“Dr Markham’s services were utilised by AMS to improve and enhance pronunciation, communication and grammar skills. The improvements since the sessions have been outstanding and both the employee and management are extremely pleased. Dr Markham’s ability to build trust with his client meant that he was able to successfully address sensitive areas for improvement and deliver appropriate techniques for improvement. Dr Markham was very flexible in incorporating wider aspects of interpersonal and presentation skills as required and due to this, the results have been evident in not only the above areas but also in the employee’s general development and growth.”

Leanne Marran, HR Manager, Australian Motoring Services
[training of a speaker of Australian English]

“I’m from Chennai, India. I’m quite familiar with English language from my childhood days through to university. I moved to Australia for my work, couple of years ago. I always surprised to see that my English speaking colleagues struggle a lot, to understand my English. When I met Dr.Duncan, the first question that I wanted to ask him is, “I can speak good in English with good frequency, then, why do people cracking their heads to understand my English”. I did asked this to him during the first assessment. He just smiled and asked me to read the Alphabets from a printed sheet of paper. That was an embarrassing moment but later I’m completely convinced (and hard to accept) that I should start from the Alphabets and un-learn a lot.

The methodology that Dr.Duncan uses, to train on voice modulation, lip movement, time intervals and co-relating the sounds, are all unique, impressive and pretty amazing. They are all easy to follow and proven to provide results, starting from 3rd or 4th sessions. It happened in my case. There was a popular statement that I used to hear from my work colleages “say it again, please”. The frequency of it has come down drastically and they do able to catch up my conversation. It helps me to boost confidence, improve my social and professional life. I appreciate Dr.Duncan’s techniques and would recommend to similar learners.”

IT professional from Tamilnadu State, India

“I liked the way the training was conducted. It was informal and tailored to my specific needs. Duncan was able to fit a lot of information and training into each session. I really appreciated it as I was on a tight schedule and he understood. The most important thing was that I enjoyed the training sessions. Also the training sessions were very beneficial.”

[accent reduction: client with first languages Cantonese/Hokkien]
JT, Accountant

“ Das Training mit Duncan hat teilweise riesigen Spass gemacht, teilweise glich es einer Folter und war wirklich harte Arbeit, da Duncan kein flascher Ton entgeht. Aber die harte Arbeit hat sich gelohnt: Mein deutscher Akzent ist fast weg.”

“Some sessions were heaps of fun, some session were torture and really hard work as Duncan can be pretty pedantic but my German accent is almost gone and I sound Aussie. Good on him!”

Ben J., Sales Representative

“ Berbicara dengan penuh keyakinan dalam bahasa Inggris dan mengeja kata-kata penting dengan benar untuk komunikasi yang efektif dalam kehidupan sehari-hari adalah tujuan utama saya sebelum mencari Dr. Duncan. Dan kedua hal itu pulalah yang saya peroleh dari kelas privat dia. Sejak dari kelas pertama, saya menjadi lebih perhatian kepada penggunaan tatabahasa dan ejaan Inggris saya dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Maka itu, saya sangat merekomendasikan jasa dia kepada orang-orang yang mau meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara dan mendengar dalam bahasa Inggris, baik di dalam kerjaan maupun di dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Kemampuan berbicara dan mendengar Dr. Duncan yang baik dan digabung dengan pengetahuan umumnya yang luas membuat kelasnya sangat asik dan mudah diikuti.”

“To speak confidently in English and pronounce useful words properly for better daily communications were my objectives before giving Dr. Duncan a call. Those two points were exactly what I gained from his private one-on-one classes. From the first class, I have been paying more attentions to my grammar and pronunciations in my daily communications until today. Therefore, I highly recommend his services to people who want to improve their English speaking and listening skills in both workplace and daily life. His English speaking and listening skills coupled with his broad knowledge about outside world made the classes enjoyable and practical.”

Rudi, Digital Producer/Digital Project Manager

“ Duncan 是一位非常有耐心的口语老师。他帮我找出了许多我自己以前都没发觉的发音错误，并一遍遍地帮助我纠正直到完全掌握了为止。与其他老师不同的是因为Duncan曾研究过包括中文在内多国语言，他能根据我的母语发音习惯找出发音错误的根源，因此更能对症下药。Duncan的教学方法轻松有效，本人强烈推荐！”

“Duncan is a patient mentor. He helped me to identify many pronunciation errors I was never aware of before and went through them with me over and over again until I learned the right way. What made him different was that because Duncan has studied many different languages in the past he was able to point out the speech habits that really caused my problems, which made correcting them much easier. Duncan’s teaching methods are effective and enjoyable, I highly recommend him to anybody who wants to speak English fluently.”

YT

“I can confirm that we have approved the second lot of sessions for [employee] – both he and the company are seeing benefits from his time with you. We have definitely noticed an improvement in [employee]‘s communication, in particular his verbal communication. [employee] may not have mentioned it to you, but he has also recently been promoted into his first team leader role – he presented himself very well during the recruitment process, and his communication was excellent.”

[feedback from HR manager of multinational company]

“ 正直なところ、初めはきっと日本人が一般的に苦手とされるＬやＲなどの矯正に終わるのかと思っていましたが、Duncan先生のレッスンは私の予想を良い意味で裏切ってくれました。私が今までに全く気がつかなかった発音のミスや癖を初回のレッスンで瞬時に見抜いてくれ、一番よく使うものや、矯正が簡単なものから順に取り組んでいきました。Duncan先生に指摘されてからは、周りのネイティブスピーカーの正しい発音に注目するようになり、今までスペルを聞かれていた道や人の名前が減ったような気がします。
私は小さい子供がいるワーキングマザーで使える時間も限られていたので、場所や時間がフレキシブルなこともすごく助かりました。
レッスンで得た気づきを生活の中で復習することが重要なので、そのコミットメントができる時にレッスンを受けると最も有効だと思います。”

ST, consultant

“I found Duncan very helpful and kind and considerate towards our employee and myself. I feel that I have noticed a marked improvement but most importantly that our employee has become much more confident in his conversations with customers and peers.”

[accent modification: client with first languages Hokkien/Malay]
Jenny Ritchie, owner, Windsor Apparel

“It has been helpful to learn to correct my speaking. Before I did not know what my problem is and why sometimes people don’t understand me speaking. It has been a lot of improving for me, since I start this one on one class.”

[pronunciation training: client with first language Thai]