Speaking English Natively & Confidently is Real!
Speaking English
Natively & Confidently is Real!
Professor of English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL).
Alex is an English as a Second Language professor at Austin Community College, Austin, TX, and a visiting professor at international universities who has been teaching English pronunciation for over twenty years. He is the founder of AMERICAN ACCENT PROGRAM, LLC, helping foreign-born corporate professionals working in the U.S. and actors for whom clear and accurate communication & pronunciation in English is a must. He speaks two languages and currently learning Italian. He works as an interpreter and translator in his spare time.
His clients include numerous professionals at companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Universal, Samsung, Google, Illumination, Genesys, and many more.
His twenty years of teaching experience have led him to create a unique 2D Sound Motion Technology that uses visual and auditory feedback to help ESL students understand how to pronounce American sounds correctly. It is an excellent and very effective educational approach to teaching his students.
He has conducted pronunciation workshops and group training for numerous corporations and has taught American accent (accent reduction) all over the U.S. and internationally. Teaching American Accent and helping people to speak English accurately and confidently has been his life goal and passion for the past twenty years.
AMERICAN ACCENT
Professor Alex Obskov has literally altered my direction in English language. I am so thankful and grateful I am in Canada now. Frankly speaking, but for Alex I would have never been here. It is so cool to hear from people such words “ dude your American accent is so good where did you learn it?” And the answer all the time is “thanks a lot to my great teacher Alex”.
Hi prof. Alex, I am sending this message just to THANK YOU. I recently found that my listening has improved so much that I can watch a movie without subtitles, yet still understand most of it! This is exiting because I very much enjoy going to the cinema. I wasn’t able to do it ever since I came to the 🇺🇸 – cinemas here do not provide subtitles 😞. Now the cinemas are reopening and my listening has improved just in time for me to enjoy the movies in the cinema. Though this is not the purpose of our class, it is indeed the best side effect ❤️
Thanks again for your kindness , your teaching technique and your gorgeous smile that makes me want to start right away another class with you !!! This is just a small but significative step towards my rebirth .
You CAN UNDERSTAND how to pronounce American Consonants correctly, distinguishing the differences between your native sounds and American consonants like [T] & [D] or sound interactions [TR] & [WR]; learn about Elision, Reductions, Assimilations, and much more.
You CAN CREATE a habitual manner of speaking each American Consonant by practicing with “phonetic exercises.” that you will be training at the beginning, middle, and end of words).
You CAN PRACTICE speaking American in “sentences practice” & “paragraphs practice.” This training will help you find your mistakes and analyze how to speak English correctly.
You CAN ORGANIZE all American Consonants in your mind, and improve pronunciation after a couple of sessions!
You CAN WORK in your private Learning Management System with audio and video recordings, and 2D Sound Motion Animations for each American sound.
You CAN RECOGNIZE the most confusing American vowels, like in these words [CALLER] – [COLOR] – [COLLAR] or [SIT] – [SE] – [SAD] and more.
2D Sound Motion Technology will show you how to pronounce American sound in amination.
You CAN CREATE a habitual manner of speaking each American Consonant by practicing with “phonetic exercises.” that you will be training at the beginning, middle, and end of words).
You CAN PRACTICE your American speaking in “sentences practice” & “paragraphs practice” that help you TRAIN American Vowels more effectively.
You CAN ORGANIZE all American Vowels in your mind, and learn how to hear your own mistakes analyzing your speech, and constantly see your learning progress from session to session!
You CAN WORK in your private Learning Management System with audio and video recordings, and 2D Sound Motion Animations for each American sound.
You CAN USE your voice tone to practice the American pitch, intonation, rhythm, and stress. Learn about Low Falling Tone, Low Rising Tone, Fall-Rise Tone, etc.
You CAN LEARN about the American Emphasis: focusing on the sentence’s CONTENT, STRUCTURE & FOCUS WORDS, as well as word stress and sentence stress.
You CAN PRACTICE your American Intonation in “Intonation exercises” & “storytelling” that help you open your mind to speak Confidently!
Master American Accent Faster with Innovative Technology that Shows You How to Pronounce Each Sound Correctly!
Learning American Accent with a professional linguist, it is essential to understand that this work is individual and tailors the learning process towards your needs, goals, and preferences improving your American pronunciation and fluency in speaking English. Individual approach, solid partnership relationship, and careful guidance throughout the American Accent Training are essential and centered in my teaching philosophy.
A process of exchanging ideas and information between the professor and a student while mastering the American Accent during Speech Therapy. This process involves various educational and psychological approaches that I will be applying to enhance your American Sounds and Intonation learning and see how all these features relate to the human mind and behavior, implementing them into your English speaking on a daily basis.
2D Sound Motion Technology for teaching American sounds and accent: A technology that uses two-dimensional visual and auditory feedback to help learners improve their pronunciation and fluency in American English. This technology helps learners understand the sound system of American English and how to produce the sounds correctly.
LMS Moodle is a learning management system that allows learners to get access to online courses and activities. American Accent Program is based on LMS Moodle and helps learners (you) improve American Accent and intonation through interactive tasks, such as multiple choices, videos and audio recordings, that allow learners to practice and test their skills in a fun and engaging way.