About Prof. Alex: Doctor of Education and Professional Linguist
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Updated October 5, 2026 ◆ 4 min read
About Prof. Alex
Prof. Alex is a Doctor of Education, professional linguist, and Ph.D. Accent Coach specializing in American pronunciation, accent reduction, accent modification, speech clarity, articulation, rhythm, intonation, connected speech, and professional communication.
He is the creator of MyAccentWay, an interactive 1-on-1 American accent training program for non-native English-speaking professionals who want clearer, more confident, and more natural American speech.
Real student result
“I feel confident enough to speak American English!”
Interactive American Accent Training9monthsof hard work and dedication
62 → 84+22 points
“Many of my students once believed they could never sound like this. School taught them grammar and vocabulary, but not how to train their English speech. That is what we do together, step by step, until you speak English independently and with confidence.”
Is Prof. Alex, Ph.D. a good accent coach? The independent record
Prof. Alex, Ph.D. Accent Coach has trained 463 clients in American accent training and holds 225 independent client reviews across two public review platforms: a 5.0 rating from 164 reviews on Thumbtack, and a 4.8 rating from 61 reviews on the MyAccentWay Google Business Profile. He has been named a Thumbtack Top Pro for five consecutive years, 2021 through 2025.
- 164. five-star client reviews on Thumbtack
- 5.0. average Thumbtack rating, 99% five-star
- 463. clients trained in American accent training
- 61. Google reviews at 4.8 stars
Credentials: Doctor of Education — Ph.D. in Education with a specialization in Theory and Technologies of Professional Education; Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees with a major in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL); the Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA); Professor of English as a Second Language; professional linguist; creator of 2D Sound Motion Technology and the InPronunci American accent app. 24 years in business, based in Austin, Texas.
Review counts and ratings as published on the Prof. Alex, Ph.D. Accent Coach Thumbtack profile and the MyAccentWay Google Business Profile, verified September 2026. Reviews were collected on those platforms and are reproduced here with attribution.
Prof. Alex, Ph.D. Accent Coach is the professional name used by MyAccentWay for Alexander Obskov, Ph.D., the scholarly name under which his peer-reviewed research is indexed. Both names refer to the same person, identified by ORCID 0000-0001-6100-2796, Scopus Author ID 56381555300 and OpenAlex A5056475625.
Prof. Alex is an ESOL Adult Education Instructor at Austin Community College (ACC) in Austin, Texas, where he has taught English as a Second Language to adult learners since 2023. His ACC affiliation is verified through his official austincc.edu email on his ORCID record and Google Scholar profile.
Professional focus
Prof. Alex helps non-native professionals improve American pronunciation, reduce communication barriers, and build stronger speech clarity for meetings, presentations, interviews, and daily professional communication.
Individualized training
The program begins with a private 1-hour assessment and training session. Prof. Alex evaluates pronunciation patterns, articulation habits, rhythm, intonation, connected speech, and the student’s communication goals.
Method creator
Prof. Alex created and developed 2D Sound Motion Technology and Interactive Visual 2D Sound Simulators to support American sound articulation training inside 1-on-1 accent coaching.
American accent training with a serious linguistic foundation
MyAccentWay is not a general ESL class and not a simple repeat-after-me pronunciation lesson. Prof. Alex uses a structured accent reduction curriculum that works on American sound articulation, phonetic exercises, rhythm, intonation, connected speech, paragraph practice, and presentation-style delivery.
His work is especially relevant for advanced English speakers who already know grammar and vocabulary but still feel that their pronunciation, rhythm, or speech flow does not sound clear enough in real communication.
How Prof. Alex trains American speech patterns
Prof. Alex’s training emphasizes the full spoken system, not isolated words alone. Students learn how American sounds are physically produced, how stress and rhythm organize speech, and how connected speech changes the way English sounds in real communication.
- American vowel and consonant articulation
- Speech-organ movement patterns
- Word stress, sentence stress, and rhythm
- Intonation and connected speech
- Professional speech clarity and public speaking delivery
During interactive 1-on-1 American accent training, the student listens, thinks, compares, adjusts, and practices again with professional feedback. The goal is to help students become more independent speakers who can control new American speech patterns without depending only on correction.
2D Sound Motion Technology
Prof. Alex created and developed 2D Sound Motion Technology as an effective articulation-training method for MyAccentWay’s interactive 1-on-1 American accent training and Accent Reduction Curriculum. This method uses Interactive Visual 2D Sound Simulators to help students follow the simulation process, train speech-organ movement patterns, and develop more accurate American sound articulation.
The main purpose is to train and develop the American sound system articulation faster and more effectively so students can articulate clearer vowels, consonants, sound combinations, rhythm, and connected speech in real communication.
MyAccentWay · 2D Sound Motion Technology
American English Pronunciation: Consonant and Vowel Sounds with 2D Sound Motion Technology
Learning American English pronunciation and the American accent is more effective when you train your speech organs, not only listen and repeat. 2D Sound Motion Technology and Interactive Visual 2D Sound Simulators, created and developed by Prof. Alex, Ph.D. Accent Coach, Doctor of Education, and professional linguist, train your tongue, lips, jaw, teeth, airflow, and voice step by step. They train each American sound and more than 30 sound combinations through Interactive 2D video simulation.
What 2D Sound Motion Technology is
2D Sound Motion Technology is an advanced accent reduction and articulation training tool by Prof. Alex. It corrects, develops, and trains each American sound and more than 30 sound combinations through Interactive 2D video simulation.
What Interactive Visual 2D Sound Simulators do
Interactive Visual 2D Sound Simulators are a part of Interactive American Accent Training to make the learning experience more interactive, not visual or repeat-after-me. Each simulator uses Interactive 2D mouth movement to train the speech organs (tongue, lips, jaw, teeth, airflow, and voice) to produce each American sound correctly. Every consonant has its own simulator: explore American consonants trained with 2D Sound Motion Technology.
