Speech Fox Information

SPEECHFOX SERVICES Melanie Fox is an acclaimed dialect coach and accent reduction specialist who helps non-native English speakers articulate clear business English. Melanie works with executives, staff, and rising stars in entertainment/sports to overcome their difficulties and fears, as they interact, interview, network, or deliver presentations in English. She can coach clients from any world language, but has particular experience coaching speakers of Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Italian, Chinese, and Japanese as well as accented English (regional variations of American or British English). Through her brand, Speech Fox LLC, Melanie offers custom-tailored language lessons for English language learning. She customizes her classes to fit the unique needs of each client, based on his/her native language, English proficiency, and personal and/or business goals. She designs her classes based on applications of principles in phonetics and phonology in a way that is accessible, practical, and enjoyable for clients. Melanie's expertise includes media, business presentation skills, public speaking, and white-glove customer service for elite clientele. She focuses on pronunciation, but can also incorporate: grammar, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, TOEIC/TOEFL preparation, business writing, speech writing, sales pitches, customer service scripts, and other presentation skills upon request. She also coaches Spanish pronunciation for non-native speakers. Melanie is knowledgeable in the area of computer assisted language learning and can recommend supplemental software to complement the live classes as needed. Melanie also designs and implements training for corporations, colleges, and adult schools – using customized online, blended model training formats. Speech Fox lessons are available face-to-face in her Midtown Manhattan office or via live, recordable video web conference. ABOUT MELANIE Melanie Fox holds a Master's of Linguistics from Georgetown University and has 15 years of experience in the language education and professional development industries. She offers private and semi-private dialect coaching (including accent reduction) for executives, performers, and other professionals. She is a native speaker of American English, fluent in Spanish, proficient in Italian, and dabbles in Cantonese, Brazilian Portuguese and a number of other languages. . Melanie's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melaniebethfox