- Welcome to SpeakEasy! PRO Academy
New Era
in Universally Understood
English Pronunciation Learning
SPEAKEASY!
On a Global Mission
Cindy is on a mission to advance world-class English pronunciation training to scalable global access.
As the founder of SpeakEasy! PRO, she leads a team driven to unlock new voices – empowering multilingual professionals to be understood at their full level of competence in today’s interconnected world.
Together, we aim to close equity gaps in workforce readiness, strengthen families’ economic well-being, and expand participation in humanity’s most vital discussions.
To achieve this, we deliver the world’s first globally accessible, AI-enabled English pronunciation micro-courses tailored to each learner’s native language and enriched by optional live instruction from Speech-Language Pathologists.
Together, we help every learner speak clear, natural, and universally understood American English.
Why Pronunciation Training Matters
Clear, confident English pronunciation is key to trust in understanding.
There are over 8 billion people worldwide, and more than 2 billion are non-native English speakers.
Only 400 million are native speakers.
More than 80% of the world’s 15 million ESL teachers are themselves non-native speakers.
With heavy demands on ESL teachers to cover comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, reading, and writing, pronunciation often gets the least attention. As a result, learners and listeners miss out on the gateway to clear communication, the skill that makes knowledge and ideas understood the first time.
Every learner’s path is different, but most encounter real effort and discomfort along the way.
If learners could already hear the difference in their speech, they would have changed it by now.
SpeakEasy! PRO Academy ushers in a new era of accessible, high-quality English pronunciation training, designed to help non-native speakers achieve clear, natural, and consistently understandable speech.
Now is the time for a globally accessible, affordable, and technologically robust English pronunciation training, giving multilingual talent its due place in conversations.
Our Extraordinary Approach
in a New Era of Pronunciation Training
YOUR LIFE • YOUR ENGLISH • YOUR WAY
OUR THREE DISTINCTIVE DIFFERENTIATORS
Your Life
Your Life. Access & Equity.
SpeakEasy! PRO Academy provides access to world-class pronunciation training for everyone, everywhere – building talent’s confidence, opportunity, and equity across cultures for communication that changes lives.
Your English
Your English. 49+ AI Micro-Courses.
Our AI-enabled, native-language-specific micro courses target only the sounds needed, so every minute of practice brings us closer to universally understood English that preserves the cultural voice. Train smarter, not harder.
49+ Native-Language-Specific, AI-Enabled Micro-Courses – from Amharic to Yoruba –
Targeting Each Learner’s Predicted Pronunciation Challenges
In Learning Their Global-American English Accent
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Future
Our learning mindset has us continually adding to our suite of courses. Ask us to add yours.
Your Way
Your Way. Instructor-Led by SLPs.
Learn independently, or add expert pronunciation instruction from Speech and Language Pathologists. SLPs develop a learner’s ability to speak naturally and clearly with synchronous instruction and feedback to recorded assignments in asynchronous instruction.
World's First,
LIVE Instructor-led, AI-enabled English PROnunciation Training
SpeakEasy! PRO Academy
for Universally Understood American-English Pronunciation
- Differentiators
Our Distinctive Features
Our micro-courses target both the segmental sounds and patterns of suprasegmentals.
Learn segmentals, the building blocks of speech, consonants, vowels, diphthongs, and signature American sounds; and suprasegmentals, the rhythm features such as syllable stress, linking, sound duration, word reduction, thought groups, rate, loudness, and overall naturalness in clear speech, and enhance mutual understanding.
Enjoy your first 30 days free. No risk, all reward.
A private practice space 24/7 with immediate AI-scoring guides learners to exactly what to refine.
A powerful return on time investment without the intimidation of traditional methods, creating more practice engagement, gaining confidence, and clarity.
Choose to leverage our PRO team instructors – or bring your own trusted instructor – to blend live and AI-assisted learning, accelerating results toward personal goals.
Data-driven feedback and a human touch combine to refine pronunciation step by step, building greater confidence and natural, effective communication.
Each native-language-specific micro-course guides learners through seven modules with over 425+ targeted activities and 18,000 speech stimuli.
AI feedback to practice progresses from predicting differences in sound contrasts to refining skills in simulated professional business scenarios.
Explicit written directions and a built-in glossary support every step of learning in fun phrases, idiomatic expressions, and real-life scenarios filled with target sounds.
Follow a proven schedule that builds lasting, natural pronunciation habits:
- 20 minutes of interactive AI-guided practice each day
- 40 minutes of planned mindful use of strategies in daily speaking
- 5 days a week – with no 2-day breaks
- Boost results with a PRO instructor consultation every 2 weeks
- Typical program length: 3 ½ – 4 months
Built on research in speech science, neurolinguistics, psychology, and an andragogical approach, learners build lasting speech-motor habits through a proven cycle of observe → imitate → refine.
The Discovery 7 structured approach integrates spaced learning, scaffolding, shadowing, explicit instruction, and “code breakers.”
By combining PRO instructor support, learners break through to deeper levels. Private AI-feedback to practice with an SLP instructor who knows what to listen for to progress learners toward universally understood English without erasing identity.
More Distinctive Features
🌐 Accessible & Affordable
For global learners, it means affordable access to premium pronunciation training.
For organizations, it means scalable ROI that strengthens global teams, accelerates career growth, and provides global organizational growth.
👩🏻🏫 ESL Teacher's Enrich Your Services: AI and LMS Tools
Suggest learners enroll independently and in parallel to your English program to give students focused, pronunciation practice that is AI-scored which sharpens accuracy between sessions.
