Always Understood, L.L.C.
We provide services within the Minneapolis/St Paul,
MN area. Classes are held at your employer's site or
the AU office
Contact us for a free introductory
class or current costs
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After 12 classes
of pronunciation with Maria Metzger, I feel I am
able to identify and correct the mistakes and
potential mistakes I could make when speaking
English. Maria’s great dedication and expertise
allowed me to have a wonderful learning
experience and feel more confident when speaking
English. Learning about vowel and consonant
sounds and intonation are some of the areas
that helped me improve my speech. Maria was a
great resource for English pronunciation. I had
a great time during her classes. I would
recommend her course to colleagues and friends.
- E.R. from
Venezuela |
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Thank you for a
wonderful class! You identified the specific
areas of speech that helped my improvement. You
truly personalized the course for my needs
(lectures, interviews, questions). It was a great
learning experience.
- K.A. from
the Phillipines |
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I feel much
more confident after attending the special
course at “Always Understood.” It was a great
learning experience, allowing me to understand
how American English is different compared to
other parts of the world and how easy it is
after practicing. I especially liked the
teacher’s approach to coaching, step by step
teaching as per individual needs with follow-up
corrections. I would strongly recommend this
course.
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R.D. from India |
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Maria knows amazingly well about international people’s difficulties with pronunciation. She teaches her classes with visual aids and examples so that I can clearly understand which face muscles I should use and how my tongue should be placed. I practiced this until I could pronounce vowels and consonants automatically. I won the Toastmaster speech contest several times. I know that her support of my pronunciation helped me a lot. I feel confident now and I am sure I know the right way forever. Her class is great and I recommend it to anyone.
- N.N. from Japan |
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Maria is excellent at identifying the exact problem each student is facing and coming up with effective techniques to cure the problem. For example, I had been having trouble sounding and looking confident when giving a talk in front of an audience. After looking at my talk, Maria “diagnosed” that the problem was mainly stemming from my intonation (which tended to rise after the end of each sentence) and my “fidgety” movements. She created a lesson plan to help me learn how to lower the pitch appropriately at the end of each sentence, and taught me a trick to help me stop moving too much while giving a talk. The materials Maria made for me were so useful, that I still look back at them every time before teaching a lecture. Thanks to her, I not only got a job at a major university, but also received teaching awards. I recommend her highly to anyone who wants to improve their accent and speech.
- Y.M. from Japan | |
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