Welcome!

My name's Christi Barb and I'm happy to have you join my group and I look forward to meeting you. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

How it works:
I'll have a Google spreadsheet open and will share my screen on Zoom.

I'll ask everyone what group of words, phrases, greetings, expressions, or sentences they'd like to practice. What is useful in your daily speaking?

We practice those phrases and sentences and you can choose how much or how little you want to participate. I will never ask someone to speak, I always wait for people to speak when they want to.

After each Meetup, I record myself pronouncing the phrases we practiced together and post it on my YouTube channel and also post the link in the discussion section of that day's event. https://www.youtube.com/adastraspeech

About me:
I'm a professional speech coach with a PhD in Speech-Language Pathology. I combined that with teaching English as a second language and specialized in helping people with speaking American English clearly. I love what I do and started these Meetups online as a way to help more people from everywhere in the world.

My website: https://www.adastraspeech.com/

Free newsletter about Accent Modification: https://www.adastraspeech-newsletter.com/

Weekly practice by email membership, "The Speech Habit":
https://www.adastraspeech.com/the-speech-habit

If you'd like to learn more about Accent Modification, access free practice resources, visit:
https://adastraspeechonline.thinkific.com

I also have a Meetup group about American English Pronunciation. This is for pronunciation of individual words instead of groups of words and sentences. It meets on Tuesdays at 1:00pm (US Eastern time).
https://www.meetup.com/American-English-Pronunciation-Q-A

I look forward to hearing you!
Christi

American English Intonation

Events

September 2026