About Clear Accent Coach
Accent coaching grounded
in speech science
Clear Accent Coach was founded by Rachel Holmes, a Toronto-based accent coach with a Bachelor's degree in Speech and Language Pathology and an Ontario English Language Teaching certificate. Today, our team of certified coaches brings that same speech-science approach to every client we work with.
Our Approach
Why "listen and repeat" isn't enough
The philosophy behind the method — and why every coach on our team is trained in it.
Most accent programs rely on imitation where a student listens to a model and then tries to copy it. This approach has a ceiling. Without understanding how a sound is made, clients plateau quickly and can't self-correct outside of sessions.
Our approach starts with the anatomy of speech: where the tongue sits, how the lips move, how airflow changes from one phoneme to the next. Clients leave sessions knowing exactly what their mouth needs to do and not just what the target word sounds like.
Sessions are built around each client's specific language background. The pronunciation challenges a Mandarin speaker faces are different from those of a Spanish speaker or an Arabic speaker. Every coach designs their coaching plans and group classes around the phonological patterns of the client's first language and the English sounds that cause the most interference.
Meet the Coaches
Every coach on our team is trained in this approach.
Rachel Holmes
Founder & Lead Accent Coach
Rachel is the founder of Clear Accent Coach, a Toronto-based accent coaching company. She has a Bachelor's degree in Speech and Language Pathology and over 10 years of experience helping non-native English speakers communicate with clarity and confidence.
Belinda Alosius
Accent Coach
Belinda is an accomplished ESL instructor with extensive Canadian and international experience. She has taught hundreds of college-level students from diverse linguistic backgrounds and specializes in pronunciation, phonology, and professional communication for students from diverse linguistic backgrounds.
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