing

 

Fluency

• Vocabulary enhancement strategies

• Socializing & conversation skills

• Idioms & usage

• Culture

• Pronunciation 

• Verb tenses

• Structure & error correction

"I noticed a HUGE improvement in my English speaking since I started working with Michelle. People now understand me better and it feels amazing. I no longer have that barrier between me and real me, if you know what I mean."

 

Arman, Construction Manager, Native Language: Farsi

"Michelle is passionate. She is very good at observing any English-speaking problem and finding a way to fix it. I highly recommend the training session that EnglishWorks offers."

 

Ian, Software Engineering Manager

Native Language: Mandarin

"It is hard to do justice to Michelle's fluency courses, how good they are. I was very pleasantly surprised by the quality of the classes. Learning a new language includes learning new cultures. Michelle provides topics about the world that are interesting and challenging. She has developed intelligent courses that can help many."

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Alice, Graphic Designer

 Native Language: French