So, you have decided that you want to hire someone to help you improve/reduce your accent, but how do you find the right person for the job? Given that you will be investing time and money into this process, you want to make sure that you find not only a good instructor, but a good partner for your journey ahead. |
When interviewing potential instructors, they should be able to clearly describe their:
In order to assess this, a potential instructor should be able to answer the following questions:
- Setting of choice
- Qualifications and training
- Valid, objective method for evaluating your speech
- Approach to teaching and reasons for choosing those techniques
- Expectations of you between sessions (potential homework)
- Consistent measurement of your progress and ability to quantify how much improvement you have made when you are done
- Estimate for how long it may take you to reduce your accent
In order to assess this, a potential instructor should be able to answer the following questions: