Written diagnostic report
You speak English every day. You’re good at it.
But every so often someone asks you to repeat yourself, or pauses before they answer.
Nobody corrects you. Yet you can feel your listener working harder than they should to follow you - caught up in how you're speaking, rather than hearing what you're saying.
I’ll show you why and the three things to work on first.
You speak English every day. You’re good at it.
You speak English every day. You’re good at it.
£75 - founding rate for my first three clients. After that it’s £95.
For professional women from Japan, B2-C1. Written, private, no live call.
What this sounds like when it works
“Recently, I had an interview with a native English speaker, and at the end she asked me, ‘Why is your English so clear? Did you spend a long time in the UK?’ That moment made me so proud ...”
This is about clarity, not a perfect accent. Your listener shouldn't have to work hard to follow you - they should just be listening.
Pronunciation with Ellie seeks to lessen cognitive load so your ideas are fully understood, with nothing getting in their way.
“Before ... I didn’t really know which specific sounds I was mispronouncing. Now, I can clearly recognise my recurring mistakes and understand why they happen.”
What you get
Two recordings, one report ...
a clear picture of what's making your listener work harder than they need to.
Two recordings, one report ... a clear picture of what's making your listener work harder than they need to.
You send me two short recordings - a passage from a classic English novel read aloud, and ninety seconds of natural speech. I listen to them and run them through a transcription programme. Then you get a report covering three things:
An intelligibility score - what percentage of the words you've spoken are picked up accurately by the software.
The three patterns creating the most friction for your listener.
What to work on first - and exactly how you can make a change.
It's two to three pages, it's written, it's private and it's yours to keep. No video call, no subscription, no ongoing commitment.
How it works
You reserve your place and I send you a short passage to read plus simple recording instructions.
You also record 90 seconds of natural speech, telling me briefly about your day.
You record on your phone in a quiet room - a voice memo is fine - and send both recordings back via a secure link. A few minutes, and your part is done.
Usually within five working days, your report arrives.
Why this report tells you what an app can’t
An app gives you a score and a set of generic drills. What it can't do is listen to you and tell you which of your sounds is costing you clarity, or why. That diagnosis - specific to your speech, not to learners in general - is what this is for.
I studied Classics at Cambridge, where studying Latin and Greek is really a training in taking language apart. Later, teaching yoga led to work with Olympic athletes, including rowers who won gold at London 2012. That work was about precision: watching a body, finding the one small thing creating friction and helping them adjust. Pronunciation is the same - physical, specific, learnable. When I listen, I hear where your tongue is placed, how the air moves, what your mouth is doing, and I tell you in words you can use.
The score comes from a simple speech recogniser that runs on my machine, and its mistakes show where a real listener would lose you. Native speakers of modern RP score around 99% using this method. You'll see your own number and the main sounds you could work on.
Who it’s for
Professional women from Japan, working in English, at B2 to C1 level (roughly IELTS 7+). If you can contribute to a meeting but still feel the friction, this is for you.
For many of my clients, the frustration is the distance between the English they already have and how clearly it lands when it matters. Most of them already speak excellent English. If you've reached the ceiling of apps and YouTube and still can't name what's wrong, no tool can diagnose the cause of an error. A person can.
And whether the pressure is daily now or a role you're preparing for, the gap is easier to close before you join a new team.
Price
£75 - founding rate, for the first three clients. After that it's £95.
I write each report by hand and on my own, so I take three at a time and each one gets my full attention. This founding rate exists while I build my first case studies.
Questions
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Almost certainly for you. Most of my clients are B2 to C1 and already speak excellent English - this isn't about fixing "bad" pronunciation. It's about the small things that make a listener work harder than they should, the gap between how well you speak and how clearly it lands.
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Most clients can feel that something is off but can't name it - that is exactly what the report does. It names the specific sounds and patterns costing you clarity, why they happen and what to do about them. You won't get a generic checklist; you'll get your own. And if I listen and your English genuinely needs nothing, I'll tell you that too.
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An app gives you a score and a set of generic drills. What it can't do is listen to you and tell you which of your sounds is the one costing you clarity, or why. A person can. That diagnosis, specific to your speech rather than to learners in general, is the whole point of the report.
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Then you're exactly the right kind of client, and now is the right time. It's far easier to close a small gap before it's on show - in a new role, an interview, a presentation - than once the pressure is on. The report tells you what to work on while there's no urgency to.
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Act on it. Each pattern comes with what's happening, why it matters and a practical way to work on it, in plain words rather than phonetics jargon. It's yours to keep, and it's written so you can use it on your own or as the groundwork for the live sessions when they open.
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That's normal, and it tends to pass the moment you start. The recording is data, not a performance - I'm listening for patterns, not judging you. It stays between the two of us and is never shared.
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No. It's entirely private and entirely asynchronous - you record in your own time, I work in mine, and the report comes to you in writing. Nothing happens in front of anyone.
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Very little, and no - there's no call. You record two short pieces on your phone, which takes a few minutes, and your part is done. I do the rest and send you the report, usually within five working days.
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You upload your two recordings through the secure, encrypted link I send you (I use pCloud, a GDPR-compliant Swiss provider). I download them onto my own computer, and that is where they stay. I listen to them myself and transcribe them with software that runs on my own machine, so your voice is never sent to any AI. To help me write up my notes, I may pass the text transcript through an AI assistant, so it's best to keep the 90 seconds to everyday things. I delete your recordings six months after your report. The full detail is in the privacy policy.
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It often can be. Corporate language and communication training is commonly covered as professional development at many employers, so it's worth asking yours.
Stripe emails you a receipt straight away, and if your company needs an invoice in its name, just let me know.
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Yes. £75 is a founding rate for my first three clients, while I build my first case studies. After that it’s £95.
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Live work is coming - I'm building it now, hands-on teaching that takes the report further. The report is the place to start, and you'll be first to hear when the live work opens.
£75 for the first three clients, then £95. Two recordings, one report, a clear picture.
Just between you and me: your recordings come to me through an encrypted upload, they're never shared and I delete them after six months.
What comes next
This report is where it starts. I'm building the teaching that comes next - live, hands-on work for the people who want to take it further. It isn't open yet, but if you're interested, you'll be first to hear when it is.