Clear speech is a key requirement for success in today's global workforce, and ARI has professional development programs to enable you to achieve your goals. ARI's customized English improvement courses help organizations maximize productivity, retain key talent, and increase their talent base.
ARI provides customized English pronunciation classes. We approach accent reduction with the utmost sensitivity.
All English improvement programs can be delivered on-site at your organization, at ARI's facilities in Ann Arbor, or online using our global virtual classrooms.
Customized Accent Reduction Classes for Corporations
ARI develops customized corporate courses that:
- Provide the option to learn privately or in small groups with colleagues. Typical programs provide between 5 to 15 hours of instruction.
- Are available as distance learning courses using ARI's virtual classrooms. Participants see, hear, and share documents all over the world...in real-time. ARI global classrooms accommodate private and/or group instruction; in-house IT specialists provide support to all distance-learning participants. ARI has the ability to scale its programs to meet an organization's training needs.
- Teach the accent reduction techniques necessary to articulate all components of clear speech: vowels, consonants, and patterns of rhythm, stress, and intonation.
- Utilize ARI's proprietary learning materials based on the Ravin Method® of rapid and long term language acquisition.
- May include customized practice guides to reinforce the learning objectives.
Contact an ARI program manager at pm@lessaccent.com to design an English improvement program that meets your needs.
Highly Skilled, Culturally Competent Accent Reduction Faculty
ARI's faculty helps organizations and their workforce maximize their human potential. What makes ARI faculty different from other accent reduction trainers?
- ARI's faculty of accent reduction specialists are certified speech language pathologists, university trained linguists, and/or voice instructors at the university level. But this is just a starting point. ARI faculty members are also certified in the Ravin Method® of rapid language acquisition. This comprehensive background is what enables our clients to achieve an average rate of improvement of 77.4% in a standard ARI accent reduction program.
- ARI faculty are culturally competent, understand the complexities of doing business in a global economy, and appreciate regional and cultural diversity.
- ARI instructors are bilingual and have experienced, first-hand, the language acquisition process.
- ARI instructors create supportive environments to help their learners reach their learning objectives.
An Extensive Corporate Training Track Record
ARI has provided corporate accent reduction training for a wide variety of corporations. View our corporate training client list.
Corporate Training Seminars
In these small group workshops, participants learn hands-on techniques to immediately begin speaking with clarity, confidence, and ease. Half-day and full-day accent reduction classes are available upon request. Contact an ARI program manager at pm@lessaccent.com to schedule.
Assessments of Pronunciation Proficiency
ARI provides assessments to evaluate each participant's level of pronunciation proficiency.
Initial assessments establish a baseline measurement of pronunciation errors and include an individualized guide for study.
Final assessments provide a metric for determining progress and include a comprehensive report.
Contact an ARI program manager at pm@lessaccent.com about including assessments in your customized program.