Why Your English Speaking Isn't Improving — And How to Fix It

You've been studying English for years, but you're still not satisfied with your speaking skills. Today, I'm going to show you exactly how to fix your English speaking with a proven method and a commitment of just 25 minutes a day. Because [snorts] you've already tried to fix this problem. And what you've tried hasn't worked or hasn't worked well enough. And to be frank, at this point, you're not sure if reaching that goal is even possible. That worry, that feeling is a burden. And I'm here to take some of that burden from you. Give it to me. I know what to do with it. I want you to feel the relief of that. Of not being solely responsible for solving this problem. The problem isn't you. It's the tools you've used. Giving up on your goal of speaking better English isn't okay. You're not just looking to speak better English for the fun of it, but for the new life it's going to give you. You don't want to give up on that. I don't want you to, and you don't have to. English is the key to unlock the life you want. Let me help you find the right key to unlock English speaking fluency and the life you were meant for. I'm Rachel and I started my working life as an opera singer and a computer programmer. What that grew into, I never could have imagined, but here I am. Because of my deep connection to the voice and how the body creates the voice from opera singing, mixed with a very linear, analytical, step-by-step processing of computer programming. Because of my passion for languages, connecting with people and non-native speakers of English, all this led to the development of the method and the materials that are the key that works. The key that unlocks a natural sound, a confident sound speaking English. And when you work with me, I take half of the burden of your transformation. There are two things needed, the right method, materials, guidance, and the time put into it. Engaging with the materials, doing the training. Let me do the first part for you. Let me hold your hand and guide you through this journey of finding your best, most natural American accent. When I take responsibility for the first half, the method and materials, and you take responsibility for the second half, the commitment to time invested, it works. It works. So, this journey with me, what exactly do you have to do? You're a professional. You're busy. I've spent years developing my methods, and over 50,000 students have signed up to study with me in Rachel's English Academy. I know exactly what to ask of you to deliver the results you want. What I ask for is about 25 minutes a day. Now, can you get by with less? Yes, you can. I think every day 10 minutes. That is not much, guys. That is not much. I was thinking you might say like a half hour or an hour, but it's the consistency of doing it every day. I think you're an inspiration to a lot of students. You just sound absolutely fantastic. I appreciate that. I always think you are an inspiration for us. Thank you so much. [laughter] And I always think you guys are, cuz you're actually out there doing the work. So, you sound just amazing. Chao did, and it's possible with that daily consistency. But I still recommend you commit to about 25 minutes a day. Doing what exactly? I'll get to that in a second. First, I want to acknowledge that 25 minutes a day is not nothing. You can't just squeeze it into your day without making a plan for it. It's not going to effortlessly happen. That's true. This is where your half of the responsibility comes in. I'm taking the first half of the burden of your transformation to finally speaking English with freedom and confidence, which is the how. But you have to take responsibility for the second half, which is the when. The greatest method in the world doesn't work if you don't use it. So, how are you going to find 25 minutes a day? Here's my idea. The average adult in the US spends 2 hours and 9 minutes on social media every day. I'm asking you to give up about 20% of that time to work on your English speaking skills. You can work for 25 minutes a day on your American accent and still get 80% of your social media time. And what you get for that time, for that 25 minutes? It's a pretty good trade-off. Can you imagine a day when your spoken English is so good that you don't feel judged? When the gap between who you know you are and who people think you are because of your English speaking skills is gone. You should You should imagine that because it's possible. So, let's get into what exactly I'm asking you to do for your 25 minutes a day. When you join Rachel's English Academy, you get access to all the courses, but you start with essentials. About 5 or 6 weeks, 25 minutes a day. It starts you right away on the accent training work that will get you results. It teaches you what the accent training method is and why it works. Every day you log in, you step through one part, you don't waste any of your precious time. You know exactly where to go, and you do it. Because remember, all you have to give me is the when, the time. I'm taking care of the what, the how. The method is a mix of videos, visualization, and a ton of focused audio training. Whether your command of English is intermediate or advanced, this training is where you shed the habits of your own native language. You develop a totally new voice and sound. There are also a lot of small recording projects because getting good at listening to yourself and analyzing yourself is going to become one of your superpowers. Honestly, if you're serious about developing an American accent and skyrocketing your ability to speak English naturally, don't even watch the rest of this video. If you can commit 25 minutes a day, just go join the academy now. You can start the exercises within 5 minutes, and that's what's going to transform you, not watching this video. When you finish Essentials, you