Your academic and professional work involves more than learning your field and developing your research. It also involves learning how to share your ideas with others. Take the time to practice communicating your research and expertise clearly and confidently with a trained pronunciation tutor in a low-stakes, supportive setting either online or in person.
Maybe you have an important point to make in a seminar but struggle to jump into a fast-moving discussion. Maybe you are preparing to give a pitch at a networking event or career fair, presenting your research at a conference, collaborating with others on a team, interviewing for a job, giving a research or job talk, or simply sharing your ideas among fellow graduate students. In these situations, being understood and feeling confident that you can make yourself understood matters.
ELSO Pronunciation Tutoring can help.
Pronunciation tutoring is about making sure your ideas can be heard. You and a trained ELSO tutor work together to identify which elements of your speech to work on and what most impacts your communication. You might work on particular sounds, but you might also focus on stress, rhythm, intonation, pacing, or ways to make your speech easier for listeners to understand.
Last year, graduate students and post docs from over 100 different fields at Cornell including Law, Business, and Engineering used the service and have told us that the individualized attention makes a difference. In anonymous feedback surveys, one student stated, “She explained everything in simple terms and created a very comfortable environment for me learn without judgement.” Another mentioned, “We practiced specific words that I will use during interviews.”
Whether you have a specific pronunciation challenge or simply want to feel more prepared for important speaking situations, you can work on it with an ELSO pronunciation tutor so you are better understood.
To make an appointment: https://cornell.mywconline.com
For more information about ELSO tutoring: https://elso.as.cornell.edu/tutoring-pronunciation
To learn more about our tutors: https://elso.as.cornell.edu/elso-tutors-faculty
