American Accent and Pronunciation✔️ In-Depth Knowledge Base✔️ Experienced Professional✔️
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American Accent and Pronunciation✔️ In-Depth Knowledge Base✔️ Experienced Professional✔️
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From United StatesLiving in Cordoba, Argentina (11:07 UTC-03:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Nov 4, 2014
InterestsHistoryFilms & TV SeriesReadingSports & FitnessWriting
8+ years specializing in American Accent Acquisition, Accent Reduction, and Pronunciation. 12 years teaching.
I know the American Accent inside and out, I love teaching it, and I know exactly how to go about helping you with your accent goals. Whether it be speaking with clarity or acquiring the Standard American Accent.
I don't use one-size-fits-all approaches. They rarely yield results. We work on whatever's impacting your accent the most. Whether it be specific sounds or intonational elements. It's personalized, and gets to the heart of what's making your specific accent sound non-native, or unclear (goal-dependent). I know it works, because I've seen it work.
Me as a Teacher
As a high-quality accent coach and instructor, it's my job to comprehend and process all the little details that go into the vocal production of the American accent; and to provide you with what's most important for the improvement of your own accent. Presenting it all to you in an easily digestible way.
That's essentially what I do.
My lessons & teaching style
In the first class, I'll listen to your pronunciation as we talk. This is the best way to diagnose what's going on in your accent. That way we know what sounds or intonational elements are having the largest impact on your accent in real conversational settings, rather than as isolated sounds.
We'll make a priority list based on what we find, and go to work on modifying and refining anything that sounds non-native or unclear (depending on your accent goals).
We'll practice your priority sounds/elements within sentences and reading passages, as well as through targeted shadowing of videos.
I provide continual feedback, tips, explanations of vocal tract phenomena, and expertise.
My teaching material
PDF file
Text Documents
Image files
Video files
Homework Assignments
Certificates
TEFL/TESL/TESOL - Oxford Seminars - 2010
Certificate verified
Teaching experience
2017 - Current
Accent & Pronunciation Coachitalki & other platforms
Education
1997 - 2002
Bachelor’s - Communications: Visual Media/Minor in HistoryAmerican University
Work Experience
2014 - 2015
ESL TeacherFLS International - Boston, United States
2013 - 2014
ESL TeacherFine-Tuned English - Loja/Zamora, Ecuador
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4,016
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100%
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Students
4016
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English Lessons
Trial Lesson
235 lessons completed
USD 29.00+
Trial Lesson (Discounted First Class)
B1 - C2Language Essentials626 lessons completed
USD 29.00+
American Pronunciation & Accent Coaching
B1 - C2Language Essentials2,495 lessons completed
USD 30.00+
Package with 10% off
American Pronunciation for Actors, Singers, YouTubers, Udemy Instructors
B1 - C2Language Essentials42 lessons completed
USD 30.00+
Package with 10% off
Band 1: American Pronunciation & Accent (ONLY for students who began classes with me prior to July, 2025)
B1 - C2Language Essentials49 lessons completed
USD 27.00+
Package with 7% off
Availability
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494 Reviews
Isaac
19 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Reducing my French accent has been a struggle for years. With Josh's help, I'm finally making progress. He has a lot of cool tricks (like mapping ɪ to é -- that one blew my mind). I'm always looking forwards to the next lesson :-)
Jun 26, 2025
Douglas
1 English lesson
Teacher’s pick
Great session. Josh shared some new techniques to improve on the accent, things that had never been shown to me by any other coaches before. Josh certainly offers a real opportunity to make further progress with his lessons.
Apr 19, 2019
Patty
37 English lessons
Happy to learn from Josh again , great coach!!
Sep 12, 2025
Max
122 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
If you are looking to reduce your accent and sound like a native English speaker, Josh is outstanding teacher here on italki.
He has learned a lot and he is aware of how your native language patterns affect your English, no matter what country you are from. He is a great communicator and passionate about different accents, languages and how people speak. While you are reading your favorite article or doing pronunciation practice exercises, he can perfectly hear, recognize and find a way to fix every odd sound, incorrect rhythm or a pitch.
I would definetely recomend working with Josh to anyone who's been strugled with pronunciation for a long time, or had already been assumed he sounds quite well enough. You'll discover lots of new and interesting things about how you sound, get fluency and levelup your communication skills in English.
Thank you!
Mar 11, 2023
Tess
1 English lesson
Josh is very patient and provides feedback on sounds I have problems with. More importantly, he demonstrated how to pronounce them in detail.
Dec 5, 2025
Julia
59 English lessons
I've been taking Josh's accent classes for about a year and a half, and I've noticed that my accent has changed for the better! Josh is a truly professional teacher who applies the most effective methods and tailors his approach to the specific needs of each student, paying attention to their mother tongue and how it affects their pronunciation. Moreover, Josh is friendly, polite, patient, and always finds the best way to explain the nuances of pronouncing certain sounds, even when they're tricky.