Corporate Classes for Groups up to 12 participants Like language group coaching is available for corporate clients. Often small group sessions are taught in conjunction with serial personal coaching sessions. Flexible plans available to fit your specific needs. Personal Coaching & Customized Self-Study Programs The personal coaching services provided by English by the Hour are focused, intense, and rigorous. The idea is to transition non-native speakers of American English in the Silicon Valley from accented speech to highly effective, communicative speech in 10 hours. If you are outside of the Silicon Valley or too busy to commit to personal coaching, there is another option! The customized self-study program is a complete system you can use at home or in the office. It includes a linguistic analysis of your speech, a customized weekly plan of action you can follow to achieve your goals, along with a workbook of exercises 4 audio CDs you can listen to in your car as well as 6 video DVDs so you can actually see the coach. The ability to watch these DVDs makes learning more fun - which makes them even more effective. Clients work one-on-one with a Personal Coach and Accent Reduction Specialist who analyzes their speech to determine the issues they need to work on. Next, 10 sessions are designed to move clients from their current state of speech to a dramatically-improved one, typically achieving an 80-90% improvement rather than a 10-20% one that may be possible in a classroom situation. This is achieved by incorporating neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) techniques that create transformational change in a short period of time.