Discovery call
Free
Accent reduction · Online and Long Island, NY
Stop repeating yourself in English
You have the ideas, the credentials and the job. Susanne Katchko makes sure the room hears them the first time. Accent reduction coaching, twenty years of it.
Hello! ¡Hola! 你好 Привет! שלום! नमस्ते مرحبا
Bring your problem words. Susanne demonstrates the method on them.
Susanne Katchko · Master Trainer
- 20+
- years teaching ESL and accent reduction
- 5
- languages Susanne speaks herself
- 15
- minutes, free, to hear the difference on your own words
- 6
- seats, at most, in a group course
Clients from Columbia University · Columbia Law School · Columbia University Medical Center
Programs
Choose your training
Every program starts from a diagnostic pre-test and a plan built on it. Online from anywhere, or in person by appointment.
By first language
Your language brings its own sounds
Every first language carries its own habits into English. These are the ones Susanne has filmed lessons for.
你好 Mandarin
The subtle difference between similar sounds in Mandarin and English.
3 lessons → ¡Hola! SpanishClear, confident American-English pronunciation for Hispanos.
8 lessons → Привет RussianThe problem sounds Russian brings into English.
2 lessons → שלום HebrewFor Israelis: the American R and the long E.
2 lessons → مرحبا ArabicThe vowels Arabic does not have, like the horseshoe U of book.
1 lesson → Method 
How your speech changes
A trained actor and musician, Susanne hears what most ears miss, and tells you exactly what to move. The result is a sentence that lands the first time you say it.
01
Pre-test
A diagnostic oral pre-test comes first. The plan of study is built on what it finds.
02
Sounds
The vowels and consonants that are costing you, usually several in a lesson, with constant review of the ones before.
03
Music
Rhythm, stress and intonation. Say the music, and the music will tell you where the emphasis is.
04
Minimal pairs
Hear the distance between your sound and the American one, then close it. Grammar and idiom come along the way.
Your coach
Susanne Katchko
Founder · Master Trainer
Susanne has taught ESL and accent reduction for over twenty years. Her presentation skills and her acute perception of aural nuances are what let her change how her clients sound, and she has learned five languages herself.
- Education
- B.A. in English, Simmons College
- Languages
- French, Spanish, English, Hebrew, Yiddish
- Also
- Trained actor and musician
- Teaches
- Online, and in person on Long Island, Sunday to Friday
Results
“Susanne has detailed knowledge of pronunciation, a very good ear for correcting common and rare mistakes, patience and good methodological skills.”
Raúl Rabadán · Professor · Columbia University
“Her teaching methods were clear and she provided a safe space for everyone to practice their pronunciation without judgment.”
APALSA LLM Representative · Master of Law · Columbia Law School
“Our son is on his way to a Gold Medal in both pronunciation and fluency in English.”
A.A. · ESL teacher · Great Neck, NY Public Schools
The One-Time Club
Say it once.
How many times do you need to repeat yourself? Clear pronunciation saves that energy for the speaker and the listener. That is the whole goal.
Anyone who confuses a pronunciation learning curve with a person’s intrinsic value or intelligence is losing a valuable opportunity to learn from another’s strengths.
Bring your
problem words
Fifteen minutes, free, online. Bring the words people ask you to repeat, and hear what they sound like when they land the first time.
Sunday to Friday, by appointment · Eastern Time