You’ve done the hard work over the years learning English, doing your studies, finding work, making friends and feeling more at home in Australia.

But there’s this thing, right?

The feeling that you’re speaking sometimes, and the pronunciation seems to just get in the way.

After all this hard work on English how could this be?

But if you really think about it… who ever sat down with you, to show you the shape of the mouth for all those English sounds?

Your friends can’t and we don’t think your English teachers have either. No offence to them, they did their best.

(There’s lots of info on here, so if you need an instant answer, reach out via the chat box or video form below)

The first step to your pronunciation program is purchasing & scheduling Your Diagnostic Accent & Communication Assessment.

Want to work with us? Not sure yet?

Learn more about what we look into in your Diagnostic Accent Assessment Session at Voice Science. You can book this session face to face with us, in our Melbourne clinic. If you aren’t in Melbourne, don’t feel left out! We can do this online with you instead!

Once your assessment is completed you can proceed direct into your chosen pronunciation training program with our team.

Accent reduction is a detailed process, especially since English has a lot of features to cover. It takes time to learn how to practise your English speaking. We train you with a research approach based on motor learning and therapy principles that does not fit a single session approach.

We strongly recommend weekly sessions and discourage you from attending on a fortnightly basis. This is because of research into muscle memory and motor learning.

In the early stages of training at Voice Science it is critical that a scientific method is applied to advance your learning.  Home practice between your sessions will be designed with the core goal of you actively and carefully producing your target sounds. You will be instructed in the process of how to create your sound and monitor it’s accuracy as you produce it.

If you have questions about our programs, get in touch.

The American Speech, Language, Hearing Association (the American National credentialing association for speech-language pathologists) issued the following statement,

 Accent is a variation of a symbol system used by a group of individuals that reflects and is determined by shared regional, social, or cultural/ethnic factors. A regional, social or cultural/ ethnic variation of a symbol system should not be considered a disorder of speech or language*

Standard English is the linguistic variety used by government, the mass media, business, education, science and the arts. This will vary according to the geographical location. For example, the favoured accent in Britain is inclined to be Received Pronunciation where in America, there is an emphasis on General American.  Therefore, there many International speakers find it advantageous to optimise their use of a consistent English sound pattern representative of their location according to their occupational and social needs. We train these accents mentioned as well as Standard Australian English.

According to Speech Pathology Australia, the official registration organisation for Speech Pathologists in Australia, Speech Pathologists are often engaged by non-native speakers to assist in the areas of speech intelligibility. Intelligibility enhancement is a great goal if your English speaking is hard to understand.

We will work with you to give you some strategies those annoying difficulties in “day-to-day communication.”

Check out our YouTube channel. You will find some simple introductory ideas to improve your: Speaking, Vocabulary, Voice Tone, Pronunciation, Accent, Fluency, Social Communication, Language for Leadership & Workplace Communication. You will learn something over there, but there’s nothing like a session with us for keeping insights tailored and relevant to your needs.