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AMERICAN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION: Accent Reduction Made Easy (Udemy.com)

Step by Step Guide to Master the American Accent! Taught by Expert AWARD WINNING BROADWAY VOICE COACH

4.7

6,416 reviews

Created by: GB Voice Academy

Last updated July 2025

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This is a short accent reduction course built around twelve "target sounds" that the coach sorts into four groups. It runs 1.7 hours across 41 lectures, and the biggest block is a Target Practice section with 13 lectures and about 40 minutes of drills. The instructor, Gabriel of GB Voice Academy, is a Broadway voice coach, and his pitch is that an accent is muscle memory in the tongue and soft palate. It suits non-native speakers who already follow English and want to sound clearer, not beginners who still need basic grammar.

Reviewers like how simple it is. One calls the sound-target breakdown a great help, and another says it explains the why behind each sound, not only the how. A third says clients now understand what they say. Gabriel is called an expert in his field. The complaints are about depth. A 3-star reviewer found the videos short and the exercises few, and says American rhythm, reductions and connected speech get thin treatment. A 2-star reviewer expected exercises and found only videos.

With 28,590 students, 4,201 five-star ratings out of 6,416 and a 4.7 average, it has a solid track record, and the last update was in mid 2025. At under two hours it works as a quick starting point, not a full pronunciation program. The syllabus shows no quizzes or assignments, so progress depends on repeating the drills daily on your own. Anyone who needs serious work on intonation and linked speech should pair it with something longer.

Best forNon-native speakers who understand English fine but want a short, drill-based fix for a noticeable accent.

Skip it ifYou want deep lessons on connected speech, reductions and American rhythm, or plenty of graded exercises.

Pros

Twelve target sounds in four groups make the method easy to follow
A 13-lecture Target Practice block gives about 40 minutes of drills
Reviewers say learning the why behind each sound makes the practice easier
Short at 1.7 hours, with downloadable resources and a completion certificate

Cons

Videos and drills are short, and one reviewer wanted more depth on each target
A 3-star reviewer says rhythm, reductions and connected speech get thin coverage
No quizzes or graded exercises, so progress depends on self-discipline

Now my clients can understand what I say and don't look at me like I am from another planet. Gabriel is truly an expert in his field.

Abhay Gaur, a student

Listed for all levels, but the requirements assume basic English comprehension and a commitment to practice.

What you will learn

Speak American English clearly and confidently
Have a deeper knowledge of the American rhythm
How to speak American English dynamically and with intention
How to master the American Accent

Course content

14 sections · 41 lectures · 1.7 hours of video

1Introduction 1 free preview1 lecture · 4 min
2American Accent "Target Sounds" 1 free preview1 lecture · 5 min
3GROUP 1 (Target 1, 2, 3) 1 free preview4 lectures · 7 min
4GROUP 2 (Target 4, 5)3 lectures · 4 min
5Group 3 (Target 6, 7, 8)4 lectures · 5 min
6Group 4 (Target 9, 10, 11, 12)4 lectures · 7 min
7American Accent TARGET REVIEW1 lecture · 2 min
8CONSONANCE1 lecture · 3 min
9Target Practice13 lectures · 40 min
10"RULES" ??2 lectures · 6 min
11Let's Put These targets to work!1 lecture · 5 min
12Feel The American Beat!4 lectures · 12 min
13Downloadable Resources YOU DID IT!!1 lecture · 4 min
14CONGRATULATIONS!1 lecture · 1 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

Anyone whose first language isn't English
Anyone who want to master the American Accent
Anyone who wants to improve their communication skills
Anyone who want to master outstanding communication skill in their business and personal lives

What you need before you start

Basic comprehension of the English language
A commitment to your practice to improve your American English

How it compares

Against the other 535 rated Udemy courses in Language Learning on CourseDuck:

Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 64% of them
Reviews6,416#46 of 536 by number of reviews
Length1.7 hoursshorter than 86% of them
Last updatedJuly 2025more recently than 63% of them

Course Description

As an Award Winning Broadway Credited Voice Coach for nearly 20 years, I always found it fascinating when my foreign students would be able to sing a standard American song with NO accent. Somehow, singing completely eliminated their accent. Since that discovery, I have created a proven, groundbreaking, easy to understand, result oriented approach to reduce, and in some cases eliminate the foreign accent completely (don't worry, it doesn't involve you singing LOL!).

