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Paul
- Rate R1674
- Response 8h
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Students20
Number of students Paul has accompanied since joining Superprof
Number of students Paul has accompanied since joining Superprof

R1674/h
1st lesson free
- English Oral Expression
- English Listening Comprehension
- English Articulation
- British English
As a Voice Coach & Co-Founder of English Pronunciation Roadmap, I've helped hundreds of people get clearer and more confident speaking English
- English Oral Expression
- English Listening Comprehension
- English Articulation
- British English
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Recommended
Paul is a respected tutor in our community. He is highly recommended for his commitment and the quality of his lessons. A trusted partner on your learning journey.
About Paul
- Professional full-time accent & dialect coach
- Check out the reviews from my many happy clients just below
- Coached hundreds of individuals from over 40 countries (and counting)
- Began my career teaching in 2007, and subsequently specialised in voice & pronunciation
- BA Drama Degree, including studies in Voice
- Professional 1-year mentorship with voice coach Ashley Howard MA (2013)
- Together with Ashley, I co-founded English Pronunciation Roadmap, the online learning hub for English pronunciation.
About the lesson
- Matric/GCSE
- AS Level
- A Level
- +17
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- English
Languages in which the lesson is available :
English
While my coaching is bespoke and different to every person, I take every client through a tried-and-tested, 3-stage process:
1. Get Awareness
Work on your awareness of sounds, mouth movements & language patterns first, and you'll make changes you never thought possible: ones that you failed to make before.
2. Learn Skills
You'll get tailored exercises and approaches that make you more skilled at speaking.
3. Build New Habits
Now it's simply a case of repeating plenty of examples, and doing so in different contexts.
And because you've laid the foundations properly by gaining awareness & skills, those repetitions will be 'good' repetitions: in other words, you know they are correct repetitions for the accent you want to adopt.
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More information:
My coaching gets right to the heart of the areas of your speech and communication that can be strengthened.
Depending on what’s necessary for you, we may explore how vowel & consonant sounds are made, links between spellings and sounds, pronunciation patterns & rules, intonation and much, much more.
I also take a great interest in effective learning/training strategies, so I’m happy to help you with this too.
The coaching involves listening, imitation, the development of physical, visual and auditory awareness, learning of patterns, repetition and integration of new habits into live speech.
Reviews
All the reviews collected from students are verified by our team. They are therefore reliable and correspond to a real experience with Paul.
Perfect! Paul is a structured coach, friendly and honest. Paul mindfulness and techniques give me confident in his methodology to upscale my pronunciation and accent.
- Nice to meet you Faleh, I appreciate all the preparation you did for our first session, which made things go really smoothly. Speak soonPaul's response :
Perfect! I've enojyed my lesson with Paul, he speaks very glearly and he has a calmness and friendliness that was very nice during our session.
- Theo was great in our intro session and quickly understood the concepts I laid out for him.Paul's response :
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Recommendations
Recommendations are written by the tutor's friends, family, and acquaintances.
The learning experience is brilliant with a structured, supported and organised learning plan.
I've been working with Paul for nearly six months - since June 2024 - when I had an initial session with him to help me improve my communication. I found him online and completed his online enquiry form. He got in touch with me within 24hrs with details on all the tutoring options available. All payments were made in full in advance and he has not missed any sessions. I have found him to be reliable, professional and painstakingly detailed in his sessions.
I started working with Paul to improve my pronunciation, and I was incredibly self-conscious when we began. However, step by step, Paul helped me build not only my confidence in speaking English but also significantly improved my pronunciation—a task I thought was nearly impossible, especially at my age. Paul is a trustworthy tutor because he is not only passionate about teaching but also open-minded and adaptable in his approach. I highly recommend him to anyone looking to improve their English skills!
I am delighted to highly recommend Paul to anyone looking to elevate their English pronunciation skills. When I first met Paul, I wasn’t sure what to expect, as I had never worked one-on-one to improve my pronunciation before. However, our very first session proved to be invaluable. It quickly became clear that this course was about much more than simply repeating words like a parrot.
With his extensive experience and innovative techniques, Paul is more than just a great teacher—he’s like a voice therapist. I truly appreciate how he tailors the curriculum to my specific needs and considers the influence of my native language habits. Particularly remarkable are his clear and practical explanations of how to pronounce certain sounds that once felt completely unrecognizable to me.