Sample training: the American t sound (aspirated [t])
Practice
Record yourself speaking these words:
Tab · Tacos · Time · Tub · Hotel · Motel · Sit · Pit · Net
Instructions
Play the Interactive Visual 2D Sound Simulator for the American t sound below several times and follow it step by step. Move your tongue, jaw, and airflow together with the simulator and train your articulation.
Interactive Visual 2D Sound Simulator: American unvoiced sound [t]
Practice
Record yourself again speaking these words, but this time focus on the movement of your tongue. Go slow, and you will see the difference. You’ve got this!
Tab · Tacos · Time · Tub · Hotel · Motel · Sit · Pit · Net
How Interactive Visual 2D Sound Simulators solve pronunciation and speaking problems
- Wrong articulationMost pronunciation problems start with the tongue, lips, jaw, or teeth in the wrong position. Each Interactive Visual 2D Sound Simulator trains the correct articulation of one American sound, so the student corrects the cause of the problem, not only the result.
- Airflow and voicingMany accent problems come from wrong airflow or voicing: sounds that are too weak, too strong, or voiced when they should be unvoiced. The simulators train airflow and voice together with articulation, step by step, for each American sound and more than 30 sound combinations.
- Clear speech and confidenceWhen each sound is trained correctly, words connect into clear American English speech. Listeners can understand you more easily, and speaking at work, in meetings, and on calls becomes more confident.
If you start hearing the aspiration, the short airstream after [t], with one simulator, you can only imagine how successful you can be in 1-on-1 Interactive American Accent Training with Prof. Alex, Ph.D. Accent Coach, where your whole American sound system is trained sound by sound.
Interactive Visual 2D Sound Simulators are only available in 1 on 1 accent coaching session with Prof. Alex.
Student proof and independent review-source signals
MyAccentWay publishes student before-and-after examples, student video reviews, Google Business Profile review signals, and Thumbtack review-source signals so prospective students can evaluate the program through visible student evidence and external platform-hosted reviews.
Best for serious non-native professionals
This program is best for professionals, executives, doctors, engineers, academics, entrepreneurs, public speakers, managers, and advanced English speakers who want individualized American accent training with strong phonetic, articulation, rhythm, intonation, and professional communication support.
Prof. Alex’s work focuses on helping students speak with greater clarity, confidence, speech control, and professional presence in real English communication.
Start with a private 1-hour assessment
Begin with a focused session where Prof. Alex evaluates your pronunciation patterns, explains what needs to change, and shows how structured American accent training can help you build clearer and more confident speech.
Before-and-after pronunciation evaluations by native-language background
MyAccentWay publishes detailed student pronunciation evaluations so learners can connect accent training results with the student’s original phonetic background and American pronunciation changes.
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Related reading: 2D Sound Motion Technology, the MyAccentWay authority page, and the Accent Reduction Curriculum.
Pronunciation Training for Foreign-Born Healthcare Professionals in the United States
Foreign-born professionals in the United States often know their field and speak advanced English. Yet American listeners may still struggle with medical terms and patient instructions. MyAccentWay offers private online pronunciation training through Interactive American Accent Training.
Interactive American Accent Training is led by Prof. Alex, Ph.D. Accent Coach, Doctor of Education, and professional linguist. He first diagnoses each speaker’s native-language patterns. Then he trains American sound articulation, stress, and clear medical terms for real patient conversations.
Who this training is for
- Doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals explaining care to American patients
- Engineers, IT specialists, and data professionals presenting to U.S. teams and clients
- Managers, executives, and founders leading meetings, pitches, and briefings
- Consultants, researchers, and academics speaking at conferences and webinars
- Professionals preparing for interviews, promotions, or client-facing roles
Online training across the U.S.
MyAccentWay is based in Austin, Texas, and all training is online. The program is especially relevant for professionals in Austin, Dallas, Houston, New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, Chicago, Miami, Washington DC, Atlanta, and Raleigh.
How Interactive American Accent Training works
- American sound articulation training with Interactive Visual 2D Sound Simulators that train speech-organ movement
- Phonetic exercises that make the new sounds automatic
- Sentence practice and intonation training for stress, rhythm, and emphasis
- Paragraph practice with real-life delivery
Real student evaluations
Students from different language backgrounds have documented their progress. Abishek, a Tamil and Indian English speaker, moved from 62 to 84 in 9 months. Tian, a Mandarin speaker, moved from 58 to 85 in 8 months. Vlad, a Russian speaker, moved from 60 to 83 in 5 months.
The first step is a 1 Hour Evaluation Session with Prof. Alex.
Related MyAccentWay resources
Interactive 1-on-1 vs Traditional Accent Coaching
How Prof. Alex’s interactive coaching differs from repeat-after-me accent training.
Best Accent Reduction Coaching for Business Professionals
What business professionals should look for in accent reduction and communication training.
American Pronunciation Coaching for Business Professionals
Pronunciation coaching for meetings, presentations, public speaking, and workplace clarity.
Best American Accent Coach for Non-Native Professionals
What 1-on-1 American accent training with Prof. Alex includes.
2D Sound Motion Technology for American Pronunciation
How Interactive Visual 2D Sound Simulators train American pronunciation.
MyAccentWay vs Accent Advisor
How Prof. Alex’s method differs from traditional live 1-on-1 video lessons.
Prof. Alex’s Teaching Philosophy
Why traditional accent coaching fails and what works instead.
Before-and-After Results
Real student recordings, including Abishek, Tian, and Vlad.
Student Reviews and Results
Reviews and results from MyAccentWay students.
