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Accent Savvy English Articulation Training
200 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
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Na
Review №1

Caroline has a highly like-able persona. She is a patient instructor and creates a healthy learning environment. I have been in the US for about 20 years and achieved great success academically and in my career. However, there was always a concern in the back of my mind, if I am being understood or not. Presentation has been very important for me. Caroline has elevated most of my Accent Fears and helped me be more clear and confident in my speech. I would definitely recommend her intensive course for anyone looking to improve. I am glad I found her!! You GO GIRL!!!Nancy S.

Cl
Review №2

I just completed the course with Caroline; she is an excellent professional! She provided many resources and feedback during the course, and I am amazed by how much I learned over that time. I have improved my pronunciation and intonation and learned tips to improve my speech, and she even teaches me how to breathe to have a better tone and relax when speaking. Not only have I noticed the improvements, but people around me also recognize them. I highly recommend Carolines 12-week accent reduction program; this program was exactly what I was looking for!

Go
Review №3

Caroline is a very good trainer. The best results come with a lot of practice!!

Ry
Review №4

I had struggled with my accent for a long time and tried many different things but none worked until I started the program with Caroline. It was an intensive course and required me to put in a lot of time and effort, but it was totally worth it in the end when I could feel a great transformation in the way that I communicate with others. It is really true that having a right coach, someone who gives you an honest feedback and constantly pushes you, can help you achieve anything.

ol
Review №5

I took the 7 weeks program with Caroline and it was fantastic! Based on the initial evaluation, Caroline did a great job creating an individual learning plan. We met once a week for a learning session. Caroline provided consistent and helpful feedback and recommendations 2-3 times a week between the sessions. Caroline helped me with several techniques that allowed me to achieve better pronunciation and intonation. I feel more confident with my English now. I greatly recommend the accent reduction course to anyone who wants to improve their American English pronunciation.

bm
Review №6

Im so glad to have found Caroline as my speech trainer, and I highly recommend her to anyone wanting to adopt a more American-sounding accent. Going to Accent Savvy was the best decision I have made yet!A little background about me,I moved from Europe to the US and speak multiple languages. When you speak multiple languages you most often find it difficult to grasp onto the English pronunciations. For example, I over-enunciate some words which would make me sound monotone. I decided to take one on one session with Caroline for twelve weeks. She has structure her course in a way which starts from the basics and gradually increased me to the advance level. She quickly identified the issue in my speech and gave me the tools to fix the monotone sounds. More over she covered all the aspect of speech patterns, word pronunciations, sentence structure, paragraph structures, and etc.I found Caroline to be the most qualified trainer and a wonderful teacher. She was very thorough in her lessons and was always available with great feedback. Additionally she was always prompt on responding back to your emails with a very detailed explanation of the practice sessions. I do have to add that you will have to work hard in achieving the best results possible. Caroline will provide you with all the tools necessary to succeed. I recommend Accent Savvy to everybody!

Yi
Review №7

I have been speaking English for over 20 years. I thought my spoken English was great, despite not capable of being understood at rare occasions. I knew that I had a slight accent, but I didn’t think it was affecting how people understood and perceived me. After taking Caroline’s class, my eyes were opened. I realized that I had a lot of issues with my pronunciation, which explained why people couldn’t understand me at times. Not only did I learn where I could improve, I was taught how to improve through training sessions and practice, which some can be done while I was driving. By the end of the class, I knew that my pronunciation improved. The final evaluation showed that my accent was reduced by 70%. I would recommend Caroline to anyone.

Da
Review №8

My husband and I took the 12-week program. Our sessions were Skype-based, and it proved to be extremely efficient. Upon completing the program, we can see tangible improvement, and people around also noticed it. Caroline is an excellent teacher, she has a great personality, her methodology is clear and structured, and you receive a lot of relevant feedback. We really enjoyed the experience! Thank you, Caroline!

