Barringer Consultants provides personalized, professional, experienced, confidential speech and language services. These services are specialy tailored to each client's needs, goals, and learning styles. Our services can help reduce your company or personal costs due to mismanagement of time and both capital and human resources due to the effects of miscommunication.

Barringer Consultants also provides personalized training to improve media and presentation speaking skills, interpersonal communications, and accent reduction or modification to enhance your career and/or personal life.

You and your employees can benefit from customized assessment, instruction, and training, which focuses on the area of interest of each client: from specialized language instruction in aviation communications for pilots and personnel who are non-native speakers of English, to improved diction and performance for voice-over talent, to executive English programs for multinational business communications.

1. Accent Reduction/Modification – International accents or regional dialects can be refined to a more universal accent or standard American English.

Everyone speaks with an accent, even native English speakers. However, in the United States, the most universally accepted and understood accent is referred to as Standard American English. Some regional dialects, as well as foreign accents, interfere with accurate communication and may cause difficulties in interpersonal and business situations. This course focuses on the client learning standard American English pronunciation and intonation to improve intelligibility.

2. Corporate Executive English Training – Advanced English language training for American executives as well as Internationals with emphasis on grammar, vocabulary development, syntax, and diction.

Everyone needs a coach once in a while. This is an advanced English course for professionals, executives, business people, or individuals interested in personal development or advancing in their careers. Focus is on learning and applying grammar in both written and spoken situations, learning strategies for vocabulary development and complex sentence structures, and improving diction in spoken English.

3. Vocal Coaching for Actors, Voice-Overs, and Talent – Training in the use of the voice for optimum performance for professional voice-users: speakers, actors, teachers, media and voice-over talent, salespeople, etc.

Although targeting the professional voice user, this course is equally applicable for anyone interested in improving the sound and use of his or her speaking voice. The client will learn strategies for improving vocal performance through increased knowledge of the vocal mechanism, various breathing techniques, vocal hygiene methods, aspects of vocal vitality and quality, and techniques to improve the voice across all parameters.

4. Plane English™ – Specialized communications training for aviation professionals: private or commercial pilots, air traffic controllers, mechanics, and all aviation personnel.

Communications in aviation relies on the use of Standard Aviation Terminology. Both the pilot and the air traffic controller need to share the same information. Communication breakdowns, which can lead to unsafe situations and accidents, can occur due to a variety of factors including message length, speech rate, pronunciation, intonation, and the use of non-standard phraseology. This is a specialized course of study for professionals, or students, to improve communication effectiveness and aviation safety.

5. Educational Seminars – Communications seminars and workshops are available in half-day, one-day, or two-day formats, in any training category: Executive English, Accent Reduction, Media Presentation, Aviation Communications, etc.

Communications training seminars, interactive workshops, and individual presentations can be organized either on- or off-site and in a variety of formats to suit the client’s and company’s specific requirements.

6. Media Presentation Training – Learn professional skills to present the appropriate image in front of the television camera, on stage, on video, or even in court.

Everyone may have 15 minutes of fame, so one should be prepared. Depending on the format, the client will be trained to appear and sound capable and effective to present the desired image in front of the camera, or other discerning media. Some of these professional techniques are specific for television or video, while others may be used on stage or in live presentations.

7. Cross-Cultural Training – Improving communications and understanding across cultural as well as gender lines can affect the bottom line.

Every culture has values that are similar to every other culture. It is the demonstration and interpretation of these values that can cause some misunderstandings. Clients learn how to understand and respect another’s cultural values without losing the sense of their own.

8. Listening Skills – Learn active listening skills, a vital component of communication, including non-verbal communication, vocal dynamics, and paralanguage.

Listening skills are the frequently overlooked component of communication. Often it is within this area that major miscommunications occur. Learn techniques and strategies to improve your active listening skills so that communication becomes much more effective with increased comprehension and interpretation of the verbal and non-verbal messages sent by both speaker and listener.

9. Public Speaking – Develop expertise and confidence in speaking before any group, large or small.

Speaking in public, whether before a small group of one’s co-workers or a large anonymous audience, is a frequent occurrence in business. Speaking in public is also a terrifying experience for many people. Learning how to maintain composure, demonstrate confidence and speak effectively are skills that can be developed in anyone.

10. Writing Skills – Improve written communication skills for emails, reports, business letters, theses, dissertations, presentations, etc.

Effective communications, in business, medicine, or academics, relies on the written word. It is important to present a total intelligent image of oneself in whether writing emails, inter-office memos, or reports. This intensive course targets vocabulary development, grammar usage, structure and organization of ideas, and editing for clarity.