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Legal
and professional status
I am fully autonomous and issue estimates/ contracts, invoices, attendance
sheets and progress reports.
Professional
competence and experience
You will see from my attached CV that I am a former practising lawyer,
former law lecturer and now a business skills trainer, specialist language
teacher and voice coach. I am also a professional actor voiceover artist
and give specialist classes not only in acting, but also in voice, presentation
skills, pronunciation in English and confidence in English.
Pricing
structure
You will note that my charge out rate is one of the highest in the market.
However it is my view that at the end of the day it represents excellent
value when you take into account the complete, specialist and professional
tuition you receive and the progress you will make.
Materials
I have at my disposition an extensive library of books and audiovisual
material, but mainly use specialist courses written and developed by myself
based on the specific needs of my clients.
The price I quote is inclusive of all teaching materials, copies, files
etc, most of which are installed directly on the students’ computers.
I should be able to provide you with specific courses or vocabulary lists
on request.
Clientele
and references
Clients include both small businesses and large international corporations
and pupils include both junior consultants and top directors.
I would stress though that I only accept students who have at least an
basic level of English, both written and spoken.
Written references from course attendees are of course available on request.
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Specialist
courses taught include:
Business correspondence in English Click
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Business telephone calls
English pronunciation Click
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Voice, intonation, stress etc
Presentations and public speaking
Meetings
Sales techniques and vocabulary
English for lawyers and legal staff Click
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Acting Click
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Form
and content of classes
Most classes combine general conversation skills and fluency in English,
remedying particular mistakes arising during the course of the class and
specific teaching of a new skill or area. Role plays and exercises drive
home new skills and time is allocated each lesson to student questions.
The classes are aimed to be adapted to exactly what the students want
and need.
It is also my firm belief that classes are only helpful if they are both
informative and enjoyable. I therefore always try to strike a balance
in my classes to keep them focused and lively and interesting.
Teachers
Classes will be imparted by a combination of myself and my teaching assistants,
using a coordination of teaching done by each teacher to avoid duplication
and to achieve maximum variety and results. All teachers are of course
both native and professionals. For
teacher details click here. To apply to work for me, click
here.
Most
classes in the course will combine:
1. General conversation skills and fluency in English :
through speaking and listening; developing student confidence; encouraging
home study and broadening of horizons; remedying and correcting the particular
mistakes arising during the course of the class and where necessary spending
time examining any grammar, phonetic or other problems arising. This is
done either orally or with the help of the “Student Starter Pack”
(which is provided to all students by email or installed on their hard
drives to bring to the class on their laptop or print off on hard copy
as they prefer; or with the help of the various other written aids and
courses which I always have with me in classes on memory stick and my
teachers have on hard copy;
2.
Looking at and specific teaching of new skills and areas:
These will include the following specific courses:
Review of irregular verb;
Basic verb tenses and their use;
Verbs + to or + ing using my copywrited courses (“Student Starter
Pack”);
Optionally, also review of modal verbs and phrasal verbs using my copywrited
courses (“Student Starter Pack”);
My copywrited course on making business telephone calls and practice by
way of actual calls using the speaker phone in the classroom and the phone
boxes outside developing general and business telephone skills (“Student
Starter Pack”);
English pronunciation and phonetics course general review and particular
examination and oral correction of pronunciation problems that the particular
students have as noted by myself and my teachers by way of my copywrited
exercises (“Student Starter Pack”) and where necessary my
courses on pronunciation of the past tense ED endings; plurals and S endings
and contractions and colloquial pronunciation ;
Reading of both normal and theatrical texts to assist with voice projection,
intonation, stress, student confidence, pronunciation, expansion of both
normal and colloquial vocabulary and speech patterns and comprehension
of the regional accents I attempt (and of course for fun);
Optionally:
depending on student requirements courses and practice sessions on my
copywrited courses on presentations and public speaking, meetings, sales
techniques and vocabulary can be taught;
My copywrited course on business correspondence in English course and
examination of and writing student emails;
Specific grammar courses such as my copywrited courses on make & do,
the or no the, prepositions, phrasal verbs etc including exercises to
do in class or at home;
Role plays and exercises to drive home new skills learned
Time is allocated each lesson to student questions.
Time permitting my copywrited courses on symbols in English such as (/”-_
etc, business vocabulary etc.
Optionally, written exercises to be done at home by students and to be
brought to classes for correction and discussion;
Other source material and courses which my teachers or I feel appropriate
to develop oral and written skills vocabulary and grammar.
Adaptability
The classes are aimed to be tailored to exactly what the students want
and need and are therefore adaptable.
It is also my firm belief that classes are only helpful if they are both
informative and enjoyable. I and my teachers therefore always try to strike
a balance in my classes to keep them both focused, useful and informative
and lively and interesting.
©
Edward Olive
17/05/2008
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further details click here.
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