About
VocalEase, provides coaching services, in corporate, educational, and private settings, in the Pronunciation of American English, Presentation Skills, and Effective Voice. We teach Skillful Presentations, Effective Voice, and specialize in teaching Pronouncing American English, the skills needed by ESL speakers for clear speech (accent reduction).
VocalEase programs offer every client individual assessment, achievable and functional goals, and measurable results. The training uses video feedback, computer-assisted learning, mirrors (a small but mighty tool), short lectures, with most of the work being done in small groups (with some individual coaching). Written training materials are included.
corporate clients
Among the corporate clients we have served are Shell Oil, Tesoro, Washington Mutual, Providian, Cerus Corporation and Ten Speed Press.
Universities
We are also contracted to teach Pronouncing American English to Visiting Scholars and Postdocs at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), and San Francisco (UCSF); students at the California College of the Arts (CCA); and faculty members at the School of Business and Economics and students at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB).
Our clients learn to:
- Speak clearly with confidence
- Position lips and tongue to help with clarity
- Hear and articulate challenging sounds
- Use facial muscles in new ways
- Enhance telephone skills
- Crack the secrets of using idioms in American English
- Find and practice the keys to an effective speech rate
- Use pitch—the music of English
