Students having taken private and group classes and on Skype

I taught Nellie, from Russia, in 5 in person classes at my studio, and the other 5, done on Skype. Nellie lives in Vancouver.

On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Nellie Red <rednelyr@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Andy!

Nellie

I can`t thank enough Andy Krieger for his amazing teaching of an accent reduction course. Before I didn't know that so many details involved, as positions of tong and lips, rhythm of speaking without clamping words and sentences, breath , correct pronunciation of syllables and consonant in words, speaking slowly at the beginning of course and making your voice go down and etc. I was surprised, how all these things with the right guidance of Andy Krieger and your commitment and practicing make your voice sound American or Canadian English! We divided my private accent reduction course by some of the classes in Andy Krieger residence area and the rest of them in Skype. Which is so convenient, you don’t need to spend your time on the road, just turn on your computer and you have a class room at your place. It makes no difference at all, Andy Krieger organized it with all you need, video stream of himself with the right position of speaking, full screen of exercises and examples or textbook pages, and at the same time he can see you, it’s all simple and feels like in person class! One of the Skype classes my husband was sitting next to me and he was impressed, he said that I sound American English and my Russian accent goes away! I`ve been talking to a lot of Canadians lately, and they tell me that I`m easier to understand and they can hear my Russian accent only if I speak really fast and because of it can make some mistakes, I know at the beginning I should be more patient, but I just so excited that I can speak without an accent! Thank you very much, Andy Krieger!

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I taught Daniel in a Speaking Effective group class. Daniel was born in Canada. He changed in a few classes from being a very mediocre speaker, to an outstanding one.

From: dannywfung@gmail.com [mailto:dannywfung@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Danny Fung
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 10:27 AM
To: Andy Krieger
Subject: Re: FW: a request for feedback

Hi Andy,

I took the Speaking Effectively class to gain some knowledge in the subject so that I could apply it to my upcoming life coaching career. I find myself not being able to speak effectively as people don't seem to be too interested when I speak. Things have changed now. By utilizing Andy's techniques, my audience has paid more attention to me and I'm truly grateful for this. I told an associate of mine from Toronto about Andy's course and she wants to take once the life coaching course is over. The cost of the course is insignificant in terms of what you get out of it, as long as you practice it on a daily basis. The recording of the class was felt awkward at first, but I soon realized what the benefit of it was. Thank you Andy for sharing with me your techniques. It will be a tool that I will be using everyday to speak effectively.

Can you send me the link for video 5.

Thanks,
Daniel Fung

Dear Andy, Here is my feedback re the accent reduction course you’ve taught us yesterday and today at DiverseCity.

The information we’ve received was very helpful. I’ve witnessed all co-students to improve dramatically. I liked you style of teaching, the way you’ve taught us. I liked very much the technical means you’ve used to make us progress, i.e. monitors, mirrors, straws, flashlight, timer etc. I liked that we were able to listen to the recorded examples of good and bad speaking. I liked that it was never boring. You made the study interesting and spiced it up with your excellent sense of humor. I liked the printed materials you’ve provided. It’s a great idea of yours to record a DVD with all the students in the classroom.

Shaping our answers for an interview was very helpful. It was amazing to hear other students in the group to give their wonderful intelligent well thought answers in a manner that sounded so good and so different compared to the old way of careless pronunciation. Thank you!

You are a great instructor. This is a compliment from a colleague – I used to teach German in St.Petersburg’s Centre for intensive studies of foreign languages. It was a privilege to be your student.

Impressed, Ada Alakhverdiants Sept. 2 2010 Russian female in group class

I've learned a great deal at your course and you deserve all the publicity. It is such a good idea. There were several people that I recommended the course personally and I know at least one person who had taken your course. Ahmad Wasfi Nov 17^th 2008 Arabic male

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From: Al Alfonso [mailto:alfonso@guideone.comcastbiz.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 3:41 PM
To: andy@andykrieger.com
Subject:

Hi, Andy: Just a short note to thank you for the time you spent with me this Sunday, the 13^th of February. Although I have been comfortable with my knowledge of the English grammar, I find that my regionalistic accent gets in the way of effectively communicating with my native American customers. Your methodology of teaching has greatly improved my pronunciation and enunciation in a short period of time. The “Krieger Method” which emphasizes the positioning of lips, tongue, and mouth before a word is uttered or pronounced has tremendously impacted the manner I speak. I thought this method was a valuable tool to those who would like to better their way of verbal communication. I would not hesitate to recommend you and your method to anybody who wants to reduce, if not totally eliminate, his or her foreign accent.

Again, thank you, Andy, for everything!

