O stjecanju samopouzdanja kroz praksu

Prije nekog vremena radila sam offline s jednom osobom koja mi se javila zato što je hitno trebala poboljšati svoj engleski. Spremala se za jedan intervju jer je razmišljala o promjeni posla. Intervju je trebao biti na engleskom, jasno.
Očekivala sam osobu koja ne vlada baš dobro jezikom no zatekla sam samo jednu nesigurnu mladu ženu koja se dugo nije koristila engleskim pa su se s vremenom u njoj razvile dvojbe u vezi vlastite kompetencije.
Kako je njezina struka tekstilni i modni dizajn, u početku smo najviše razgovarale o odjeći, trendovima, njezinim preferencijama i njezinom iskustvu u dizajniranju odjeće. No, s vremenom smo iscrpile temu te smo samo nastavile razgovarati o svemu i svačemu. Dotakle smo se i nekih intimnijih momenata. Kroz te naše susrete dosta smo se upoznale, doznale smo jedna o drugoj i neke stvari za koje nisu znali i nama puno bliskiji ljudi. A opet, nismo postale bliske, distanca je bila zadržana do kraja.
To je bilo iznimno, pomalo čudno i neponovljivo iskustvo. Dolazila bih k njoj jednom tjedno i pričale bismo dva sata u komadu. Kako smo napredovale s razgovorom, ona se sve više opuštala i postajala sigurnija u svoj engleski koji je spontano bivao sve bolji i fluidniji.
A intervju? Njega je rasturila. Bili su oduševljeni njome i ona je bila oduševljena samom sobom. Zbog samopouzdanja kojim je zračila, zbog lakoće kojom je komunicirala. A sve se to dogodilo jer smo radile zajedno.
Naravno, mogli biste reći da bi to postigla da je radila s bilo kime. Ali nije. Radila je sa mnom, ja sam ju vodila. Stoga mislim da nisam prepotentna kada si prisvajam dio zasluga za njezin uspjeh. Za koji je u najvećoj mjeri sama zaslužna, jer je vježbala, pričala i komunicirala. I jer je to činila sa mnom.
Nisam osoba koja je sklona samohvali. Dapače, češće sam vrlo samokritična i puna sumnji u neke svoje sposobnosti. Stoga, ako kažem da znam predavati engleski, da klijentu mogu pomoći da ga poboljša ako se odluči na rad sa mnom i drži se svog dijela dogovora – da redovito vježba – tada možete biti sigurni da mislim ozbiljno. I da u to nikakvih sumnji nemam.
Ako je moja bivša klijentica mogla nakon dva mjeseca oduševiti na razgovoru za posao, i Vi možete postići svoje ciljeve, samo ako to želite. To nije prazna fraza, to je obećanje.

Gain More Confidence and Improve Your English While Speaking It

A while back I started giving tête-à-tête English lessons to a person that needed to improve her language skills as quickly as possible. She wanted me to help her prepare for an interview because she was considering changing jobs. The said interview was to be in English, of course.
I was expecting a person that did not possess a decent knowledge of English; instead, I found out that this young woman was only insecure about her knowledge of the language, because she had not been practising it for a while. Hence, she grew more and more uncertain about her language skills.
Since she was a clothes designer by profession, we began by talking mostly about clothes, fabrics, fashion trends, her own preferences and her experience as a designer. However, as time went on, we had exhausted those types of subjects and began talking about other various topics. We also discussed some quite personal matters. We got to know each other quite well during those conversational sessions, as I like to call them. Actually, we learnt things about one another that even our closest friends and relatives didn’t know. And yet, we didn’t become intimate friends, we kept our distance till the end.
The whole experience was exceptional, somewhat surreal and quite unique. I used to visit her once a week, and we would talk for two hours straight. As our sessions went on, she became more and more relaxed and confident in her use of the English language, she expressed herself better, more easily and fluently.
And the interview? She nailed it. They were impressed by her language skills, and she was thrilled with her own accomplishment. All because of self-confidence she exuded, and because of her fluency of expression. And all this was achieved because we worked, talked, communicated in English a lot.
Naturally, you can say that the result would have been the same had she worked with somebody else. But she didn’t. She worked with me, conversed with me, I guided her. Therefore, I don’t think I am arrogant when I take some credit for my client’s success. She is, undoubtedly, the one that deserves the praise for all the work she has done practising and speaking English diligently. And also, because she did it with me.
I am not a person that is likely to boast. On the contrary, I am more prone to self-criticism and I doubt myself more often than not. Therefore, when I tell you that I know how to teach English, that I can help my clients improve their language skills if they stick to their end of the bargain, i.e. to practice regularly, then you can be certain that I really mean it. And that I have no doubts about myself in this matter.
If my former client could have successfully used English in a job interview after just two months of practice, you can also achieve your goals. Of course, only if you put your mind to it. This is not an empty promise, but a real and tangible one.