go to the daily plan. Again, you complete one part per day, but you know what? This isn't a group class. There's no getting behind. If you're unable to log in for a few days, I get it. Just get back in there as soon as you can. There's no pressure from getting lost after missing a day or two. That's exactly why your commitment has to be there. Within Essentials and the daily plan, I have challenges where I want you to not just record yourself, but record something very specific to get teacher feedback. I've played a lot with AI for voice and accent feedback, and it does some stuff well, but it really misses the mark when it comes to some of the components of sounding natural. So, with a subscription to Rachel's English Academy, you also get access to our private community where our teachers will watch your video, listen to your recording, and make a video for you specifically saying what they hear and what tweaks to make to stay on the right track. This is optional, but exceptionally valuable. And it speaks right into your 25-minute a day commitment. Now, let me be you for a minute. Okay, Rachel, this sounds great. It's fantastic that you're taking half of the burden of solving this problem of speaking better English, but how long do I have to do this? About 25 minutes a day for how many days? Great question. >> [snorts] >> I have students record a video the first day they join, and then again 6 days later after 6 days of training. Then I have them reflect on their two videos. What do you think? Is it better? They're always surprised. Yes, it sounds better, and it sounds more natural. I didn't expect that change at the at the beginning. I really noticed the difference by watching the two videos together. It really changed my confidence of speaking English. When I close my eyes and uh listen to the second video, I'm pretty sure it sounds very native. And uh that's surprising. >> [snorts] >> It is surprising, but the method is set up to give you results right away to keep you motivated to keep putting in the time. Does [snorts] it sound more American? Yeah, yes. I feel uh second video sounds more American, like more musical. It flows way better, and it feels way more natural. Yeah, definitely there's not like some huge difference, but but there's a big noticeable difference especially Not some crazy huge difference. I mean, it's only been 6 days, but a big enough difference, a noticeable difference. One that's going to make you want to keep going. Well, I'm happy to say that I do hear the difference between the first video to the second. I'm happy with the results. I welcome the feedback from the teachers. Thank you very much. It's been a great first week. Stick with the training and you will also be happy with the results. By the way, these are real students in the academy and they did give me permission to use their videos here. I'm so proud of them. Also, our teachers provide feedback on these videos. So, right in the first week you're hearing improvement and you don't have to guess if you're doing it right. A teacher is right there commenting on your post, cheering you on, and making sure that you know that improvement has happened. But, I do want you to know you're changing a physical habit. This isn't just knowledge or learning a concept with your mind and it does take time. The average length of time people spend in the academy is about 6 months. Having said that, many people stay longer. If you really put in 25 minutes a day for 6 months, you'll see fantastic improvement. And often you'll be recording yourself and comparing it to a previous recording, so you'll have a solid before and after. You'll always be able to see and hear your improvement. So, you will absolutely know you're getting better. You'll love what you hear. Though most students stay in the academy for an average of 6 months, if your goal is to sound near native, you'll probably want to keep going. If you think there are more levels of confidence that you can uncover, you're going to want to keep going. But, you'll be so motivated to do so because you'll see that it works. You'll feel it in your body. You'll hear it in your voice. A subscription to Rachel's English Academy gets you Essentials. Please start here. The Daily Plan. Please do that next. You also get 23 other courses. If you have more than 25 minutes a day and you want to keep working. For example, a course that's just analyses of scenes from movies and TV with pronunciation training to go with it. So, you can not only understand English better, but train those speech habits into your body on top of what you're doing in Essentials and the Daily Plan. You get the community and teacher feedback. You get live classes with me. I teach once a month and I love working with students from the Academy. So, you get all that, but what you really get is a partner in this. I know you've been speaking English for years and I know it's incredibly frustrating to feel like you can't fully engage with the world as yourself because of your English speaking skills. Let's make this next year be the year in which that changes. Next year, let's make your job interview, conference presentation, citizenship conversation, first day at an American university, meeting with a senior executive, court appearance as an interpreter, daily rounds feel right. Feel completely like you. Because you don't just want a better title or a higher salary, you want respect. You want to be recognized as the expert that you already are. English fluency is the missing credential that would make that recognition possible. I bring the how, the what, you bring the when, the time. Together, this problem gets solved for you once and for all. Today, I'm launching my May sale, one week, big discounts with a bonus if you sign up this first day today. 