no more guessing
in the dark
being anxious or wasting time on practicing your sentences beforehand with zero return on your intentions and efforts. Your way of speaking can rapidly transform with the right accent training strategy.
Free yourself from fear by learning the exact steps that have helped my clients reduce stress when speaking English and thrive in an international environment!
ACCENT REDUCTION BASICS
introducing
I’m giving you the step-by-step system I use to coach my 1:1 clients in a bite sized modular course that will teach you the basics to reduce your foreign accent on your own, in your own time, without the commitment to private mentorship.
I’ve taken everything I learned from reducing my foreign accent on my own to now working in the film industry as a dialect coach into a 5-module online course to locate, adapt, train, change, and leverage your accent.
... you wouldn’t need to constantly repeat yourself
... you didn’t feel anxious about your pronunciation
... you were finally taken seriously when speaking English
... you stopped apologizing for your accent
... you didn’t have to worry about being misunderstood
... your professionalism wouldn’t be questioned anymore
... you could work and spread your impact on a global scale
imagine
your life if ...
Sound too good to be true?
It’s not when you learn the right patterns and processes around foreign accent reduction.
Like so many of us non-native English speakers, I've struggled with my foreign accent. Because we weren't taught how to reduce our foreign accents in school, I didn't even know where to begin. At times it felt like I would be stuck with my foreign accent forever.
hi, I'm
Ronja Hübscher.
As I was learning English, people would say to me ...
... you'll always have a foreign accent
... you'll never stand a chance against native speakers
... your foreign accent is a disadvantage on the job market
... you won't ever be successful in a language that isn't your own
... forget about your dreams and stick to what you know
There was a time when I would let other people's limitations get to me and keep me off my track. I even started studying law because I believed what people around me had told me: that I could never become a voice over artist nor interpreter as a non-native English speaker.
That little voice inside me did not keep quiet, however. I changed my field of studies against societal expectations, in hopes it would bring me closer to my dreams. It did, just not the way I expected it to. Despite its linguistic nature, my English Literature & Linguistics major did not entail anything on pronunciation other than the theoretical study of phonetics and phonology. In terms of my foreign accent, I was still on my own.
Not knowing if it would ever truly work, I changed my pronunciation whenever I would hear a native English speaker say a word differently. It took me YEARS to get to a point where I would feel comfortable, let alone confident with my accent. But I did it. I had even declined an offer to work as an interpreter for one of the companies I was employed at during my undergrad - I had other plans for myself.
Within ten years, I went from people telling me I would always sound like a non-native English speaker to people not believing me I am one.
Today, I've created a course I wish existed back when was desperately trying to reduce my foreign accent. My Accent Reduction Basics course shows you the most common accent features so many of us non-native English speakers pronounce differently, and teaches you how to train your accent. I've taken the guesswork out of your journey so it doesn't take you as long as it did me to reduce your foreign accent too.
If I can do it, so can you. Don't let other people tell you it isn't possible - I'm here to tell you it is. Wanna join me in proving them wrong?
here's a sneak peek...
WHY ACCENTS MATTER
While no accent is inherently better than another, foreign accents can make us feel self-conscious when they're the reason people tend to not understand or misunderstand us altogether. This module sheds light on subliminal accent biases and teaches why accents are important.
DEFINE YOUR ACCENTS
Discover what makes up your current accent and redefine how you speak. This module will show you how to acquire the accent of your dreams by defining your source and target accents. You'll learn how an accent is not an enemy but a way of creating choices.
HOW ACCENTS WORK
Master how to learn an accent, train your articulators and use everyday tools and routines to your advantage. This module teaches you how to actually go about learning an accent so what you learn doesn't vanish into thin air but has a lasting impact instead.
TARGET ACCENT FEATURES
Know which sounds to work on to have a native English pronunciation. This core module reveals the top 5 native English accent features that non-native English speakers struggle with the most. It teaches you how to reduce the most common foreign accent features.
TARGET ACCENT PROSODY
Enhance your speech with native English prosody. This module focuses on developing speaking habits beyond pronunciation, such as intonation and speaking rhythm. It further shows you how to avoid foreign hesitation markers and which filler words to use instead.
what you can expect
when you join the
Accent Reduction Basics
locate and
understand
your source and target accent and use it in your training strategy so you can stop stressing about pronunciation and start measuring progress.
know rather
than guess
what your speech muscles are doing and create lasting change to your pronunciation patterns so other people won’t want to stop listening to you.
speak with
impact
and disregard advice that hasn’t been working for you in the past so you can finally feel comfortable in expressing yourself in another language.
stop wasting time trying to figure it all out on your own!
this is for you if ...
... you feel nervous about your foreign accent
... you don't want to feel stressed when speaking English anymore
... you wish to travel and connect with strangers comfortably
... you are ready to accelerate your global career
... you aim to take your business to international heights
... you want to collaborate with people from all over the world
... you are done feeling anxious about your pronunciation
Reducing my foreign accent has not only changed my confidence, but also my career and my ability to make an impact. It has changed my life. I wouldn’t be where I am today if I had listened to everyone saying it was never gonna be in the cards for me. Let me tell you – if it was possible for me, it is possible for you too!
guarantee
Here’s the best bit: you are 100% safe to try this course out and see if it’s for you. Enroll today, start going through the course as soon as it launches, and watch how your mindset and relationship with your accent shifts! When it does, and you start seeing a change in your pronunciation, you’ll be so happy and relieved to have finally found something that works for you – and I think that’s exactly what’s gonna happen. I do recommend you stay with it at least a month to get the most out of Accent Reduction Basics and to see results from practicing consistently.
If within 30 DAYS of purchase, i.e. the course launch, for some reason your thoughts, mindset, perspective, and accent don’t begin to shift, I will refund 100% of your investment and you’ll simply be removed from the course. We’ll still be friends. But I'm putting my money where my mouth is! You can read the full refund policy here.
Every module has lessons and exercises that are tangible and will set your articulators up for life. Most of this isn't taught in English language classes, and it's why you've never had an unfair advantage. Until now.
learn these lessons and more ...
MODULES 1 + 2
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why your accent matters
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accent and identity
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accent and confidence
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creating choice
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accent bias
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your accent, your why
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identifying and clearing beliefs around accent
MODULE 3
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accent vs dialect
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define your source accent
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choose the right target accent
- influences on accents
- locating articulators
- accent and consistency
MODULE 4
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pronunciation vs intonation
- how to train your accent
- best practice
- choosing the right reference
- helpful practice tools
- 4 stages of competence
- establish an accent routine
MODULE 5
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target accent features
- the top 5 pronunciation habits most speakers of English as a foreign language struggle with
- common accent pitfalls
- differences between general UK, US and AUS accents
MODULES 6, 7 + 8
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stress-timed vs syllable-timed languages and accents
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rhythmic patterns
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intonation for different purposes
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intercultural hesitation markers
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matching filler words
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