- Training Approach: Individual or Group
- Sponsorship: Usually Paid for by Employers
- Scheduling: Flexible with your Schedule
- Location: Your Company Site or our Offices
- Results: most participants achieve 50 - 70% improvement between pre and post training results
Our Clients Tell Us...
"Prior to this training, I was hesitant to speak up in meetings. Speech Training in English Pronunciation (STEP) gave me the confidence to share my ideas with my team..."
"The STEP Program significantly improved my speech skills. It not only improved my speech skills, but also my tone and intonation. This helped my colleagues know when I was asking them a question or making a statement. In addition, I learned the cultural differences between my native language and American English, such as eye contact. I worked on improving my eye contact because I learned how important eye contact is in the United States."
Training for Individuals in Need of Mild Improvement
Focus: Improvement with Volume, Tone and/or Rate
- Individual assessment
- Customized training program based on initial assessment results
- 12 to 24 hours * of training
- One to two 1.5 hour sessions per week with flexible scheduling
- Weekly home assignments
- Weekly audio taping of speaking skills in daily activities
- Re-evaluation to measure your success
- Self-study program for continuing your improvement
Training for Individuals in need of Moderate to Significant Improvement
Focus: Improvement with Pronunciation, Volume, Tone and/or Rate
- Individual assessment
- Customized training program based on initial assessment results
- 24-60 hour program based on initial assessment results
- One to two 1.5 hour sessions per week with flexible scheduling
- Weekly home assignments
- Weekly audio taping of speaking skills in daily activities
- Customized training tapes
- Four levels of training ranging from introductory to advanced
- Training manual: written material matched to audio tapes
- Set of "custom" tapes of important words/phrases to you
At Communication Associates, we offer a pronounced difference in communication training...
Our English Pronunciation Training clients have achieved a 50% to 70% improvement in their pronunciation by practicing one hour per day and attending one to two sessions per week. Training includes:
We can help you...
- Learn to correct pronounce the consonants and vowels of American English that are different from the sounds in your native language
- Speak at an appropriate loudness level (versus too loud or soft)
- Talk at an effective rate (versus too fast or too slow)
- Communicate using the melody of American English
Initial assessment includes evaluation of every American English consonant and vowel, rate, volume and pitch inflections
12 - 60 hours of instruction based on initial assessment and goals