60% off, 70% off. We have various options, but you can get started for as little as $19 for your first month. And if you sign up today, you get the bonus of office hours with me in your first weeks in the Academy. I'm going to make sure you understand the path and how it will support you. To sign up, visit rachelsenglishacademy.com. Visit it now. Don't put yourself on the back burner of your life. This is a commitment, but you're worth it. Your thoughts, your ideas, your expertise, worth it. I offer a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you sign up and don't think this method is right for you, just let us know. Just request a refund and we can take care of that quickly and easily. There's no better time than now, and to be honest, I'm excited for you. I'm excited for your transformation. Please commit the time. It's the only way to make this happen. And now, I want to leave you with some words of encouragement from past and present Rachel's English Academy students. Hi, Rachel's English team. My name is Hannah. And I have been Academy member for 2 months. And I completed a intense English uh practice session with Alicia. And it will be spent 4 weeks together. And I think it's very helpful. She taught me about American English placement, the rhythm and gliding between words. And at least I think now I can um understand the native speaker easier than before. So, when I have questions, I have conf- I'm confused, I can always open the the website, open the um English Academy, Rachel's English Academy, and find out the right answer about my questions. That feels um that makes me feel safe. And I'm always happy to see my own um making progress all the time. So, thank you. Um my name is Kostas, and um I'm here at work, so I hope my boss won't see me. Um I just really wanted to share with you my experience with Rachel's English Academy. And I really think I really it really helped me. And uh I hope it will help you, too, if you do the right choice, um like I did. I signed up, and I haven't stopped since then. I haven't stopped since then, and I'm not going to stop. I'm not going to stop because Rachel and her team, they gave me hope. I would hear my voice trying to do it in American accent, and I would just start crying immediately because it would trigger me that I would never become what I want to become. I would never be able to compete with all these Australian actors that so easily can do American accent. And I would never have I would never be equal. And it really it really hurts. It really hurts. And you know, when you try so hard, and you just you don't have someone to back you up. But when I met Rachel through Rachel's English English Academy, I got her and her team to back me up. My favorite is the sound boards. You literally have thousands and thousands of phrases and words you can play say it play say it play say it. You can download it, and then you can just work out, and then play say it play say it. It's It never it never leaves you. The other thing, it's the Facebook group. It's an amazing community of people like me, where we helping each other. And then here's the great thing. You put a video on, whatever you want, and then a teacher will give you live feedback. How great is that? All in the same price, no extra cost. I love that. I'd love that. I'm going to give you the best one. Those people, Rachel and her team, they're real people. I I spoke to to Rachel through a live, um, one of her live classes she does. Um, and it was like I spoke to someone I already knew for years and years and years. And I I don't know Rachel. I know her through the video. She she's she she made me feel like family. She's real, and her people and her team are real. And that is important. I didn't feel like teacher and student. I felt like a friend towards another friend. She's professional and family at the same time, and I I I never felt this before. And that's the main reason I'm not going to leave them. Because not just I can walk in the room and be I'm here and I'm I'm going to pick up a script and I'm going to I'm going to I'm going to do American accent. I know the tools. I know what to work. I can hear my mistake and I can correct it. That's great. And the more I work hard, keep working hard, what Rachel keeps saying, I'll become I'll I'll I'll nail it one day. One day I'll just nail it. And I I'm so close to it. I know I know I'm close. And you know, that confidence becomes from uh, you know, it comes from Rachel and her team. So, if you're serious with your work, man, if you're serious that you want to really learn, and you you serious, join. And, you know, I'll see you in a at the Facebook group. And I can't wait to to learn from you and you maybe learn from me and we all going to learn from the teachers and Rachel. Um, you know, all right. Thank you so much. I I already spoke too much. I could If I could keep talking, I would keep talking. Rachel and your team, I know you guys hear me. Thank you so much. Thank you for your hard work. Thanks for everything you're doing. All right. I think I got an order. You know, act as life. I need to go and make a hamburger. All right. Thank you so much. Bye. Bye-bye. Bye-bye, guys. Hi, it's been a while I'm in this academy. This academy has really, really helped me to know the nitty-gritties of the American pronunciation. And I feel so good when people say, "Hey, are you from India? You don't have any strong accent." So, entire credit goes to Rachel, the content of this academy, and all the teachers. Their feedback really, really helped me to come to this level. And [snorts] I'm super happy because all I wanted to speak exactly like a native English speaker. Thanks. So, come join us in Rachel's English Academy. Now is the best time to sign up because of our May sale, where you can get started for as little as $19 for your first month. Or go big on your commitment and get lifetime access. Students with lifetime access get free updates for life, no subscription. Join today. I can't wait to see you in the academy.