{"product_id":"individual-english-pronunciation-course","title":"Individual English Pronunciation Course for Readers: accent reduction","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReduce your accent fast with an individual English pronunciation course, designed for readers of English \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHighlights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJoin this 1:1 English pronunciation course \u003c\/strong\u003eto reduce your accent when speaking   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e7 hours of live classes\u003c\/strong\u003e to work on your sounds, intonation \u0026amp; connected speech\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePractice with poems or famous novels \u003c\/strong\u003eto develop a neutral accent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCorrection by your native speaker English teacher\u003c\/strong\u003e for accent reduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReduce your accent \u003c\/em\u003ein this 7 hour individual English pronunciation course with a literature theme.  Each week \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eyou learn about a particular aspect of pronunciation, practice it in the session and at home - with a native speaker model to compare with.  I\u003cem\u003emprove\u003c\/em\u003e specific areas of phonology - sounds, word stress, sentence stress, rhythm, linking.  Personalised feedback \u003cem\u003eimproves\u003c\/em\u003e your accent, intelligibility and accuracy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Individual English Pronunciation Course For Readers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a 7 week course.  In each of the seven sessions you:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egive a micro presentation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eread a short literary text out loud\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elearn about and practise one of the core areas below:\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSession 1: The essential features of English phonology - weak forms, linking, the, a\/an\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSession 2: Making sounds: vowels and \u003c\/span\u003ediphthongs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSession 3: Making sounds: \u003c\/span\u003econsonants and consonant clusters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSession 4: Intonation and sentence stress - types of question, emphasising, conveying meaning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSession 5: Word stress - word stress families \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSession 6: Silent letters, homophones and homographs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSession 7: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTwinning \/s\/; 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