Al Alfonso (The Philippines) took a private class February 13, 2011

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Dear Mr. Krieger, I really appreciate your thoughtfulness. My host conveyed the message that you had called me and you told her how well I had done in the class. Thanks for the affirmation!

CLASS EVALUATION

The Accent Reduction Class of Mr. Krieger, though, conducted only four times, is an excellent refresher session for speakers of English as a second language. It satisfies the 3 modes of learning: Cognitive-theoretical inputs on speech development; psychomotor-actual practical learning on uttering appropriately various words in a way that is comprehensive on the part of the receiver of the message; and affective-appreciating the art of mingling and learning from the class trainer and classmates.

The utilization of audio-visual technology makes the teaching-learning very effective.
Albert Maganaka Philippino Dec. 10 2010

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The last class was amazing. They were all amazing and I wish they would go on and on. Andy is such a brilliant teacher and has been so very generous with his time and knowledge.
Heathir Rhyasen A Canadian who learned how to teach the K Method Feb 2012

Thank you Andy,

You are such an amazing teacher, I could learn from you forever. I am practicing with my hand in the mirror. Feel a bit silly but it is working.

Heathir Canadian learning how to teach the K Method Feb. 2012

Thank you again for your encouragement and your wonderful teachings. I learn so much about many things from you. I am tremendously excited about this work and hope that I can be an effective and supportive teacher.

Looking forward to the next class.

Heathir

Heathir was part of a small group learning to teach Accent Reduction,

with Manjit. Nov 2011-Feb 2012

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All I can say is .....WOW! Andy is an amazing individual as well as a

Trainer.

To tell you the truth, I had my doubts about this entire thing before

starting, I thought we were being sent to some dungeon looking bsmt suite in

But after meeting Andy for 5 mins, I knew this was going to go

very well.

I am very excited. Heather and I are going on Monday. Can't wait!

Manjit

From: Manjit Gill [mailto:manjitgill00@
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 7:38 AM

Thank you Andy. Last night's class was amazing especially when Heather and I got to sit in the "hot seat". We actually got a feel for wha It’s like to listen to students and teach/correct Sonia with her accent. I know I was kind of reluctant at first but after a few minutes, I was very comfortable.

I look forward to meeting with you in January.Manjit

Manjit was part of a small group learning to teach Accent Reduction,

with Heathir. Nov 2011-Feb 2012

Thank you SO much for your wonderful teaching today! I feel
more confident now because I know better how to speak using
the right way!!! I really appreciate for your great instruction, Andy.
I am SO lucky to be one of your students.

Cindy Wang Cindy was a part of a group class in Dec. 2011 – from China

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I am taking an Accent Reduction class, which is the most enjoyable class I have never had. My teacher, Mr. Krieger is very patient and humorous. For instance, one student couldn't pronounced the word, "For" correctly after some practice. Mr. Krieger tried to teach this student face to face. Also he tried to use many other words to help him again and again until he knew the correct mouth position. Furthermore, during the class, Mr. Krieger tells jokes in order to keep the class awake… Jenna Li from China – part of a group class Jan/Feb 2012

THANKS ANDY!

YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLE INSTRUCTOR, VERY CREATIVE AND HELPFUL!

YOU HAVE OPEN A DOOR THAT I DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED.

I WILL REMEMBER YOU FOR YOUR IMPRESSIVE METHOD

TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME.

THANK SO MUCH,

NOEMI

(part of a group class Jan. 2012)

My expectations were quite high because I've heard a lot about your program. But the real life even exceeded them. Teaching method is very impressive as well. It's well structured and one can see hours of work and preparation behind every word. Since nicely made Power Point presentation the concepts were easy to understand. Camera and TV monitor helped a lot as well. By the end of the class I had a feeling that I almost lost my accent. And, which is even more important for me, I felt more confident.

Ideas behind this program are brilliant, but they worth not much without good teaching skills. I have some experience in this field and I have to admit that you are doing a great job! I am very impressed.

Ivan Zelentsov Russian doctor in Vancouver Canada – private class Feb 17 2012

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Classes were very good. The repetitive reminders are essential to get things to sink in…Skype was good, and very convenient. Naoko Japan

Took 10 private classes on Skype Feb. 2012

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First, I was skeptical to have an accent reduction class through Skype.

