Confidential
Our accent training services are completely private and confidential.  We realize how personal accent and pronunciation are for all individuals.  Your decision to take this step towards self-improvement will be held in strict confidence by your personal speech coach.  You will be able to maintain your accent when speaking your native language and develop the ability to utilize a standard American accent when speaking English.

Individualized
Instead of using English pronunciation software, we start by completing an assessment of your specific speech differences compared to standard American English and then develop a program designed specifically to improve your spoken English.  For those who prefer to work alone, you may use our free American English pronunciation guide and tutorials found within this website at any time.  These tutorials provide online pronunciation guides that teach you to improve your English pronunciation.

Convenient
We offer our services utilizing internet-based web conferencing via Skype, iChat, or Cisco WebEx, or private face-to-face instruction at our locations in Chicago, Illinois, and Naperville, Illinois.

John Atchley, MA, CCC-SLP

John Atchley is a speech-language pathologist licensed by the State of Illinois and certified by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association.  He earned a master’s degree in speech-language pathology at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois in 1997 and has been working privately with individuals to improve their speech for more than 12 years.  John is certified by the nationally recognized, evidenced based accent reduction program called the Institute of Language and Phonology and is a member of the Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association.