Useful links

This page will be updated regularly with new links, so feel free to check back from time to time.

English pronunciation coaching

American English

Christi Barb – Adastraspeech

Christi is American and based in the United States.
She is trained in speech-language pathology and offers online accent modification services in American English.
https://www.adastraspeech.com 

Every week, she publishes new videos to practise pronouncing words in isolation and in context, as well as sentences with correct intonation.
https://www.youtube.com/@ADASTRASPEECH 

Rebecca Gausnell, Voice & Dialect

Rebecca is American and based in France.
Her specialties include voice, dialogue, and dialect coaching for both non-native and native English-speaking actors.
Her blog is a treasure trove of information on English-language accents.
https://www.gausnell.com/

British English

Sonya Ross – Vocal Choice

Sonya is a British vocal coach specialising in public speaking and English pronunciation.
She speaks very good French and offers both in-person and online coaching.
https://www.vocalchoice.co.uk/

Eisha Karol – PronounceMe

Eisha is British, based in Oxford, and provides tailored pronunciation-focused coaching designed to support effective communication for executives expatriated in the UK. She also speaks Italian.

https://www.pronounceme.co.uk/

Vocal coaching

In French

Ophélia Blayac – Vocalités (Nantes)

Ophélia offers singing lessons and vocal coaching for theatre and public speaking (in French) in Nantes.
She works with amateur and professional singers, actors, and professionals.

https://vocalites.fr/ 

Isaure de Broissia – i2B Coaching (Reims et Paris)

Individual and team coaching, public speaking in French.

https://www.i2b-coaching.fr/

Communication coaching (in French)

Sophie Dussart – Speech Coaching (Belgium)

Sophie is an actress and drama teacher. She provides coaching and training in political communication, media training, pitching, public speaking, and professional video presentations.

Her short video capsules are full of practical advice on articulation, stage fright, breathing, and more.

https://www.speechcoaching.be/videos

 

Professional coaching

Béatrice Tiberghien (Grenoble)
Performance coaching, skills assessments in French, English and Spanish.

https://bt-coaching.fr/

French as a foreign language teachers

Sandra Ellero

Sandra offers French lessons, DELF/DALF preparation, and hosts the podcast Français pour curieux. Sandra also speaks Italian and Spanish.

https://franitas.com/

Translators

Jane Eggers
Translation from German into English.
Specialised in IT (among other fields).

https://jane-eggers-translations.de/en/ 

Keith Baddeley
Translation from French and Spanish into English.
Specialised in cybersecurity.
https://keithbaddeley.com/

Philippa Hammond
Translation from French, Spanish, and Portuguese into English.
Editing and revision of English-language documents.

https://www.philippahammond.net/

Stephen Schwanbeck
Certified translation from French into English.
Technical, medical, and legal fields.
https://www.traducteur-francais-anglais.com/

Phonetics

La phonétique en jouant

A wealth of resources for working on and teaching French phonetics.
https://la-phonetiqueenjouant.blog4ever.com/