However, as soon as I started our first class I become confident that you will be able to help me. I was told over and over that my accent is the biggest obstacle for me to advance at work. However, your understanding, your easy way to train, your patience with practice makes a lot of fun. I really enjoyed when we get to talk in any subject and you make me repeat the sentences over and over until it becomes acceptable. Moreover, I am now able to distinguish between the time I speak with accent and the time I don't. Finally, I was with my wife the other day and we went to Taco bell and order through the drive through. Now, I was always had to repeat the order because of my accent. This time, my wife who is American was surprised and she said I spoke more clearly than her. Sam. (Egyptian living in Maryland)

Took 10 one hour classes on SKYPE Feb 2012

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From: Maria Thompson [mailto:Maria.Thompson@goodwil
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 8:59 AM
To: Andy Krieger
Subject: RE: last class cancelled

“ I took all my classes using Skype and it works perfect, he was correcting me as soon as I was doing a mistake, he was putting the camera close to his mouth to be sure I was getting the right position of my tongue an lips. He used power point presentations and doing free conversation to improve the technique.

It was nice to know that even if he was in Canada and I was in Phoenix, I still could take the class without waiting for the opportunity for him to come to phoenix. He tried to fit my schedule with his schedule to have the class when we both were available.

I like he put extra attention in the words I was having more problems to pronounce correctly and each class he was correcting me to pronounce them the correct way. Before the class I did not know I was doing those mistakes, but now I know and I correct myself each time I do. Definitely worth it!

Thank you Andy,

Maria Thompson” Taught Maria on Skype winter 2011/2012

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Hi Andy, You are definitely good at what you do and you made things very simple. You are also very patient and encouraging.

When you told me about that Asian actress and how you were teaching her for three hours every day for three weeks, I thought it would be great to do the same thing she did; have lessons everyday to ensure the accent is totally gone. Naz D. Iranian female – private class Feb 2012

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Hi Andy,

Just want to give you an update on the audition for Alcatraz last

week. I found out I was shortlisted for the job the day after the

audition, then the day after that I found out I booked the part!

Thank-you for your last minute help in making sure the lines were

'Americanized':)

Below is a testimonial for you:

"Andy Krieger's approach to teaching an American dialect is simple,

practical, and instantly appliable. What I really appreciate is his

passion for you to succeed. His coachings with me on my auditions have

helped me not worry about sounding American anymore. I know that is

taken care of when I walk into the casting room, and can focus on the

acting. I would recommend Andy to any actor who is looking for an

American dialect teacher who is on their side."

Minh Ly Vietnamese Canadian ACTOR living in Vancouver – took 3 or 4 private one hour classes Sept. 2011

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Hi Andy,

Thank-you again for the session last week.

I had a great last class. Really took my time, and owned the scene.

I'm getting a lot more comfortble speaking slowly, and it's becoming a

regular part of my process.

Minh Ly Vietnamese Canadian ACTOR in private class Feb 2012

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About the class :

- we liked your "teaching style" : precise et encouraging

- easy to understand, very clear, also because we had the power point support

- Julien says he didn't watch himself on tv during the class, but we appreciate to have the

recording now. We like to hear how we sound in English, more than having the book or

the dvd because we remembered your class clearly enough.

Maud & Julien Took a 3 hr private class with Andy in Feb. 2012 (both from France)

Hi Andy,

It was my absolute pleasure to meet you today! You're a wonderful person and a highly talented professional. I am looking forward to my improvement.

Anna Shultz (from Russia) Took a 3 hour private class in Feb 2012

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I've had four classes with you on skype and, I spoke the "new way" with a friend at work like you told me to do so. I said the same sentence just like I speak regularly first and then speaking just one or two words at the time. I then asked her if she noticed a difference and she said: "yes, I can heard you had a significant reduction of your accent the second time, when you spoke slowly".

It is hard to speak slowly and really think about the correct positions of my tongue and lips but I think it worth it.

Maria Thompson (Mexico) Had 10 one hour classes on SKYPE. She lives in Arizona.

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Thank you Andy!!!! You have helped Cricket soo much!!! She is ready for NY and so excited!!! Will let you know how it goes! Sissie Probert

Sissie’s daughter. Cricket, took 10 one hour classes on Skype. Lives in South Carolina and is a teenage actor Dec. 2011/January 2012

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 Hi Andy

  It was so happy to spend 6hrs with you yesterday, my father & I

learned so much about how to speaking English without accent.

  I will report my father’s progress to you from time to time, and

make sure he remembers what you taught him. Wish your trip to HengDian a happy one, you will get use to the place in few days since you will be so busy teaching. I am impressed with your energy & your patient. You are a wonderful person! Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!

  Looking forward to see you again soon.

  Warm regards

  Qiu Qiu                             August 2007

  In 2007 Andy taught Mr. Deshun Wang, who played the Jade Emperor. This email comes from his daughter, Qui Qui, who attended our 1 day, 6 hour session. Deshun did NOT SPEAK one word of English. In the movie he speaks his words almost perfectly. Almost NO accent!

