When difficulties occur with understanding due to speech with accented traits, communication, productivity, sales and team relationships may be impacted. When clients or customers have a lack of understanding or repetition is required, time and opportunities can be lost and costly miscommunications can occur. Proficient speech and voice skills are the primary element for clear communication and the foundation for long term business relationships. Reducing an accent is a matter of individuals learning new behaviors and incorporating new habits. Our focus at Speech and Voice Enterprises is to teach business professionals how to speak their American English closer to the American cultural and business style.

We offer a variety of accent reduction programs that are designed to teach strategies and habits for quickly improving communication. Class participants are taught how to speak using the American business speech melody model which immediately improves speech clarity and articulation. Simple techniques are taught so new and unfamiliar consonant and vowel sounds can be articulated correctly. Business opportunity will grow as employees present with confidence by speaking using standard American speech.

We offer on-site 12 Hour training Programs in the greater Denver area.
Types of Accent Reduction Training Programs

• 1 hour a week for 12 weeks
• 1 and ½ hours a week for 8 weeks
• 2 hours a week for 6 weeks.

All training sessions are tailored to meet specific speaking requirements. Practice is blended around daily and professional routines with focus created around statements said in the work place, to clients and customers, meetings, on the telephone and in the community. Individual sessions, small group and corporate workshops are available. Contact us to learn how we can provide training to meet the communication needs of your company.

Training Objectives for a 12 Hour Program:

By conclusion of the training, participants will be able to:

• Speak using American speech melody that will significantly improve speech clarity and articulation.
• Produce American Consonant Sounds
• Produce the 15 American Vowel Sounds.
• Understand American speech sounds and how it compares to other native languages.
• Recognize typical errors, accented traits and apply new strategies to produce clear speech at the conversational level.
• time scheduled in daily routines so practice happens automatically and naturally throughout the day.