I took the 4 days intensive course and I can highly recommend this training if you want to learn the technique to produce the correct english pronunciation and sound. The... read more teacher were excellent and very patient with us students with very different background. The 4 days are not enough to learn everything but the training material provided is very helpful for self-learning and the course gave me the confidence and technique to work on my pronunciation. read less

Background: I had been living in English-speaking country for 3 years. I have good English writing & speaking proficiency, however, pronunciation is a different beast. The high price of the... read more courses was my biggest consideration, but I decided that it's worth the investment. I took Level 1 & Level 2 group course + several private sessions.

Level 1 course: 10/10

It teaches you 45 sounds of English. It will be fascinating to learn that you've been pronouncing several words wrong your whole life. My teacher, Zainab, was brilliant. She identified the sounds that each person had the most trouble with and gave homework to practice accordingly. This course is worth every penny if you want to improve your English pronunciation.

Level 2 course: 3/10

To be fair, I only attended 2 out of 8 classes in this level. I missed 3 because of business trip and I missed the other 3 because I decided that it's not worth my time. Level 2 teaches the intonation in sentence. The lessons are unnecessarily long and repetitive. The teacher also wasn't as passionate as Zainab. He let go mistakes and didn't ask us to repeat the sentences with improvements.

1:1 sessions: 10/10

Although expensive, 1:1 sessions worth every penny if your teacher is Zainab. "Teachers who love teaching help the students love learning" - that's what my dad, a teacher for 35 years, always said. Zainab is definitely a living example of this.

I found 1:1 sessions were much more effective & efficient because Zainab personalised the lesson according to my pronunciation strengths and weaknesses. In hindsight, I should have booked Level 1 course and several 1:1 sessions rather than booking Level 2.

I hope this review is useful for those who are considering to take pronunciation course. In few years, you'll regret not doing it earlier! read less

I had Level 1 and individual classes with Zainab. She is a great teacher -very professional and talented. All my classes were intense and tailored specially to my needs. My... read more pronunciation ,and more importantly the understanding of English sounds, has been improved considerably. I would recommend this school to anyone who wants to improve their verbal English. read less

I had level 1 weekend class, it was really helpful! A lot of things need to remember and practice but I’m glad I did it and Tom is very experienced... read more and patient, I’ll definitely recommend to my friends! read less

I took individual lessons with Zainab. She identified my weaker areas when I had the Intro class. She tailored the lessons to the need of my weaker points. She tried... read more to make me understand patiently. I have learnt a lot of new pronunciation points from the lessons that I didn’t take any notice before. I enjoyed every lesson with Zainab. read less

Incredible experience! Have been taking classes with Zainab Tapas for a few months and could see a progress after the first few weeks already. Friends and colleagues also noticed that... read more my speech became more clear and melodic. The schedule is very systematic and thoroughly organised and Zainab is always there to help adjusting the intensity of the classes / homework to my lifestyle. There are times when my job gets too intense and I don't have enough time for regular homework - in such cases we are just having general speaking classes once in a fortnight and this is still incredibly efficient and helpful. I really love how positive, patient and encouraging Zainab is - sometimes it takes me a while to understand a particular sound and she doesn't stop until I fully get it. Without any doubt speech improvement requires very hard work, but with a right trainer the progress comes sooner than you might think. read less