ESL & Accent Reduction For Adults

Im writing this review after 30 lessons with Maggie. We have been meeting every week for 8 months. Did I improve my English? Significantly! Did I like the experience? Absolutely!

Our lessons were structured as discussions of my short 2-3 paragraph answers to various entertaining prompts. We spent the first half of a lesson talking about style and word choice. Native speakers wouldnt say it this way was the most frequent and helpful comment I received from Maggie. This comment made me pay a lot more attention to how I build my sentences when writing or speaking. The second half of the lesson was dedicated to accent reduction. Oh, man! Sometimes this is literally a tongue twister. For me its just impossible to pronounce all sounds of American English correctly but now I realize where I have problems.

I also want to mention Maggies exceptional editorial skills. Its amazing how much clearer my paragraphs become when Maggie deletes unnecessary words (which sometimes constitutes half of all my writing). I formalized it to myself as Maggies golden rule: When in doubt, throw it out. I think that is the most useful rule Ive ever learned.

Im sure that both the style of this review and word choice are not perfect. I continue working on that. However, I hope that my main point is clear. I recommend Maggie as a great English tutor to everybody who is looking to improve their language skills in a fun learning environment.

Below you can read my first review written after 10 lessons with Maggie.

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I wanted to share my experience after having 10 lessons with Maggie. I have lived in the States for 20 years and finally I decided to improve my accent. Im very happy with my progress after working with Maggie for 2 months. Im sure that my accent has improved but this is not what I’m most excited about. Maggie helped me to become a better listener and to use my everyday conversations to improve my English. We identified the sounds, which I pronounce incorrectly, and I started to listen for those sounds when talking to native speakers. My next step was to pay attention to other details such as verb tenses and word choice. Daily analysis of real-life examples reinforces the learning Ive got from Maggies lessons and makes it easier for me to speak naturally. Maggies approach works well for me, and I recommend her to everyone who is looking for a great English tutor.