Discovery call
Free
For Mandarin speakers
American English pronunciation for Mandarin speakers
Susanne knows the mistakes Mandarin speakers make in English, and the pairs of sounds that are easy to confuse between the two languages.
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Speech for Mandarin Speakers: Short E and Final L
Her small-group course was first built for native Mandarin speakers, and she has run accent reduction workshops for Mandarin-speaking graduate students.
Typical work: the short E of better and session, the final L of tell (the tip of the tongue on the roof of the mouth, no W), and the stress and rhythm that make English sound like English.
“She is very familiar with the common mistakes that Mandarin speakers would make in English pronunciation. Especially she helped me understand the subtle difference on some similar, easy to confuse sounds between Mandarin and English.”
J.Z. · Post-doc, Systems Biology · Columbia University Medical Center
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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