Or enroll yourself as an instructor to provide video conferencing, written and audio feedback to set assignments, and access to full LMS monitoring.
Andragogical Approach
An adult learning theory centered on the idea that adults learn differently from children, emphasizing self-directed learning, their life experiences, internal motivation, and a need to know why they are learning. This approach positions the instructor as a facilitator who uses collaborative, problem-based, and real-world methods to help adults connect new knowledge to their existing experiences and immediate needs.
🎓 Suggested Minimum Reading Level to Enroll
To fully benefit from explicit written directions, it is recommended that the English reading level be 5th-7th grade or CEFR level B1 based on the Oxford Online English Reading Test.
💻 Ease of In-Course Video Conferencing
BigBlueButton is built directly into every SpeakEasy! PRO Academy course, enabling seamless 1:1 or group sessions (up to 25 participants). No external links or extra logins, just instant, inclusive access to scheduled live interactions.
👍 Efficiency: Focusing on Predicted Sound Challenges
Drawing on decades of experience and an extensive review of cross-linguistic research, we compared the sounds of American English with those of 49+ other languages. This careful analysis revealed which English sounds are missing or differ in each learner’s native language. The result? You only practice what you actually need – no guesswork, no wasted time.
📊 Automated Progress Tracking in the LMS
Built-In Analytics and Reports: Access real-time scores, grade books, transcripts, and recordings – all designed for easy monitoring of progress and staying inspired.
📊 Pre- and Post- AI-scored Screening
Pre- and Post-Elements of Speech Screening, which is AI-scored help measure pronunciation gains and guide the learning plans. Add an instructor for increased analysis.
🏆 Transcripts CEFR-scored to Track Progress
The CEFR, or Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, is an international standard for describing language ability on a six-level scale (A1–C2) to assess how proficient a person is in a language, from beginner to mastery. The framework is used for language teaching, learning, and assessment, and applies to all languages.
💪🏻 Private AI Feedback Strengthens Confidence
Research in AI versus traditional pronunciation practice indicates AI-guided practice, available 24/7, increases engagement, which expedites progress, motivates, and brings confidence.
🤝 Stay Motivated. We've Got You!
We work to keep it interesting. We have over 18,000 practice stimuli in each course to help you develop the necessary speech habit, from isolated sound targets to real-world scenarios.
🔁 Learn the Virtuous Neurolinguistic Cycle
Lessons cycle training steps: observe ➡️ imitate ➡️ refine
🥇 Focus on Sound Discrimination
If learners could hear the difference in their speech, they would have changed it by now. We’ve integrated techniques to develop advanced listening for sound discrimination and imitation of distinct feature differences.
💭 Mindful Self-Correction Plan
Learn how to bridge solo practice to real life, every day.
🎤 One-click Practice for Expert Feedback
When working with an instructor, learners can easily record speech assignments right inside the course. Just click, speak, and submit. The instructor listens and sends clear, helpful feedback to support accurate practice, accelerating progress.
🌞 Learn Strategies for a Natural Conversational Tone
Developing listener-friendly speech can increase the sense of belonging.
🧐 Focus on Signature American Sounds
We’ve isolated those smooth-sounding elements in practice lessons to enhance understanding and the ability to be understood.
💯 AI Performance Assessment in Business Scenarios
Each module concludes with a performance assessment featuring AI-scored, functional business scenarios that provide private practice for complex integration of skills.
⚛️ Learn to Communicate Complex Nuances
Discover how small changes in stress and intonation can alter meaning, contributing to breakdowns vs successful communication.
🛠️ Added Value: Enhance Grammar Skills with AI Correction Suggestions
Learn how pronunciation impacts grammar. Additionally, AI feedback suggests complex grammar repairs.
⧡ Added Value: Expand Vocabulary with Linked Glossary
The linked glossary throughout the course provides resources and explicit instructions for the accurate articulatory placement of sounds.
🧠 Added Value: Your Rewirements - Optional Deeper Dive
Extra insights for curious learners who want to explore how speech and the brain connect.
B2B Custom Programs
Schedule a Consult with Cindy to explore the enterprise partner:
- Ethical and secure implementation
- Leverage in existing workflows
- Partner in “Strike Team” mode: Test →Iterate→Scale
- Move the mission forward with the “Art of the Possible”
- Thought partnership for custom content
- Use analytics for the efficacy of learning outcomes
- Open to whatever matters most to you
- The heart of our courses
Our Amazing Technology
Poodll
- Latest Categories
Our Distinctive Features
- Poodll ReadAloud
- Poodll WordCards
- Poodll MiniLesson
- BigBlueButton
Driven by the latest global AI advancements, SpeakEasy! PRO keeps learning fresh, effective, and at the forefront of modern pronunciation and speech training.
Poodll ReadAloud
Poodll ReadAloud allows learners to record their reading and get immediate feedback on their speed and accuracy. The AI and explicit written instructions provide input on how learners observe, imitate, and refine, helping learners speak English with more confidence and clarity.
Poodll Solo
Poodll Solo offers practice in spontaneous speech, pronunciation within meaningful business scenarios seeded with a learner’s target sounds. Receive instant, detailed feedback. It’s like a tutor always available to correct grammar and help improve pronunciation in connected speech.
Poodll MiniLesson
Poodll minilessons’ explicit directions allow learners to record their reading and get immediate feedback on their speed and accuracy. The AI and explicit written instructions give input on how to observe, imitate, and refine, helping learners of English with greater confidence and clarity.
BigBlueButton
Meet with ease – right inside a course. No chasing links – the instructor joins the learner at the scheduled time, exactly where they are learning.
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