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Hi Andy,

It was a great pleasure to have your class. I enjoyed it very much.

I could feel the changes. The 5 steps, especially the positions of tongue, are exactly what I need. The position of tongue, lips & teeth is the main reason of accent. You didn't just teach the method, you pointed out the right direction of speaking English in a right way. Now I am pretty confident to get rid of the accent by keeping on practicing, because I know I am on the right way. I like how you teach, including multimedia (camera, ppt, TV), tomato, tennis ball, etc. I shared something with my wife. She thought it's great. Thank you Andy. I will work hard on practicing and give you more feedback in the future. Appreciate.

Raymond Zhang (from China) had a private 3 hr class with Andy Nov. 2011

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Barry-Fritzie Borillo Thanks, Andy, how are you doing?.. Yah my speaking is pretty good now. I got good grades with my speaking during my IELTS exam. Thanks to you! I’m much more confident. Fritzie/The Philippines Fritzie was in a group class in June 2011

Hi Andy, My goodness! You are a miracle worker, Andy, and they all so love your classes, even the native English speakers…

Sandie Seymour S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Employment Services, Burnaby BC

Have taught scores of classes at SUCCESS since 2000.

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I know we are talking way ahead here...but if God chooses to shine his light on my little man, (Seth) today in NY......we owe you big...! I will do whatever it takes to get you to come to SC soon, to teach. We are so fortunate that God put our paths together...and we crossed..because I never thought in a million years that you would have ever reached out to me when I emailed you that day 13 months ago wow!!!!! The web world is good but scarey. You are one of those blessing that don't come much in this life...and that I feel God sent to my family for a devine reason.
I WANT TO SEND A BIG VIRTUAL HUG YOUR WAY, and to say thank you....for making a difference in my little ones life! You are for sure living your purpose here on this earth....in helping motivate others to live their dream. I will do everything that I can to tell others what a GREAT MAN YOU ARE AND THE LOVE AND PASSION THAT YOU HAVE. You have a GOD given talent..to help others reach the potential they never knew they had!

Andy taught Seth for about 20 classes on Skype. Email of thanks comes from his mother, Paula, living in South Carolina. Prepared Seth, a teen actor, to audition in New York for agents. 2010-11

From: cwchangwang@gmail.com
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 6:37 AM
To: 'emkreger'; 'Andy Krieger'
Subject: comments from Chang China

Why I enjoyed Andy’s class so much? Oh I could list up pages of reasons that why Andy’s class is so enjoyable and helpful.

But the thing I really want to say, above all his extremely professionalism and extraordinary concrete experience in accent teaching, the important reason makes Andy so distinguished from somebody else is, he is the instructor who really cares about his students. Andy truly understands the frustration and struggle of those

people who come to him. And he is willing to share with all of his expertise without any reservation and help his students wholeheartedly.

Andy is a strict teacher, which I like a lot. He will never let you leave his class if he finds out any single syllable in your accent is less than perfect. Andy always reminds me of Lionel Logue in The King’s Speech, who is a relentlessly

hard teacher, but a kind and a trustworthy friend. If some day in the future, that you are doing great because of your wise decision to take the class with Andy, I believe he will be the happiest one to hear about your success.

-Chang Wang, MBA Chang took a 3 hr private class in June 2011.

From: Chang Wang [mailto:cwchangwang@
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 12:07 AM
To: Andy Krieger
Subject: Re: your teaching

Thank you so much Andy! I feel so blessed to have you as my teacher! You are the best!

Chang 2^nd email from Chang

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Hi Andy,

I am so lucky to have you as my accent reduction coach! My love, English speaker, one of the top litigator in Vancouver, he has realized the way I talk is getting so much better. You are fantastic and very responsible !! I'm looking forward to having next lesson with you.

Jessica from Hong Kong – took a private 3 hr class and has had 2 follow-ups – Dec 2011

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Hi Andy,

This group of participants just cannot have enough of your well delivered workshop. We love to have you back for the follow up session on Friday. Dec. 9/2011

Jane – SUCCESS Coquitlam BC. – Andy has been teaching immigrants there for several years. Usually 10-12 in each class

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Hi Andy,

Thanks so much for the notes on the clients, and all of your kind words. My goodness! You are a miracle worker, Andy, and they all so love your classes, even the native English speakers.

Sandie Seymour - SUCCESS Burnaby BC – andy has been teaching immigrants at SUCCESS since about 2000.

From: Sandie Seymour [mailto:sandie.seymour@
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 1:57 PM

Hi Andy,

It is always a pleasure to have you, and the clients are so grateful. Thank YOU!

