Lose your Accent

Sometimes it's because they feel that their work colleagues can't understand them quickly enough and they get fed up of repeating themselves. As one of my students recently siad, "I speak as clearly as I can so all I can do when they ask me to repeat what I've just said is to say the same but louder!".

Sometimes, people can be understood but they get embarrassed by their accent. Another student said he was fed up of people thinking he came from Wales when, infact he came from Dorset.

The trouble most people who do not have English as a first language have is that the vowel sounds in English can be long or short and are usually comprised of two sounds.

English also has the 'th' sound that is unfamiliar to a lot of people.

English is a stress language and not a syllable based language so speakers of other languages can often sound a bit disjointed.

A course of elocution lessons can always help the forming of vowel and consonant sounds for both regional and foreign accents.

Regional accents usually need work on vowel sounds and inflection.

Obviously some people find it easier to alter their accent than others - this depends on many factors.

How long have you spoken with that accent?

Do you mix with other people who still have that accent?

How hard are you prepared to work?

To what degree do you want to change the accent - do you want it to disappear completely or just modify it a bit?

Would like to lose your accent?

If you live in or around the Bournemouth, Southampton, Dorchester area of Dorset and Hampshire and would like some help with your accent please fill in form below.

Each session is 30 minutes long and I come to you.

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You won't be able to lose your accent over night. Sometimes people can hear a difference in as little as two sessions but the process takes longer and results vary from person to person depending upon the accent in question. If English is your second language, it will depend on how heavy your accent is. Lots of patience is required during this process.

Fees

STOP PRESS - You can now come to me in Corfe Mullen - fee £12 for 30 minutes or book and pay for 5 sessions in advance and only pay £50 for the 5 sessions(save £10)

Sessions can be anytime between 6 am and 8 pm, 7 days a week.

£15 for sessions in your home (local to Bournemouth, Dorchester etc) between 6 am and 8 pm, book and pay for 5 sessions in advance and pay only £65 (save £10)

I will travel further but obviously the fee will be more. It might be worth while getting a friend to share a lesson and having a longer session. I would recommend that for two people 60 mins is ideal and for 3 or 4 people 2 hours is ideal. Prices will depend on how far away from Bournemouth you are.

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