Fe
Review №9

I took the 7-week program and it was excellent. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to improve his/her American English pronunciation, native or foreign speaker. In just a few weeks of training, I noticed a big improvement in my pronunciation and intonation. My native language is Spanish and I had a hard time with those sounds produced in the back of my mouth. Caroline provided me with several techniques to achieve higher accuracy with my pronunciation. I feel more confident with my English now than I was before. I owe it all to Caroline. She is a great trainer and a very savvy business women.Fernando

Ro
Review №10

Accent Savvy was a wonderful personalized opportunity to improve my pronunciation in a short time, in just 12 weeks I reach a very high level in my communication skills. All the best to Caroline and her team... Very highly recommend!

Vi
Review №11

Caroline is an outstanding instructor and her English Accent Reduction program is world class. Personally for me, it was a way to develop my communication skills and become a better communicator in English. I highly recommend Carolines 12-week accent reduction program to my friends and colleagues.

Ar
Review №12

Caroline is the best! She helped me with my accent a lot! Highly recommend her.

An
Review №13

Contacting Caroline is the best decision Ive made this year. This 12 weeks process has been in turn, exhausting, frustrating, surprising and liberating.Thats a commitment so be prepared to work at least a little bit every day, and doing so after a hard day at work can be challenging. Then comes the time when you realize that some sounds youve said for years have always been wrong (like what!? Ive been wrong all this time?). And when you get better at it, people ask you to repeat less and less (which is the goal, right?)Even a few months after the program is over, I surprise myself sometimes using sounds that I didnt completely grasp during the 12 weeks. Which means that, knowing how to pronounce some sounds, my ears can now recognize them when I hear them, and subcontiously, it helps me so I can now pronounce them correctlyBest of all, this knowledge is here to stay and Ill keep this improved accent for life. Thanks for all the help, just like mastercard, its priceless!

Ja
Review №14

I referred someone here without knowing who a would be the best speech pathologist. Im glad I did. The client said that Caroline did an amazing job and it was worth the time.

Na
Review №15

I took the 12 week program with Caroline and totally loved it and would definitely recommend it! Not only did it help me to achieve my goals of improving pronunciation, but it also opened my eyes (and ears) on a variety of new sounds, differences between intonations in my native language (Russian) and American English among other tricks she taught me. Caroline is such a thoughtful teacher and coach who carefully adapts the program to individual needs. The best results, of course, achieved with practice between sessions. Caroline designed my practice from session to session and provided valuable and honest feedback while encouraging to keep going. Like in any other learning process you have ups and downs along the way, and Caroline helped me to get the best of my “ups” while improving the “downs.” My fiancé, friends and coworkers all can tell the difference between me speaking before and after the program!

No
Review №16

Caroline has been an excellent pronuntiation couch, she helped me not only to understand the different sounds between my native language (spanish) and english but also to develop the required sounds in order to minimize my accent. When you work with Caroline you can easily see all the work that is behind her methodology.I recommend Caroline for anyone who wants to improve his accent or sound more natural in the american pronuntiation.

K
Review №17

I totally agree with all reviews written before mine and would like to join the choir that recommends accent training with Caroline.I really enjoyed and benefited a lot from every session done in person as well as over the internet (b.t.w I have found the internet session less distracted and a camera view of Carolines mouth and tongue movement much better then what I could see in person).After our first session Caroline created (and along the way modified) a training program that addressed my goals.She was checking my progress and was giving feedback or additional assignments between the sessions.She constantly encouraged me to ask more questions that she would answer by recording audio clips.With her help I began to hear many more sounds and vocal nuances I had never heard or payed attention to before.Caroline does an excellent job as a coach. She is focused, patient, well organized, punctual, has a great personality and a sense of humor.However, in order to benefit from her training it is essential to work with her and practice,practice ,and more practice.Thank you Caroline, you rock!Krystyna

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  • Address:200 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60606, United States
  • Site:http://www.accentsavvy.com/
  • Phone:+1 312-277-4077
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  • English language school
  • Speech pathologist
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