Sandie Seymour

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From: Terry Banford [mailto:terry.banford@
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011

Andy,

You are a great person and fantastic at what you do….I enjoy having you here.

Terry Terry is also on staff at SUCCESS

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Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011

Andy - we are so delighted to have you! Many thanks for your hard work and genuine care for the kids!

Echo Gao Manager SUCCESS Job Options BC – brings me in to teach at SUCCESS since 2000. Manager, Job Options BC

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From: Amy Zuo [mailto:pb9800@
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011

Thank you, Andy. We are so lucky to be your student. You encouragement make the kids feel more and more confident. Thank you for what you have done for me.
Amy Zuo - Amy is from China and I taught her and her 2 young sons and husband.

Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011

Dear Andy:

We all had a wonderful time with you today. The boys said you are a great teacher and they could not wait to see the movie they borrowed from you. You have great influence on them and they enjoy learning what you teach them. I believe that they will learn to speak English beautifully and confidently very soon. I believe my wife and I will be able to improve my speaking quickly as well. Thank you very much! Since I am going to US on Tuesday and then to China from there, my wife will take kids to your class on Wednesday at 4pm.

Best Regards

Min Zhang Andy taught Min and his two sons (10 & 12) in private classes

Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 10:57 AM

Andy,

It's such a pleasure taking your course. Immediately, I called two people after your class to confirm whether they find any difference of my speaking. Both of them said better. Great! One is my daughter! Thank you Andy

Vivian Vivian is from Hong Kong and took a group class in Dec. 2011

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From: sharon.zhu mailto:sharon.zhu@
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011
Subject: RE: from the bottom of my heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Hi Andy,

The two and half days we spent with you are so wonderful! And it should be the most important time in my whole life as you rebuilt my confidence. I so appreciate your teaching and the amazing K-method you invented.

Sharon Andy travelled to Qingdao, China, to teach 20 executives with a high profile Chinese company doing business with U.S. companies.

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From:豁然 [mailto:85636154@qq.com]
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 7:41 PM
To: andy
Subject: Dear Andy May I have the 1 hour extral material you mentioned in the DVDs

Dear Andy,

I am Kate,a postgraduate in China. Recommended by friends, I got the opportunity to learn the K method. Amazingly, it's wonderful! Thank you very much for doing these fantastic DVDs. I am grateful for all the efforts you make with your patience and expertise.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely Yours,

Kate Kate is from China. She bought my book and DVD there.

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Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 1:54 PM
Dear Andy,

I am writing this email to express my deep satisfaction with your method.

Years ago, in the era of racism, people of society were classified based on different skin colors. Nowadays, we have almost the same kind of discrimination based on different accents. I would like to call this new way of discrimination, Accentism. Considering the magnitude of this problem, we can better understand the value of your efforts.

Accentism is a tremendous social barrier for every immigrant. Personally, I decided to face and overcome this challenge. I have gone through ALL educational materials related to pronunciation and accent reduction in the Vancouver Public Library. Some of them are really useful and some others are quite boring. But your method is really a feat. It is something else, completely different: Simple, practical, friendly and unbelievably efficient. The first half an hour that I spent on your method was a milestone in my life.

I should thank you for invention of this absolutely practical method and sharing that with others.

Sincerely,

Ahmad Andy taught Ahmad, from Iran, in a 3 hour private class, Nov. 2011

This is one of the most inspiring self-improvement lessons I have ever attended. I didn’t know that slowing down my speech can dramatically reduce my accent. Now I practice the new way of speaking English everyday in my work place. My co-workers gave my kind of funny look in the first few days but later on they told me that my Asian accent has been reduced significantly. Although sometimes they may request me in a nice way to speed up my conversation a bit when time is tight.

I understand pausing gives us time to position our mouth, lips and tongue before we speak so that we can pronounce more accurately. After we have fully mastered our positioning, I guess we could speed up a little bit during our daily conversation.

Davy Lee Hong Kong Davy took a group class in Jan/Feb/March 2012

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From: Joyce Chao [mailto:jodkny@
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011

I am very glad that I took your accent reduction class. I like the way how you taught us to follow easy and simple steps to speak without my accent. It is a great idea that you have set up the camera & TV, it help me to see how I should put tongue and lips. I enjoyed that I was taught with another student because it gave me chances to hear how people can change from speak with an accent to speak without an accent. It also gave me chance to learn not to make the same mistake that the other student has made.

The DVDs you sent to me after each class are a great reminder for me on the mistakes I have done during the class and how to avoid them. The DVD & the booklet I purchased from you has been a great tool for me to review what I have learned during the classes. In conclusion I really think the money I have spent for these classes are pretty fair and totally worth it. I really appreciate your effort for teaching me how to speak without my accent! Joyce Chao - Joyce took a private class with another student Nov. 2011

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From: Vickie [mailto:vickietisdale@sc

Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011

Andy, so happy for you and all of your accomplishments. We are honored to have you work with Chloe. Hope you can continue to help her. Thanks!