Welcome to the AMERICAN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION: Accent Reduction Made Easy GYM! The ONLY way we can master the American Accent with flued American English Conversation and Pronunciation is to retrain our tongue and soft palette muscles to create these American English pronunciation sounds and rhythms that your body is just not used to making. I will be providing you with specific exercises focusing on the sound and feel of specific American English conversation "Targeted" sounds and how they link to each and every consonant. In addition, I will share specific singing techniques to help create reliable muscle memory that you can call upon instantly. This technique has helped so may of my accent reduction students master the American Accent a lot faster.

By the end of this course you would have gone through every possible combination of sounds. There will be nothing you will come across that we haven't covered in your practice. Our goal is to make sure these improvements are retained, so you can call upon them when you need them. That will involve practicing on your end. If you commit to the practice exercises you will improve your American English Pronunciation skills much more rapidly.

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Instructor Details

GB Voice Academy

4.7 Rating
6,416 Reviews

Online Voice Lessons to Unleash the Power of Your Voice.
Accent Reduction Training to Propel your Career to the Next Level. On-Demand Acting Courses to Improve Your Booking Ratios. Public Speaking Classes to Ensure You Command the Room.

Welcome to GB Voice Academy, founded by Gabriel, a two-time Broadway World award-winning voice coach. Gabriel has performed starring roles on Broadway, Las Vegas and International stages around the world. Fluent in 4 languages, he has appeared in recurring roles on "Young and the Restless", FX's hit show "You're The Worst" and Amazons "The Boys". Other television appearances on ABC's "Switched at Birth", CBS's "Criminal Minds", Nickelodeon and many other principal leading roles of feature films and television.

With a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, Gabe went on to study voice at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and later began his career as an Apprentice Actor at the prestigious Shaw Festival of Canada.

Gabriel has had the honor of working closely with the best in the industry, including two-time Academy Award winning composer A.R. Rahman, 21-time Tony Award winning Broadway director Harold Prince, and the legendary Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. Having worked closely with these iconic mentors Gabriel has created best-selling trainings that utilize all of the knowledge and experience he has gained throughout his career.

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By Bhavika on 8/31/2026

excellent course...I learned to speak like natives in quite short span of time,thanks to the instructor! He is amazing

By Saif Al-otaibe on 4/18/2026

The course is great, but the videos are short. He said they're 12 but I think he should've dived deep into these 12 since they already form combinations/derivatives. The exercises are a few as if he was in a hurry to wrap the lesson up and move on to the next. He didn't explain the American rhythm well. Also, he didn't explain any reductions or connected speech since these both are factors of phonetics. I'll give the course 4.5/10.

By Ekaterina Kulikova on 4/2/2026

This course is offering a new concept, I've never heard of or practiced before. Excited to jump into practice section.

By Seth Kyauta on 3/4/2026

The best course on Accent Reduction. Every other courses are trying to teach you the "How" this course is teaching you the "Why" Because if you figure out the Why the How becomes easy.

By Abhay Gaur on 2/17/2026

I've never written a review in my life, but this is something else. This course has helped me elevate my speaking like nothing else. Now my clients can understand what I say and don't look at me like I am from another planet. Gabriel is truly an expert in his field.

By Wallada Songduang on 1/31/2026

It is very useful what learning in this course. I think I can improve my accent if I practice daily as the coach said.

By Muhammad Salman on 1/18/2026

i just finished it and yes that was an amazing experience i am from Pakistan actually and struggling with accent

By Yvelis Guerrero Timmons on 1/11/2026

The class was very detailed. Accent improvement was delivered in a way that seemed easier than other systems I have tried before. Great teacher. I really enjoyed this class!

By NANDA DEV P on 1/3/2026

I loved the course. I had already been following GB’s YouTube channel to learn American English, so this was the first course I searched for on Udemy. I’m truly thankful for how simple and easy you made the learning process. Your personal experience really resonated with me. Being mocked for my English became the starting point of my journey, and working in a Cambridge school later boosted my confidence. I speak fluently now, and my next goal is to develop a clear American tone. Thank you for your help.

By Angel Aloysius on 12/25/2025

It was a wonderful experience taking this course. It provided just enough information to get started, with an amazing breakdown of sounds and great training material for practice. I highly recommend this course!

By Duc Tran on 11/22/2020