Corporate Programs - Group Accent Reduction
Many organizations have groups of people who perform specific jobs in which they interact with American-English speakers, such as call-center agents, programmers and software engineers, back-office personnel and health care professionals.
ALTA's Group Accent Reduction Programs are designed for these situations.
Group Size
Group sizes range from 2 to 25. Larger groups can be accommodated but reduce the amount of teacher-student interaction that each participant experiences.
Program Length
Face-to-face programs should be two days with an option for the participants to take some individual telephone sessions with a teacher.
Program Locations
U.S. - Programs are available at your location or at our training center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Outside the U.S. - Programs are available at your location.
Telephone - Telephone Group Programs are also available.
Group Composition
The group members should all come from the same first-language group, for example, all should be Hindi speakers or Mandarin speakers, etc.
Training Process
The ALTA Group Training Process is followed.
The optional American Culture program can be included in the training.
Typical Program Contents
- Understanding Your Assessment
- Pronunciation (approximately 20 sounds)
- Word Stress - word list
- Intonation
- American Numbers, Names, Locations
- Common Sentences
- Role Play in Groups
- American Culture
- Speed
- Professionalism
- Homework
Materials
Each student receives a lesson book for use in class as well as access to the online homework and the Daily Email Word Stress Program.
Trainers
All trainers are ALTA-Certified Accent Reduction Teachers.
