Phonetics patch for Fluent speaking.

What are the Other Classes Missing?

This class is the class to teach all that the schools miss. A patch of sorts.

Accent is fine, normal and expected. Everyone has some kind of accent. Some sounds though, are not accent, but give important details. I start with the most common first, the aspirated end-of-word Z sound. I choose it as a first lesson due to frequency. Nearly every sentence on average has this Z at least once. Correct this sound and speak every sentence more clearly.

Why are plurals important? Because they can change definitions. "I like dogs" means I like dogs as pets or friends. "I like dog" means I like dog meat. Why? Meat is not countable (one counts kilos) and living creatures are. The clearer speech is also far less distracting allowing listeners to better focus on your real message.

Only takes a few weeks, yet even University English teachers don't speak plurals, past tense D sounds, etc.. Why? books can't teach sounds.

Why no teachers? Because the corrections are made by retraining muscle memory. Just like playing scales in music or practicing forms in martial arts. These are methods not usually associated with the literary and phonetics is not purely literary. It requires practice and repitition. Something not considered by most looking into a future teaching English. As luck would have it, I have experience in muscle memory from tai chi chu'an and music, the sources of my methods. I apply the knowledges of these teaching methods to English speaking and listening. I also apply my Thai studies which identify the major differences in reverse. I can teach those with masters in English a year course with leftovers.

Sounds are isolated, studied and practiced. Adults take a little longer as we must "unlearn" old habits taught and like to learn the whys (like this post).
Kids just follow the poems, repeat and speak perfect never caring why. Yes, I'm a little envious.

Having taught this for years, I can correct your speech as a music teacher corrects a song played and give spoken examples of every English and Thai phonetic sound on request.

Couple decades ago, I got an idea based on someone else'e idea when studying Thai. There was this poem. "Singing, singing nging". LOL . See, we foreignors can't speak NG at a word's beginning and I practiced this stupid little poem for a couple weeks. Been speaking perfect beginning-of-word NG sounds ever since. That's when "razing, razing raze" for end-of-word aspirated Z sounds for Thais occured to me.

"Razing" lesson link here

Same concept in reverse and having learnt Thai, I already isolated all the key differences.
Now, 20+ years later, I have a whole set of tested poems and courses long evolved and tested on thousands. Ages 8-80. Have standalone and fits well as a part of larger programs. Have even done whole primary schools with full classes chanting the sounds and poems together in exactly the same format Thai kids learn the Thai alphabet. Bor bee, kor cat, dor dog, .... and sala ə , sala æ , sala ʊ, .... kids get real fluent fast. No matter what the class format. I've done it and have plans ready. Just ask.

Unlearning the habits taught and creating new ones is the path to mastery.

Learning and Unlearning

Muscle memory. It's whats missing in other Language classes.

learning Thai, I had to build a new habit. I needed to not aspirate end-of-word consonants. All end consonants in Thai are unaspirated (unvoiced). So, I applied the methods of music practice to practicing poetry. LIke other studies. Took time, but by acknowledging the problem and praciticing the sounds in isolation, I found it doable.

Start slow as needed. Make it perfect. No rush. Practice the poem...

Feeling confident. Able to do it without thinking now. Thats muscle memory. Cook lunch or walk to work while praciticing, your mind elsewhere.

Now challenge yourself. Try faster. Faster.

Key is correct first. "practice wrongly and waste your time and sigh". Now, continue your conversation practices as before. Now you are praciticing correctly. This is why the Uni teachers still can't speak plurals after decades. Yes, they practiced conversation for decade. Practiced speaking wrong.

Perfect first. Practice after. Success to follow. That's what's missing.

"First correct and only after, faster. Practice in this way or waste your time and sigh."

Various Class Formats

Different Paths for Different Students.

Class formats are many, all tested.
For most adults, it mixes well as part of a larger program. I have all the normal courses and all materials are free. Online is easy and with full IT support. Home tutoring for those nearby is good.

Kids have a more active class. Each class starts with "Hello, Teacher!" and kids chant the English phonetic consonants alphabet after me in chorus. They all have charts in hand they made first class to follow. After a few classes they don't look at the cards anymore. All done in the same tradition as Thai, Laos, and Khmer. Consonant with "or" sound followed by a word. bor bee, kor kit,... and vowels, too.. sala eh, sala ah, sala i,... Works amazingly in all 3 countries. Very tested.

English camp editions available. Can make programs to open the mind to the physical and artistic aspect. Students leave with many lessons that, with practice, can greatly improve their clarity of speech.

For the highest levels, the phonetics class runs naturally into public speaking class. Little secret. Some of the best poems for phonetics were first used by public speakers to "loosen up" their tongues. All courses come with rare tips and lessons on reductions, linking, idomatic bits and phrases and much more.

Speed of success is up to you. Practice more, finish faster. Lucky part is it's made for working people. Practice on the motorcycle or while cooking at home.