Mastering the British Accent (Online)

The Serlin Method™ looks at what we do when we are communicating at our best, physically, verbally and tonally. When supporting you to go to the next level in your communication, we work in three areas – how you speak, what you say and what your body says. It is simple, accessible and stimulating.

All of our courses can be delivered virtually via Zoom with your coach. If you’re looking for independent online study, our popular Mastering The British Accent – Accent Softening and Confident Speaking 10-week online course is designed for non-native speakers and delivered via our eLearning platform. The course gives you access to videos, interactive exercises and quizzes and is designed to help you become a clear and confident communicator in English, at a pace and format that suits you best. You can learn more about our online accent course HERE.

It all depends on your goals and how much work you’re willing to put in alongside your sessions. 
There are four stages of learning to your communication journey with LSW:
1. Unconscious incompetence
2. Conscious incompetence
3. Conscious competence
4. Unconscious competence
When you’ve completed a course, you should aim to be at the conscious competence stage. This means that when you’re really focussed on the new skills, they can make a massive difference. It won’t be in your speech all the time yet though – it takes a while to become habitual. Once you’ve finished your course, the balls in your court to then make sure you’re working towards making yourself unconsciously competent – making it a habit. It’s a bit like driving a car – when you’re a fully experienced driver – you’re still focussing on the road but you’re not thinking to yourself “I need to check my mirrors” or “I shall now touch on the brake as I approach the roundabout” – these things happen automatically, and that’s the level you should aim to get to with your communication too. 

We have a unique trademarked method, the Serlin Method™, which is based on a foundation of psychology, neuroscience, performance & coaching. We teach proven communication tools that seem simple to learn and yet have powerful effects and we’ve seen the results over the past 12 years.

Our Accent Softening course is for non-native, fluent English speakers who feel their accent sometimes gets in the way of their communication. During the course you discover the specific ways your speech differs from neutral spoken English and locate sounds that your accent is holding tightly to. You will also work on your intonation in order to recreate the melody and rhythm of neutral English speech. We have worked with people from all over the world and are so proud that this course has helped build confidence in anyone who has taken it!

If you are a non-native speaker then please know that you don’t have to compromise your identity to have true ownership over the language, the aim is not to become accent free (or at least there is no need for that) the aim is to show through the way you speak that you know how to operate and utilise the language like a pro. Our clients find that working with us on Accent Softening helps them speak in a way that boosts their confidence by reducing mistakes and misunderstandings – we want you to get all your amazing ideas out there as clearly as possible. We believe it’s important to soften your accent only as much as you need to so that it doesn’t get in the way of your goals and your wellbeing and this will always be different for everyone. After that, it’s about providing the support and tools to help you become the best communicator you can be. With our Accent Softening methodology we work with you on every sound that is leading to confusion, misunderstanding or blank looks, so that when you open your mouth to speak, your words come out as you intended and you are always putting your best self forward!