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English Pronunciation ~ Accent Reduction 6-Week Weekend
$360 + GST = $396
26 November 2024
03 December 2024
Teacher: Patti Nijhuis
Qualification:
She is currently holding a Master Degree in Sport Sciences and is undertaking a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience. She also had a teaching qualification.
Teaching Experience:
Patti is a native Dutch speaker who speaks 5 languages. She has a total of 9 years teaching experience which spans many disciplines. Besides currently teaching Dutch, IELTS preparation and English conversation at SLS, she also teaches motor control at Western Sydney University, as well as several dance styles.
Teacher: Luciana Menghini
Qualifications:
Luciana has a degree in EN-SP Sworn Translation from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) and was granted a Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpretation diploma by Estudio Lucille Barnes, in Argentina.
Work Experience:
Luciana has worked as an ESL teacher for over 7 years. As a freelancer, she has focused mainly on English Grammar and Pronunciation (for Latin American singers) and has prepared students to sit for IELTS, CAE and TOEFL. Moreover, she has worked in companies such as Allianz and Uber Eats as a Business English Teacher and, also, as a Translator (for Uber’s Onboarding team).
She has been part of the team of Certified Translators at Juno Traducciones, and a Proof-reader and Editor at Valoroso Ltd. and a Bilingual Secretary at Gong Entertainment, an Argentinean production company.
Teacher: Jolanda
Jolanda holds a Master's degree in International Relations and a Bachelor's degree in English language and Literature from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Jolanda is a native speaker of Dutch and moved to Australia in 2007. In Australia, Jolanda completed a post-graduate in Counseling and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. She has taught a range of subjects to students of all ages - from teaching Dutch to children, to corporate training for English professionals. She also teaches English business, Pronunciation and ESL. Apart from teaching, Jolanda has extensive experience in business having worked in the banking industry across sales, training and coaching finance and human resources roles.
Jolanda utilises her corporate background qualifications to help students improve their skills. She is a dedicated teacher with a great enthusiasm and willingness to help students succeed.
Student Testimonials
Daniel has an excellent and effective teaching method, he’s such an impressive teacher, I truly appreciated the courses of him, my spoken English has been improved significantly thanks to him!- (Maylin Corros- February 2019 Session)
“Daniel is an excellent teacher, I have a lot of fun while studying with him, I feel like 8-week is too short, I would like to have more classes with him!”-(Joyce- February 2019 Session)
“I liked the environment and learning method through songs, movies. About the teacher, Daniel, he is easy-going, passionate and helpful”- (Francesco, July 2018 Session)
“I had chance to take a class of English Pronunciation at Sydney Language Solution. What I liked the most is I finally got the way of how Australians pronounce. Daniel, our teacher, is very good at recognizing all the sound mistakes we made. He has helped me a lots to pronounce words in a correct way – (Sonia Cabassi, July 2018 Session)
“I liked the methodology and the small class size – less than five people” – (Cleyton, August 2018 Session)
“Overall, what I liked most about the course was the practice ” – (Jay, August 2016 Session)
“The tips were excellent, especially for vowel and consonants ” – (student, August 2016 Session)
“I liked the pronunciation topics!” – (Patrick, August 2016 Session)
“The course is very good and I learned a lot and improved a lot” – (Betty, July 2015 Session)
“What I liked most about the course is the tutor knew the weak parts of our pronunciation” – (Maricris, July 2015 Session)
“What I liked most is the amount of information we received about proper pronunciation” – (Priya, July 2015 Session)
“What I liked the most about the course is I learned about my common mistakes and how I can improve my skills” – (Liliana, May 2015 Session)
“The teacher was funny” – (Ramy, May 2015 Session)
“The verbal comments I got was that the course was good and the teacher was fantastic – excellent” – (Industrie IT, Talent & HR Advisor 2015 Session)
“Brad is very focus on individual need” – (AmanJ, November 2014 Session)
“Brad is very good feedback on in-class activity, I would like to study more with him” – (Vincent, November 2014 Session)
“Brad is patient, dynamic, active and helpful. The class size is small so I can get more attention.” (Chu Thi Thu Trang, May-June 2013 Session)
“Liza is a wonderful teacher. My English pronunication is much better and I have more confidence to speak English with my workmate and communicate with the people.” (Natta Patjawit, March-May 2013 Session)
“Sally did a very good work, she was well organised and focused.” (Praveen Jomy, January-February 2013 Session)
“Both Sally & Vlad are good teachers. I learned a lot from them.” (Jessica Chan, January-February 2013 Session)
“I attended the 6-week English pronunciation course in Jan/Feb this year. I found it to be immensely helpful.” (Andrew Chen, January-February 2013 Session)
“I think Liza’s class is clear and helpful. She is able to figure out a way good to the student to improve. Thank you.” (Jiang Tao, English Pronunciation Private Lesson)
“The course helped me to speak some sounds correctly and to find the same sounds in words written differently. This is a good course! Brad is a very good teacher. It’s very difficult to work with multinational students, but he does it nicely.” (Fedor Gubarev, May-July 2013 Session)
“Excellent Class. Brillian skills to deliver the knowledge. Brad is very patient and nice. The course did make significant improvements to my speaking.” (Miranda Young, May-July 2013 Session)
“Brad is a very inspirational teacher. He helps us to recognise our weakness in our pronunciation. The course helped me to pronounce correctly, learn some techniques and know how to do it right.” (Xuan Hai Phan, May-July 2013 Session)
“Brad is one of the best tutor I’ve had in my life. I liked everything about the course and I would like to thank all staffs for the good moments I had and the service they provided.” (Emanoel Siqueira, May-July 2013 Session)
“Brad has a good teaching style, very encouraging and friendly.” (Dilip Agheda, May-July 2013 Session)
“Very good teacher. Brad kept the class flow through different topics.” (Pochara Traiwongpaisan, September 2013 Session)
“Brad’s professional and also very patient. His teaching method is far better than other teachers I have met.” (Zafer, September 2013 Session)
“Magnificent teacher. Very professional and wise. I like that the course focus on my mistakes and pronunciation” (Marta T. Donnay, October 2013 Session)
“Brad is a very nice and knowledgable teachers. I would highly recommend him to my friend. I liked the explanation of how I should pronounce and correct the pronunciation mistakes. I liked every topic and the way Brad taught the class.” (Olga Shcheglova, October 2013 Session)