👉 Looking to transform your accent/pronunciation? I'm currently offering a Free 30-Min Session to all new clients.
Find Clarity & Confidence In Your Speech
My name is Paul Baston. I’m an experienced voice, accent & communication coach.
I can help you transform your speech and communication – whether English is your 1st or your 3rd language; whether you're a professional actor or a business.
Use this site to learn about my background and my approach. Browse deeper and you'll find resources and tools: these are designed to trigger 'aha!' moments and to give you a solid start on your unique journey.
Then, once you’re ready, you can reach out for some personal coaching:
I highly recommend Paul as a teacher; he is calm, patient, methodical and doesn't make you feel like a complete idiot.
Stop thinking, just book him.
Take a Journey
unique to you...
On your journey, you might choose to transform your accent
(working on pronunciation, rhythm & stress).
... or you may wish to gain confidence speaking in public
and rediscover your voice along the journey.
Indeed, we can work on a combination of these things (and more!)
Select a journey to explore:
The Accent Journey:
Improve Your Pronunciation, Rhythm & Stress
The Storyteller Journey:
Communication and Public Speaking
The Accent Journey:
Improve Your Pronunciation, Rhythm & Stress
For over 10 years, I’ve helped hundreds of people from dozens of countries speak more clearly and confidently in English.
If you’re like any of these people, you might need help with things like:
– People constantly ask ‘Where are you from’ or ‘What did you say?’
– Confusion with English spellings and pronunciation
– Overcoming a flat, monotone rhythm of speech so you can communicate naturally and express yourself dynamically
– You want to change your accent (you don’t feel like it reflects who you are)
If that sounds like you, read on ...
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DOLORES | CHEMIST, R&D MANAGER (SPANISH)
“... had a direct impact on my career progression”
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!
I’ve been helping people work on their accents since 2014.
I co-founded the learning platform English Pronunciation Roadmap, whose YouTube channel has grown to 80k+ subscribers.
Here we designed and delivered hundreds of training videos, many months of regular group calls, written materials, online pronunciation tools and more.
It’s given me a breadth and depth of experience that has fed into the 1-to-1 coaching I continue to this day.
Everyone is unique, but most people I work with can address their accent challenges in 3 stages: Awareness, Learning Skills and Building Habits.
1. Get Awareness
Firstly, a full assessment gives me awareness of what areas are holding back your clarity and confidence most. My first job for each of these topics is to give you awareness.
Work on this first, and you'll make changes you never thought possible: ones that you failed to make before.
Sound awareness trains your ear to recognise sounds that you previously failed to distinguish
Physical awareness give you finer mastery over your speech instrument, especially lips, tongue and vocal folds.
Pattern awareness lets you work on multiple words at once, supercharging your progress.
2. Learn Skills
I give patient, continued feedback so you can keep on track.
You'll get tailored exercises and approaches that make you more skilled at speaking.
Gradually you'll be skilled enough to understand, hear and perform the new sound or pattern without my help.
3. Build New Habits
Now it's simply a case of repeating plenty of examples, and doing so in different contexts. This will feel conscious at the start, but then you start creating new unconscious habits.
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.
Of course the best way to understand anything is to try it out for yourself.
Right now, I'm offering a Free 30-Minute Session to all new clients who are serious about 1-to-1 coaching.
Read more about this, along with my fees, approach and client reviews, on the page below:
The Storyteller's Journey:
Communication and public speaking
– Have you ever felt held back by how your voice sounds?
– Do you feel uncomfortable speaking in public?
– Does your confidence suffer when speaking in high-pressure situations?
I can introduce you to a toolkit of skills and approaches you can use to:
– Speak up with confidence in meetings & conferences, so you can freely express your point of view
– Structure and present a great speech, and learn how to improvise (feel confident speaking to a crowd, no matter the context)
– Make meaningful changes in your speech and delivery that feel 100% authentic to you.