Vickei Vickie is mother of Chloe, a young actress in South Carolina, about 8 years old. She will be famous 1 day!!!! ___________________________________________________________________

From: Rhonda Ralar [mailto:rhondaralar@
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Dear Andy,

It is very useful to those who can't do away with their native accents making it very difficult for them to communicate. I noticed this with my Chinese classmates in the training class.

You were a very patient instructor. I wish I could have stayed till the end of the session. All your resources were excellent especially the tv screen where we can see ourselves talking.

Rhonda Ralar Rhona was Spanish speaking and took a group class in Nov. 2011

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From: Iris Mo [mailto:irismo2004@
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011

Hi Andy,

I loved the class last Saturday. It was so helpful. Your method of accent reduction is amazing. I saw the huge improvement when our classmates following your instruction in the class. They sounded so good and very local, totally different from their own way of speaking English. I will follow your method as much as I can to reduce my accent.

The video is a very good tool in the class because we can see those movie stars that don't speak English at all can actully speak English in the movies by following your instruction. And it's fun too. The camera and LCD projector helped a lot because we can review the DVD and continue to improve after the class.

I will recommend this class to my friends and family for sure. Thank you so much, Andy.

Iris Iris is from China and took a group class in October 2011

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From: marc cardoso mailto:cardosomarc79@
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011

Hi Andy,

This accent reduction class helped me to realize that accent could be a real barrier between people. I learned today that speaking slower and breathing properly help to pronounce words in a better way. This class was a great introduction to the technique of pronunciation. I think using videos, tapes and mirrors help to compare, adjust and correct pronunciation. I wish this class was longer. A two days intensive class would be great.

Marc Marc was from The Philippines and took a 3 hour private class in Oct. 2011

From: luvi gomez [mailto:luvi@ SPEAKING EFFECTIVELY
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011

Hi Andy,

I am glad I took this course "Speaking Effectively" from you. You are really a good instructor and committed to it. I learned so many things, now I am applying to my family and they are following the steps accordingly. It really helps me a lot. I have more confidence than so ever. It also changed my personality. I am hoping that when I do my real speech in a couple of months, I won't get nervous. For the mean time, I will keep on practicing every day. Once again, thank you. Luvi Gomez Luvi took a group Speaking Effectively Class in Oct. 2011.

From: Gulnar Nanjijuma [mailto:gnjuma@ SPEAKING EFFECTIVELY
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011

Hello Andy,

At the end of class yesterday, it dawned on me how much I enjoyed the course and how much I will miss not attending these classes. You were terrific with each student, supportive and motivated each one to do better at each class.

I work with a very refined group of people (primarily lawyers) and board members. I attend and organize numerous meetings and often have to speak up at these meetings. I am really keen to work on my delivery and hope to take all that you have taught me into account.

Thank you for being a great teacher and hope our paths cross again.

Gulnar Gulnar took this Speaking Effectively group class Oct. 2011

From: Joey [mailto:joeyboy1123@
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 11:51 PM
To: Andy Krieger
Subject: Lucky to be in your Speaking Effectively Class!

Hi Andy,

I have been lucky to be one of your growing numbers of confident accent free students.

I have had frustrating days where co-workers do not understand what I am saying. I even went to the extent of spelling the words so they understand what I

mean.

After the Accent Reduction Class last March 2011, I wanted to learn more from you. I am currently attending the Speaking Effectively Class ( September 2011) at Moscrop.

My job requires me to communicate with team members in my department on a daily basis. I have had hard times keeping their attention before.

Now, they look forward to our daily team huddles where they give me their undivided attention.

I am looking forward to our next class where I will deliver the speech I wrote.

I highly recommend the Accent Reduction class and Speaking Effectively Class that you teach to anyone who has difficulties communicating effectively.

Thank you for everything.

Maria Joey Danao Maria Joey enrolled in both my Accent Reduction and

Speaking More Effectively classes Fall 2011

I'm really fascinated about how simple it is. I've taken other pronunciation courses that overwhelmed me and never went back to them.

You have decoded the language's mysteries in a simple way. The consonant groupings are fantastic, you only have to remember 10 possibilities.

Keep the good work Andy. Canada is a country of so many accents and they are keeping us behind. We need your help. Aurora Almeida June-01-08

Aurora is a Spanish speaking female – took a private 3 hour class from Andy

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Thank you so much for your teaching today. The course was amazing. Before the lesson, I did not know that I have so many problems speaking in English. Thank you for your patient to correct my problems. I will definitely practice more with your learning kits. Hopefully, I could really get rid of my accent and be able to speak more clearly.

