It's been a long time ...

Well I can hardly believe it's a few days short of a year since I last posted. In that time I've gained a Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults - CELTA - and since January I've been teaching at the Oxford English Academy in Cape Town, visit our website here.  For now, I'm not coaching privately although I plan to offer this again to a limited number of clients from next year. My old business website at www.learncommunication.co.za has been taken down and no longer exists.

I'm enjoying the focus on teaching English, although I've certainly been challenged on many levels in the last year.  The CELTA itself was pretty grueling, now the daily preparation of lessons and the feeling of being in unfamiliar territory and being stretched to the limits of my teaching abilities on some days is not always easy or comfortable. I've had to dig deeper and look more closely at my role as a teacher, what I want to achieve and what students need from a teacher. I've had the benefit of advice from brilliant teachers on the CELTA and now at the school where I work.  I think I'm becoming a better teacher, I hope so.

And there are other changes afoot besides a new job for me.  We've sold the house we've lived in for the last ten years and will be moving to Fish Hoek in the next month. New work and a new life at the seaside! So a new chapter begins just in time for the summer.

Thanks everyone for all the page views, I hope you found some information that was helpful. There's more to come.

WINTER SPECIAL OFFER!

COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND VOICE  COACHING SPECIAL OFFER

Once again I'm offering my fantastic WINTER SPECIAL! 

During June, July and August 2012 you get this amazing deal: for every two private lessons you pay for, you get a third lesson free. YES, FREE!

What does this mean? It means that you could benefit from three sessions for the price of two or six for the price of four and so on. It means that the expert coaching you thought would be way too expensive right now is actually affordable.

Of course, as I'm based in Cape Town you need to be here too.

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21 Reasons why working with a communication and voice coach might just be the greatest gift you give yourself in 2012

1. better voice projection lets you sound more confident
2. improved posture and physical poise lets you look confident too
3. an expressive and well-modulated voice is interesting, engaging, attractive
4. 'as we breathe so we think', if your breathing is more relaxed and more controlled so are you
5. you improve your ability to articulate ideas, explain your thinking
6. this in turn enables you to be more persuasive and more influential
7. your self-confidence improves
8. your self-esteem rises
9. you can speak up and speak out instead of remaining silent
10. so you find it easier to be more assertive
11. you contribute more socially, professionally and in your community
12. you communicate better in meetings
13. you communicate better at home
14. you communicate better in presentations and speeches
15. you speak better even when unprepared
16. you develop deeper awareness of yourself in relation to others
17. this leads you to listen more and with greater empathy
18. you find out how to be heard more clearly
19. awareness of how you communicate with yourself lets you develop more positive and encouraging self-talk
20. you learn how to deal with, and express more usefully, anger, resentment, frustration
21. you enjoy yourself more and gain more joy from your relationships!

These are just some of the ways communication coaching can help you

 ... in the meantime: good luck with your next presentation!

Andrea 

To make an appointment for coaching or to book a place on a workshop go to

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