Purpose: To improve oral communication by teaching people to acquire Global Standard English sounds more clearly and uniformly.

Established: August 1988. A division of Advanced American Technology, Inc.

Products and Services: Classes taught in Los Angeles and Tokyo, Japan. DVD Video and multimedia training packages; seminars, video streaming, and printed materials.

Current U.S. Market: Students of English as a second language, especially Japanese and other Asian, ages 17 - 45.

Other Potential Market: Native speakers with regional dialects, speech impediments or poor delivery; children; speech and hearing therapy clients, and others who need to develop better or more confident speech.

International Market: All speakers of English as a second language in Asia, Europe, Latin America

First languages of students: Japanese, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Korean, French, Farsi, Indonesian, Spanish.

Number of years classes conducted: 21Years

Current school locations: 2 schools in Los Angeles, 6 schools in Japan

References: Hummingbird method used at Interlanguage Service System USA interpreter school, Los Angeles Unified School District Newcomer Center, International School of Languages, Los Angeles Public Library, Theater of Arts Hollywood. LDS & Associates

Why is Pronunciation Important? Video Products Description Hummingbird United States Patent Educator Information, CD-ROM, VCD, DVD Project