Overall, working with Paul has been an exceptional experience, both in terms of his teaching and his warm, approachable personality.
GuillemPaul combines expertise with a commitment to his students’ growth. He provides constructive feedback. His reliability and encouraging teaching style make every session productive and enjoyable. I improved my pronunciation a lot.
Paul is an excellent trainer who helped me to get rid of my American English pronounciation, which I had acquired over many years by working for a US enterprise.
The nuances of British English are very subtle - Paul was very efficient telling me, what to change.
The method he uses is very advanced and a lot of material is provided to practice pronounciation.
I was coached by Paul for a couple of months. My goal was to reduce my French accent, having lived in the UK for a few years already.
I found Paul to be an excellent teacher. He listened carefully, highlighting accent problems I did not realise I had, and offering specific exercises to tackle them. The program was nicely structured, too. And Paul was a pleasure to work with. I will probably go for a refresher course down the line.I highly recommend Paul as an teacher; he is calm, patient, methodical and doesn't make you feel like a complete idiot. Stop thinking, just book him.
Working with Paul has really helped me. He tailored every session to address my specific needs, focusing on the sounds and intonations that were most challenging for me.
His dedication to my improvement was clear from the start. His encouragement kept me motivated, and I noticed significant changes in my clarity and confidence within just a few weeks.
I strongly recommend Paul’s services to anyone seeking an accent reduction coach who is not only highly skilled but also genuinely invested in his clients' success.
I started working with Paul almost 9 months ago. Our session is something I am always looking forard during the week despite my heavy schedule. Working with Paul is so much more than just improving your spoken English or mastering a proper British accent, which was my initial goal. It’s about learning to use your voice as an instrument—becoming more expressive, confident, and reconnecting with yourself as a speaker. Paul has a unique method of bringing out the very best in you, highlighting the many facets of your potential and encouraging you to explore them fully. He doesn’t just teach pronunciation; he transforms the way you engage with sounds, syllables, and words, helping you rediscover yourself as a speaker and a storyteller.
Working with Paul Baston has been a transformative experience. His guidance in improving my pronunciation has significantly boosted my confidence and had a direct impact on my career progression. I now feel more self-assured in professional settings and communicate much more clearly.
Paul has a unique ability to make lessons engaging and tailored to my needs, always providing constructive feedback in a supportive manner. He’s patient, encouraging, and incredibly knowledgeable, which made the entire learning process enjoyable and effective.
If you’re looking to enhance your pronunciation and confidence, I highly recommend him!The one thing I appreciate most is that I really hadn't hoped that dropping the accent (or at least sounding more fluent) was in my reach at all.
The most noticeable side-effect after taking the course has been that the second question when talking to a new person isn't "where are you from?" anymore, which, trust me, can get quite repetitive.
Paul had everything ready for fast and efficient lessons and it was as effective as it was fun.After a few sessions with Paul, I can say that his knowledge and enthusiasm are infectious.
Paul adapts every session to my needs, being able to pick up on any pronunciation and intonation mistake with his brilliant auditory skills. He gives supportive and deeply insightful feedback and he provides me with extremely helpful as well as unique tips on how to improve my pronunciation.
Above all, he makes working with him enjoyable.”
Having trained with Paul to improve my English pronunciation over the course of a year I can surely say the man is brilliant. He is passionate about language and accent, extremely detailed and professional in his approach and always helped me keep my motivation high. He made me feel very good about what I already knew and curious about the road ahead. He is not just a very good teacher but also an extremely compassionate human being. Thank you, Paul!
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Rates
Rate
- R1674
Package rates
- 5h: R8371
- 10h: R16743
online
- R1674/h
free lesson
The free first lesson with Paul allows you to get to know the tutor and discuss your needs and expectations.
- 30min
Details
My current fees are just below.
Right now I'm offering a 10% discount if you make payment within 48h of our free 30min session.
– Course Of 6:£375 (£337.50 discounted)
– Course of 12: £685 (£616.50 discounted)
– Single Session: £59.90
For a course of 6 or 12, the first session is 60mins and subsequent sessions are 45mins in length.
Both course options include a digital copy of Ashley Howard's English Pronunciation Roadmap eBook, accompanied by 12+ hours of practice audio.
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