During the last few years, I have lot of chances to work with other HSBC colleagues globally. I find that I could communicate with US/UK colleagues without much problem. But for India team, I really had a hard time to understand what they are saying. I think it would be beneficial for us to have this kind of training earlier. This could have made our life much easier. But anyhow, it is still good to meet you in HK today. I am glad to be chosen for this useful training course.

Alan Lau HSBC bank employee – taught by Andy in Hong Kong June 29-08

Students I have taught on SKYPE – from Vancouver BC

Gosia is from Poland and lives near Seattle, Washington.

-----Original Message-----

From: Gosia Thurfjell [mailto:gosiathurfjell@hotmail.com]

Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 2:59 PM

To: Andy Krieger

Subject: Andy Krieger

When I came to the US from Poland, my skill in English was very limited. I could only ask “excuse me, where is the bathroom?” That was pretty much the only thing I knew at that point.

Now, 11 years later I speak English fairly well and have been working very hard at it. However, I still have a pretty heavy Polish/Russian accent.

It always bothered me that a few seconds into a new conversation someone would ask me “are you Russian?”

After about 3-4 years of being here, I just stopped caring and started answering, “sure, I am” but it still bothers me that I couldn’t even say “hi” properly.

I was always really bad with accents – ironically I have had a C for years from my Russian language teacher because of my poor Russian accent…

So, apparently I couldn’t speak proper English, or Russian.

Fortunately, for me, my husband ran into met Andy at the Post-office and Bellevue where he told my husband about is work with actors and accent elimination. My husband knew that I always complained about not being able to get the accent right as he took down his information.

Andy does miracles with his work. He has a ton of patience for you and he loves his job. He doesn’t even call it “his job”; it’s his passion and hobby. What’s interesting about his techniques is that he understands the reasons associated with different cultures and their problems to pronounce various American words the “American Way”. Therefore, he can attack the problem at the root and really tell you where your problem areas are and work on them. He knows a lot about the physical technique of speaking but also a lot about the history and tradition of the English/American language so he can tell you “WHY” things appear the way they do rather than just repeating/drilling the same phrase. This is the “old” way that I remember the language learning process be taught in my school as a child.

Andy provides the first lesson for free. I had over an hour free session when I had to speak in Polish, in English with my “regular” accent and English with my “new” American accent.

My husband was amazed, I was amazed that I could even pronounce these words, sentences and make them sound the way I did.

Andy taught me how to pronounce words, putting emphasis on the first letter. He talked about English being like music with a certain rhythm to it. He explained how Americans speak, where they pause, when and why they speak slower, when they lower their voices and when to focus on long vowels.

Andy and I have had 6 lessons through Skype where he demonstrated lots of skill and patience. He has also given me lots of assignments/homework to speed up my learning process even more, and by working on some of these assigned tasks by myself I some money as well. I also think it is good to reflect upon what he taught me for a while and practice prior to taking on the next lesson. Obviously I still need to practice and work on it, but Andy showed me that I am capable of speaking with the English language with an American accent, “The American Way”. He gave me confidence and made me sound intelligent.

Andy gave me 2 additional lessons at no charge because he cares and because he loves what he does because he is the man.

He is a very warm, professional, skilled and honest individual and a FANTASTIC teacher. Yes, he does have a gift!!!!

Thanks a lot Andy!

Sincerely,

Gosia

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Ken is from Hong Kong and lives in Chandler, Arizona. We skyped in late April to early May 2012

From: FutureKiddie Discovery Kids Puterbug Technology Class Local Provider (www.futurekiddie.com) [mailto:futurekiddie@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 8:21 PM
To: Andy Krieger
Subject: My experience with Andy's coaching

Andy,

Before I met Andy, I took different coaching and classes to reduce my accent. Quite frankly, I learned a lot of technique but nothing really worked in the past. I was told what I need to do to reduce my accent. However, I wasn't aware of what my issues were - my mouth's movement including the position of my tongue and lips. Also I was suggested to speak slowly. Yet my previous teachers had not taught me what to do to slow down my pace of speaking.

I was very frustrated. What I found was that the traditional way of learning the accent reduction techniques didn't work for me. I am sure a lot of people from a foreign country can relate this with me. The issue is that a lot of so called "expert" or "speech therapy" learned everything by the books. There is no creativity. And I was taught by the way they learned from the books. I run an educational business and teach computer & technology to young children. To me, I teach young children how to use computer and understand technology, which in turn, I learned a lot about what work and what didn't work in terms of learning and teaching. What works is first to have an awareness of the issues. What works is positive encouragement. What works is to find or create a creative learning methods - think and do outside of the box. What works is interaction. What works is to practice consistently. What works is to focus and be present.

