Mary Ellen is certified in the Compton P-ESL (Pronouncing English as a Second Language) Program, and has extensive experience helping Silicon Valley professionals improve the clarity of their speech. This kind of work is extremely beneficial in improving spoken communication for presentations and meetings as well as simply for everyday life.
Mountain View Speech Therapy custom designs programs for improving very strong or moderately strong accents utilizing the latest techniques, CD-ROMs and Student Workbooks, and also encourages students to work on their own outside the classroom. Studies by the Institute of Language and Phonology "...have demonstrated that using the Compton P-ESL method helps [participants] improve their ability to speak American English by at least 50%" when they attend all training sessions and practice regularly.
With tutoring and outside practice, Mary Ellen's clients have achieved excellent results in a remarkably short time. This type of training also helps improve self-confidence, self-esteem and comfort in both business and social situations. For further information or to schedule an appointment, please contact us.
| ABOUT THE COMPTON P-ESL PROGRAM The Compton P-ESL Program, developed by Arthur J. Compton, Ph.D., Director of the Institute of Language and Phonology in San Francisco (http://www.ajcomptonpesl.com/), is based on more than 25 years of linguistic research and teaching. Dr. Compton originally designed the program as a way to help improve the English speech of foreign-born people for whom English is a second language, and his program has also proven successful for English-speaking clients who want to modify strong regional dialects. Dr. Compton's work involved scientific analysis of the English pronunciation of several hundred people representing over 100 language backgrounds. He found that "accented English" actually comprised interrelated pronunciation patterns dictated by a person's native language, and that accented pronunciation is composed of a relatively small and predictable system of pronunciation patterns, or error types. These errors taken collectively make up a "foreign accent" and are the reason for difficulties in making oneself understood when speaking English. The Compton Program is a means of modifying and reducing these errors and thus improving one's ability to speak English clearly. |
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