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KOSTAS | C-SUITE EXEC, ADVERTISING (GREEK)
“Rediscover yourself as a speaker and a storyteller”
Working with Paul is so much more than just improving your spoken English ... 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 transforms the way you engage with sounds, syllables, and words, helping you rediscover yourself as a speaker and a storyteller.
Perhaps you have an event coming up like a keynote address, or a wedding speech ...
… or perhaps you simply want to break through a daily communication block
Get in touch now, and we’ll make a plan together to move forward:
More praise from my clients:
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!
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Tania ● Project Manager, Ukrainian
I recommend coaching provided by Paul who is as patient and flexible as possible. Paul is an open-minded, enthusiastic and helpful teacher / coach, which is really important when you are learning a foreign language, especially pronunciation.
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Dagmara ● Polish speaker
The reading material is a great combination of factual information, imaginative presentation and practical application.
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.
Also, 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.
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Katja K ● Teacher (German)
I took the Essentials Accent Reduction course taught by Paul. I thoroughly enjoyed the course. Paul noted my accent problems and tailored the course to suit my needs. He was very easy to work with, friendly, easy to talk to, patient and punctual. The course materials are also excellent. The British English Pronunciation Roadmap ebook and the accompanying audio files are superb. They give me a reference from which to judge my pronunciation.
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YT ● Cantonese native speaker
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GUILLEM | TEACHER (SPANISH)
“...sounds that once felt completely unrecognisable to me”
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 unrecognisable to me.
Overall, working with Paul has been an exceptional experience, both in terms of his teaching and his warm, approachable personality.
I have always loved the sound of English and dedicated a lot of time to improve my accent. My aim is to render my accent indistinguishable from that of a native speaker of English.
Paul has helped me tremendously, guiding me gently and picking up even the the most subtle mistakes in my pronunciation.
The course structure and materials provided (book and hours of high-quality audio) are excellent and Paul knew well how to tailor the lessons to my specific needs and wishes.
I always felt very well looked after and highly entertained. It was hard work and great fun at the same time, thanks!
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Alex Langenbach ● Teacher & Musican, German
Paul is a great coach. He's been very professional and supportive.
During my study he has carefully assessed my level of knowledge and developed the course structure based on the gaps that I had. He has showed great enthusiasm to help (me) and was ready to explain every little detail of the course.
Now I have a much better understanding of the English language and I'm interested to book another 10 lessons with Paul for advanced training.
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Anton Tischen ● Russian speaker
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.
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Eric ● French speaker
Paul is an excellent trainer who helped me to get rid of my American English pronunciation, 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 pronunciation.
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Heinz ● German speaker (Austria)
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TOMS BAUGIS | SOFTWARE PROGRAMMER (LATVIAN)
“the second question isn't 'where are you from?' anymore...”
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.
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.
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Kamal ● English & Yoruba speaker
Paul 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.
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Margarita ● Interpreter (Uzbek)
I just wanted to say that every and each one of the sessions we had went a long way towards to reducing my accent and becoming a more fluent, more confident speaker of English.
Likewise, all reference materials in the dossier, were, are, and will be extremely useful ... I'm very thankful for everything he taught me.
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Marcos Gómez ● Actor (Spanish)
I have been using Paul's coaching for almost three years. The reason for this was to improve myself both professionally and personally.
As a language professional working in education, I would like to be able to offer a high level of teaching in various areas, including standard pronunciation, in this case of BE.
Our coaching sessions have helped me to develop and improve my overall diction and to become more confident in public speaking.
I would highly recommend Paul's coaching to anyone and everyone who wants to speak clearly, confidently and competently.
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Natalie ● Language Teacher (Russian & German)
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JT | NATIVE ENGLISH ACCENT & COMMUNICATION CLIENT
“Professional and Dedicated Voice Coach”
Since my initial stages of working with Paul, he has proved to be an absolute professional with endless knowledge and expertise. He has a keen sense of identifying the specific needs of his clients. It’s an absolute pleasure to work with Paul. Highly recommended!