Communication and specific needs
Working with professionals from a range of backgrounds and nationalities, I focus primarily on their general communication needs at work. I have also helped middle managers and senior executives at
multinational companies with their specific needs, such as giving presentations and handling negotiations. My role is to help
these professionals to communicate as effectively and confidently as they can, whether their target audiences are first-language English speakers or not.
When dealing with requests of a more specific nature, such as
presentations at meetings with shareholders or subsidiary counterparts, I see myself as a language coach, rather than a mere teacher. In these English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
lessons, it is the client who usually provides specialist knowledge and
lesson material. My role is to guide these professionals towards
reaching their own decisions with my language support.