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Academic writing ranges from course-assigned essays and research papers to peer-reviewed journal articles. Whether you are looking to address writer's block, improve organization, cohesion, development, or source integration, a few sessions can provide long-term strategies to make writing easier.

Practicing giving a conference presentation with a language coach can help to make adjustments in organizational structure, logical flow of ideas, speed of speech, pronunciation, and word stress to optimize effectiveness when giving the presentation.

Given the differences in the languages spoken around the world, it's no surprise that verbal communication in English between speakers from different language backgrounds can be challenging. Adding to the difficulties are various regional dialects of American English and varieties of English spoken around the world as well as the range of vowel and consonant sounds and the often unique spelling patterns of English.

Accent modification retains a speaker's identity while providing training in positioning tongue, lips, and jaw to produce the vowel and consonant sounds familiar to native speakers in their community, in this case, in the American Midwest. Accent modification also builds a knowledge of syllable stress, intonation, and word stress within sentences.

Within just a few sessions based on diagnostic language assessment, overall intelligibility can increase for greater ease in spoken communication from telephone conversations to in person interactions including presentations.

From proofreading resumes to help writing cover letters and email correspondence, a language tutor can help you best communicate your background and skills. Meeting online with a tutor for a mock interview is an effective way to improve your performance in an actual interview and boost confidence.