I went to college and took all the levels of ESL in order to take
credit courses. But one thing did not change- my strong Spanish
accent. When you feel like people have to take time to understand
you, it can make you feel embarrassed and insecure in your career,
relationships, and friendships. Since I joined the American Accent
Workshop it is amazing how much difference it has made. I feel
more confident about myself and feel comfortable talking to my
clients at work. I keep telling Mark and Sheri how well they teach
and the class is a lot of fun because we can interact with them
and the other students. We have Help Sessions three times a week
and I make it a priority not to miss any of them. Now learning to
change my bad habits from the way I spoke English for so many
years is gradually changing. I can ask the teachers questions
anytime and I get the feedback from them. It is an easy and
convenient way to improve my pronunciation and that can change my
life.
Rita Nardini
Massage Therapist from Peru
My name is Jennifer
Hsieh and I am a scientist. I am originally from Taiwan. I have
been living in the United States for more than 10 years, but I still had trouble letting my American friends
and colleagues understand me totally. Since I took Sheri’s
workshop, she corrected my accent and I have been able to
communicate better now. She is an excellent teacher, and her
lectures are fun, vivid and creative. I learned so much about
correct pronunciation, intonation and linking sounds of American
English. It is definitely useful and worthy experience for the
person like me who has struggled so long to speak correct
American English.
Jennifer Hsieh, Ph.D. Staff Toxicologist,
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
My name is Franck
Janet and I'm originally from France. I had many English
teachers in my life, and most of them were very good in what they
were doing. But if you want to make it in America, Sheri is
outstanding because she focuses on helping people to learn American
accent. And this type of expertise, at this high level is very
rare. I had been looking for this many years until I found
Sheri.
Franck Janet
Business Consultant from France
My name is Kaoru.
I'm from Japan. Mark and Sheri are great teachers.
Since they've been working with international students, they know
my weakness well and give me lots of advice. I'm studying to
be a nurse in the U.S., so it's very important for me to learn
pronunciation correctly. There's no way to improve speaking
without practice. It takes time. But Mark and Sheri
can teach the best way to practice. Thanks to them, my
speaking improved a lot. I'm really enjoying learning from
Mark and Sheri.
Kaoru Namura
Nursing Student from Japan
Hi, my name is
Sanaz. About a year ago when I came to the U.S., I was very
confused. I was in culture shock. Thanks to God, it
happened to me to meet very lovely people. They gave me
courage to deal with all new things, as well as they helped me to
improve my English, and gave me confidence to speak English.
Among them two people were so special for me- Sheri and Mark.
Not only they were fabulous teachers, they were very helpful
friends. You can always trust their opinion. I'll
never forget the great influence that Sheri and Mark have on my
English. I'm really happy to meet them.
Sanaz Goodarzi
Dental Student from Iran
