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Welcome our American English Professional Communication Skills Group in Portland Oregon!

Our Group 

American English Professional Communication Skills Portland Oregon is a social and educational group started by Darren J. Packard M.S., CCC/SLP, a nationally certified speech-language pathologist specializing in accent modification and business communication training.

Group Topics

Topics will include training to improve your ability to give presentations, including your speech rate and speech volume when presenting, your American English pronunciation, and practice presenting;  skills for participating in meetings, including how to agree and disagree, argue, give your opinion, interrupt, give a proposal, ask questions, persuade, compromise, use correct intonation, and use good pronunciation, speech rate, and volume; and with interviewing and how to use intonation, body language, prepare for your interview, and practice interviewing. We'll also learn about the language used in business settings, including idioms. Overall - anything that will improve how you communicate in professional situations! 

Our Group Members 

Group members are persons from throughout the world who speak English as a non-native language. Members are usually professionals or students who have adequate use of the English language (reading, writing, and understanding) but would like to improve how they speak and communicate using American English. We are a fun and welcoming group that likes to have a good time while learning how to speak more effectively and with confidence!

Our Events 

We have events every month. Most of our events are free (although I do ask for donations to support the group) or at a minimal cost. One of our most popular events is a monthly seminar. In this event, we socialize before participating in a 1.5-hour-long training in areas such as how to better participate in meetings, give presentations, interview, talk with customers - anything that improves how you speak! The content of the free seminars is exactly the same that is provided in the accent modification training courses I provide for companies, classes, individual students, and universities – only it is free for group members! 

Group Leader 

I'm Darren J. Packard, MS, CCC/SLP a speech-language pathologist who specializes in accent modification and communication training. I'm an active member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and an Oregon licensed Speech-Language Pathologist. I have over 20,000 hours and 18 years of experience training people in accent modification and communication skills. I've been on faculty as an adjunct lecturer at Portland State University, am currently an adjunct faculty for Portland Community College, and have taught classes for Pacific University.  Feel free to view my work and educational history and experience on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenpackard/

Packard Communications Private Training Courses 

Through my company Packard Communications I provide comprehensive communication evaluations (including your pronunciation and melody), "Small, Intensive Accent Modification Classes," 1:1 accent modification training, and online training throughout the world. To find out more please visit my website: https://packardcommunications.com/ 

Facebook and Twitter

I frequently post information about new classes and resources that are extremely helpful to non-native English speakers who would like to improve their communication skills. Follow me on Facebook and Twitter for more information: https://www.facebook.com/PackardCommunications/ https://twitter.com/PackardCommun

Free American English Pronunciation Accent Modification Group Portland Oregon

I also have a Meetup.com group dedicated to improving the pronunciation and intonation skills of non-native English speakers. We have free monthly training sessions focused on improving your pronunciation of American English vowels and consonants, learning little-known rules of pronunciation used in conversation, and improving your stress and pitch use (intonation or melody) in words and sentences. For more information or to join this group go to https://4142298.xyz/Pronunciation-Portland-Accent-Reduction-Group/

YouTube American English Pronunciation Video Channel "Sounds American"

In addition to all the above (whew!) I also have a Youtube channel, where you can find excellent videos with detailed instructions and visuals to learn to better "hear" and pronounce most of the sounds in American English. The channel is called "Sounds American" and I write and record the videos. Check them out! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-MSYk9R94F3TMuKAnQ7dDg

Contact Me

Have questions? Please feel free, I'm always happy to help!

Darren J. Packard, M.S., CCC/SLP. Packard Communications. 503-201-3008. [email protected] www.packardcommunications.com 1815 SW Marlow Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97225

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