Accent Modification using Compton P-ESL
Based on more than 20 years of linguistics research and teaching, the Compton P-ESL program begins where conventional English-as-a-Second-Language courses end.
Christine Fletcher of Peoria, Illinois, USA can help individuals who do not speak American English as their native language master the pronunciation of English. Christine Fletcher is a licensed Speech Pathologist trained in the Compton P-ESL method. She can can teach individuals from any foreign language background, and can also help American-born speakers to modify regional dialects.
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The 4 Elements of the Compton P-ESL Method
Christine Fletcher uses the Compton P-ESL method to help adult clients achieve their goal of clearer and more effective communication.
The Compton P-ESL method uses 4 key elements:
- An initial analysis with the client
- A customized learning program that addresses each client's needs
- Client’s choice of individual or small group sessions
- The Compton P-ESL workbook and training materials
Christine works with the client to teach the appropriate speech modification techniques, while the client reinforces his/her lessons by practicing outside of the class using the Compton P-ESL training materials.
The clients learn to discriminate between different speech sounds, with special emphasis placed on pronunciation, complete word production and voice projection. The clients continually puts these language fundamentals into practice during conversational speech and oral presentations.
Clients use the Compton P-ESL practice workbook and a choice of the cassettes, audio CD or interactive CD-ROM to reinforce their accent modification training.
Development Of The Compton P-ESL Method
Through his work as a linguist, Dr. Arthur J. Compton analyzed the English pronunciation of hundreds of individuals from more than 100 different language backgrounds. His research revealed that the "accented sounds" of English constitute a system of interrelated patterns, which are determined largely by the speaker's native language.
Dr. Compton also discovered that although there were many different speech errors (or accented sounds) that occurred in an individual's speech, these errors represented a small number of systematic patterns (error types), which are the actual source of the pronunciation difficulty. As a result of this discovery, Dr. Compton began to apply his "Principle of Linguistic Generalization" to foreign accents and regional dialects. By focusing on the basic error types, maximum improvement and habit formation were achieved in a significantly shorter period of time.
Christine Fletcher is fully accredited and certified to provide the Compton P-ESL training to clients. Contact us for more information at the following e-mail address: info {-at-} StandardAccent.com