Female & Unique

A COURSE ON ORAL SKILLS WITH FEMALE EMPOWERING TOPICS

Level: B2+

The type of course you will not want to miss if you are a woman.

Based on a variety of female empowering stories and songs our course will not only help you improve your advanced oral skills but also embrace you with positive, female energy.

Do you want your female voice sound better in English?

Dive into the sounds, the stress, the rhythm, and the intonation of the female voices of our century!

And by doing so, find your own female voice.

«It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.»

Madeleine Albright

What this course will give you:

A unique guide on how to work oral skills at an advanced level: how to start and develop a discussion, persuade, convince, debate, argue or build a review.

A working knowledge of pronunciation: mainly stress, rhythm and intonation in connected speech.

A practical guide on articulation problems for Spanish, Catalan, or French speakers, and how to overcome them.

Extended practice of key vocabulary and slang from the texts, audios, and videos.

Guided reading from contemporary female writers.

Guided practical and individual speaking tasks to work on your pronunciation 1:1.

Detailed feedback on your group speaking tasks.

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Hi, I’m Anna!

I’m a teacher of Oral Skills and Pronunciation in English from Spain with a passion for teaching and learning languages. In fact, at home both my husband and I are polyglots with different backgrounds (Italian, Canadian, Swiss, Argentinian, Catalan and Spanish) so you can imagine the cocktail of languages we can come up with 😉)

As a teacher, I’ve been in this profession since I was very young. In fact, I studied and graduated from a Teachers’ Training College in Buenos Aires where I found my love for Phonetics, Phonology and British and American History and Literature. There, I received my first intensive Phonetics training in a laboratory -called simply, ‘the lab’. Mind you, back in the 80’s there were cassette-tapes, not mp3’s or smart phones!

The results of my British RP accent training became evident years later: I got invited to the houses of Parliament and I could see -from the journalists’ exclusive section- a live session in the House of Commons! I felt hugely empowered and grateful to have worked for years in my pronunciation and British culture. This sense of achievement gave me the idea to teach and focus my courses on Pronunciation ever since. With a solid, cultural background.

Fifteen years ago, in Catalonia, I came across the Verbo-Tonal Method for the teaching and correction of pronunciation. I had an intense week of just listening and speaking Chinese Mandarin. Not a single word written. I could understand the teacher from the context: some images, his gestures, his facial expression. And I learnt. At the end of that week, I could come up with simple phrases for daily survival. I could even build a simple dialogue with a stranger. Amazing. After experiencing the benefits of learning a new language with the VT Method I took that path. I implemented many of its techniques in my classes and this is what I offer to you today.

In our Female & Unique course, I will guide you through it step by step.

You will listen to interviews, listen to vibrant women with different accents, read gripping female stories, listen to, and do practical pronunciation exercises and discuss, argue, comment with your classmates on our live sessions.

Come and join us in Female & Unique and soon your voice will sound more English, and you will become more confident and fluent!

Our three-month course includes:

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10 online discussion sessions. Including:

introductory session
review-and reflection session.

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small groups. (max.6 people)
with my personalised, expert guidance.
in a secure, reliable platform for meetings

Materials: (provided)

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8 modules, on a teaching platform. Including:

worksheets to develop your speaking skills, cultural awareness, and pronunciation.
authentic videos and audios for listening.
additional resources: online dictionaries, thesaurus, pronunciation charts, etc.

Materials (not provided)

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Short stories and novels to read

(every week and along the course). Can be bought online. (Every edition of this course is different. Check with me which material to buy)

Additional benefits:

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recorded sessions, available after each meeting.

9

group on Telegram -to receive feedback on your individual speaking tasks

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Our pricing
2023-2024

Individual:

No enrolment fees.

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270€

Former students:

10% discount on your next course.

New students:

same discount if you bring along a friend.

Maybe you like the idea…

… but you don’t know if it will be the right course for you. That’s ok. You don’t know me, and I understand that.

Just let me tell you that in any of my online courses, I offer a 15-day guarantee with full refund. You will just have to complete the first week introductory live session and send the first task required in the first module. Zero risk. Only your commitment that you have tried.

If you prefer, book a 15-minute free call with me. I will gladly answer your questions or doubts