With extensive research on my own, I finally found someone who can help me - Andy. His way of teaching fits perfectly what I am looking for - someone teach in non-traditional way and outside of the box. His way of teaching is practical. He teaches actors how to reduce accents!!! Andy pointed out my accent issues and help me correcting them during our coaching sessions over Skype. He developed a creative way to help someone like me to speak slowly - that's one of the most critical keys to reduce accents. Andy taught me how to "manipulate" or "control" the movement of my mouth - another critical point to reduce accents. On each lesson, he encouraged me with a lot of positive feedback. I was suggested to practice what I learned with a friend. My friend was very impressed how munch improvement I had in such a short period. She said I was more a lot more clear when I speak compared to the past. I have no doubt with more and consistent practice that I could speak and communicate with little to no accents. All these I have to say thank you to Andy. Here is my experience and summary of Andy's coaching.

His coaching is practical
His coaching is innovative
His coaching is interactive
His coaching is affordable
His coaching is flexible
His coaching is positive

Simply and frankly, Andy's coaching WORKS!!! Of course it requires you to focus and practice. I would definitely recommend Andy to anyone who is looking to reduce accent or learning American accent when you are READY!!!

Sincerely,
Ken

Mr. Ken

Future Kiddie Empowered By Discovery Kids Puterbugs Technology Class for Kids!!
480-331-3068 (business line)

1-800-720-5145 (fax)
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From: Sam [mailto:samandlizg1@verizon.net] Sam is from Egypt and lives in Wash DC and have only taught him on SKYPE:
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:41 PM
To: 'Andy Krieger'
Subject: Feedback

Hi Andy,

First, I was skeptical to have an accent reduction class through Skype.

Thanks

Sam

-----Original Message----- A Catholic Priest lives in MESA, ARIZONA. Taught him on skype.
From: Camilo De Villa [mailto:cdv_67@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:26 PM
To: Andy Krieger
Subject: Thank you

Dear Andy,

I really want to thank you for this wonderful oppurtunity of knowing you and taking interest in me. The first time I talked to you on the phone gave me an impression of an enthusiastic and inspiring teacher in speech. My impression was indeed right. The 10 sessions in accent reduction gave me more confidence in speaking the English language. The lessons you gave me in one hour tutorial each session provided me the time to learn how to position my lips and tongue in enunciating words. It was beneficial too in learning how to make pauses so as to get rid of the accent.

Instruction through Skype was never an obstacle to your systematic and practical ways of helping a person speak without an accent. For someone who considers English as their second or third language as in my case, this is amazing. It works.

I have gone through several learning experiences and looking back, I am more than happy that I decided to take your class. By the way, I just bought a computer software for learning the Spanish language and a teacher is willing to teach me the way you taught me. Looking forward to a new language. Thanks!

Fr. Milo

-----Original Message-----Antonio is a15 yr old actor living in New York and just taught him on skype
From: Antonio Solorzano [mailto:AntonioSolorzano50@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 4:17 PM
To: Andy Krieger
Subject: Antonio

Andy,

I liked working with you on Skype. The quality of the sound was just great and it wasn't just that. You're a great teacher too. I like the quality of the picture too. What you told me about how to speak more slowly and down, it actually worked. I had a lot of fun. I also liked the positions you told me to do before saying a word. It worked a lot. Thank you.

Antonio

From: Maria Thompson [mailto:Maria.Thompson@goodwillaz.org] Maria lives in Glendale Arizona and have only taught her on Skype
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 8:10 PM
To: andy@andykrieger.com
Cc: medthompson@gmail.com
Subject: accent reduction

Andy,

It is hard to slow and really think about the correct positions of my tongue and lips but I think it worth it.

Thanks,

Maria Thompson

From: Maria Thompson [mailto:Maria.Thompson@goodwillaz.org]
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 8:59 AM
To: Andy Krieger
Subject: RE: last class cancelled

Sure:

Thank you Andy,

Maria Thompson

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María Thompson

Programmer Analyst

Goodwill of Central Arizona

602.535.4070 direct line

Testimonial of the Day to Andy

Students having taken private and group classes and on Skype

I taught Nellie, from Russia, in 5 in person classes at my studio, and the other 5, done on Skype. Nellie lives in Vancouver.

I taught Daniel in a Speaking Effective group class. Daniel was born in Canada. He changed in a few classes from being a very mediocre speaker, to an outstanding one.