To speakers of English as a second language:
• Are you frequently asked to repeat yourself?
• Do feel you are sometimes not understood on the phone, in meetings, or presentations?
• Are you missing professional opportunities because of your accent?
• Would you like to reduce your accent, speak more clearly, and feel more confident about your English pronunciation?
Accent Modification Services in Vancouver, B.C. can meet your needs, providing speech assessment and accent training by a registered and certified speech-language pathologist (speech therapist).
Accent Modification Services provides accent reduction training to speakers of English as a Second Language (ESL) in the Greater Vancouver area, including Richmond, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, North and West Vancouver, and Surrey. Accent training sessions are based on an initial in-depth speech assessment. For each client, an individualized accent training program is developed and sessions are tailored to meet each client's specific needs and goals. Accent Modification Services works with high school, college, and university students; accountants; health professionals; journalists; computer
programmers; customer service representatives and others to improve their English pronunciation.
By the end of your accent training program you can expect to have made significant improvement in your speech production and to feel more confident in your use of spoken English in the workplace and in other situations.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Elizabeth (Liz) MacLeod, B.A. Linguistics, M.Sc. Speech-Language Pathology, UBC; RSLP, Certified in Speech-Language Pathology by CASLPA and member BCASLPA;
Senior Instructor Emerita, University of British Columbia
Liz is a Registered Speech-Language Pathologist (Registered Speech Therapist), Certified in Speech-Language Pathology by the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA) and a Certified Accent Modification Trainer with the Compton P-ESL (Pronouncing English as a Second Language) Program. In addition to working in the area of accent reduction, Liz has also worked with clients with
communication disorders and taught graduate speech-language
pathology students at the University of B.C. (UBC) for many years. She speaks French and modern Greek, and has studied Spanish some Mandarin and Cantonese.
