Pronunciation and the American Accent are my specialties. Experienced Professional
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English
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Pronunciation and the American Accent are my specialties. Experienced Professional
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From United StatesLiving in Mendoza, Argentina (02:00 UTC-03:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Nov 4, 2014
InterestsHistoryFilms & TV SeriesSports & Fitness
One of my greatest strengths as an accent coach, and as a person, is my ability to see the forest for the trees. ie, not get caught up in the less significant details.
As your teacher, the first thing I'd do is diagnose which of your non-native sounds, speech patterns, or vocal settings, would improve your accent by a measure of 90%--if and when fixed.
We'll then concentrate on addressing, practicing, and refining those specific elements of your accent. The other 10%, we can deal with secondarily.
Me as a Teacher
I don't have a singular conceptual philosophy to sell you on, other than that I know a lot about pronunciation and accents, and I can help you with yours.
As a good accent coach and instructor, it's my job to comprehend and process all the little details that go into the vocal production of the American accent; and to provide you with what's most important for the improvement of your own accent. Presenting it all to you in an easily digestible way.
That's essentially what I do.
My lessons & teaching style
1) I'll listen to your pronunciation as we talk. Believe it or not, this is the BEST way to diagnose what's going on with your accent. If we want to fix your accent for use in real-life conversations, then we need to diagnose your accent issues, within a real conversation.
2) We'll work together on the most glaring issues in your accent. If you can't make the sound, I'll help you to produce it.
3) Once the sound is produceable, we'll use repetition of it within sentences, to get it into your muscle memory. Repetition is crucial for muscle memory retention. We'll also shadow (mimic) native speakers in series, movies and podcasts. I'll be giving you continual feedback as we progress.
My teaching material
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Certificates
TEFL/TESL/TESOL - Oxford Seminars - 2010
Certificate verified
Education
1997 - 2002
Bachelor’s - Communications: Visual Media/Minor in HistoryAmerican University
Work Experience
2014 - 2015
ESL TeacherFLS International - Boston, United States
2013 - 2014
ESL TeacherFine-Tuned English - Loja/Zamora, Ecuador
4.9
Rating
1,095
Students
3,761
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
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4.9
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1095
Students
3761
Lessons
100%
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100%
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English Lessons
Trial Lesson
226 lessons completed
USD 31.00+
Trial Lesson (Discounted First Class)
B1 - C2Language Essentials615 lessons completed
USD 28.00+
American Pronunciation & Accent Coaching
B1 - C2Language Essentials2,373 lessons completed
USD 21.00+
Package with 7% off
American Pronunciation for Actors, Singers, YouTubers, Udemy Instructors
B1 - C2Language Essentials38 lessons completed
USD 21.00+
Package with 7% off
American Pronunciation & Accent (ONLY for students who commenced classes with me prior to December 15, 2024)
B1 - C2Language Essentials26 lessons completed
USD 18.00+
Package with 6% off
Shadowing With Feedback (New Class Offering, Oct. 2024)
B2 - C2Language Essentials2 lessons completed
USD 21.00+
Package with 6% off
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489 Reviews
Max
122 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
If you are looking to reduce your accent and sound like a native English speaker, Josh is outstanding teacher here on italki.
He has learned a lot and he is aware of how your native language patterns affect your English, no matter what country you are from. He is a great communicator and passionate about different accents, languages and how people speak. While you are reading your favorite article or doing pronunciation practice exercises, he can perfectly hear, recognize and find a way to fix every odd sound, incorrect rhythm or a pitch.
I would definetely recomend working with Josh to anyone who's been strugled with pronunciation for a long time, or had already been assumed he sounds quite well enough. You'll discover lots of new and interesting things about how you sound, get fluency and levelup your communication skills in English.
Thank you!
Mar 11, 2023
Douglas
1 English lesson
Teacher’s pick
Great session. Josh shared some new techniques to improve on the accent, things that had never been shown to me by any other coaches before. Josh certainly offers a real opportunity to make further progress with his lessons.
Apr 19, 2019
Alexander
8 English lessons
Thanks a lot, Josh! Your lessons were really eye-opening (or rather ear-opening) for me! I learned so much from you. Including the nuances I had no idea about.
Jan 7, 2025
Alexander
8 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Super helpful, highly recommended.
Josh told me about lots of very interesting rules of pronunciation that I had no idea about. And the most useful part is that it's not just random tips I can find on YouTube, but it's exactly what I personally was pronouncing wrong.
Also, it's not just "don't say this, say that instead." Every recommendation is supported by the terminology (that I can google) and materials from a textbook.