What to Expect from your Coaching Sessions
Personalized Content. Each student’s needs are unique. Your background, native language, area of expertise, goals, strengths, and exposure to English will determine our direction and focus. In addition to class materials targeted specifically to you, you are encouraged to bring along any material or documents from your workplace or personal life that you would like to work with. Using content that is personally meaningful to you will promote accelerated learning on a deeper level, and you will have more opportunities to practice your new skills outside of class.
Precision. We work on the General American Accent, sometimes also called the Standard American Accent, or the North American English Accent. Although this accent is not specific to any single region in North America, it is generally accepted as the “neutral” accent. Our goal is to reduce the workload on listeners and target the broadest audience possible.
Self-Support Materials. You will receive practice materials; specifically, audio recordings of what we have practiced so that you may use them for reference outside of class. This helps you to develop the ability to hear yourself and gradually make corrections on your own.
Partnership. We will develop a learning strategy TOGETHER. This includes setting goals, developing benchmarks, and setting a pace that makes sense for you.
Expertise and Experience. Accent Arrow’s students come from diverse backgrounds and countries, and with a variety of goals and objectives. Together with you, we apply our academic and practical expertise to develop a strategy that WORKS.
Patience. We understand the challenges that accents present in the real world, and the resolve it takes to reduce or modify them.
Efficiency. We use class time and practice materials effectively and efficiently to minimize the overall cost to you.
Thoroughness. Each student will discover specific American English sounds that require focus. Just as important, we will also work on linking words together for smoother speech, expanding your intonation range, using syllable and word stress effectively, and acquiring the rhythm of spoken English.