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Airi Kato | Leadership & Communications Coach | TEFL Certified | 10+ yrs exp.

Business | Leadership | Kids
771English Sessions Completed

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JapaneseC1 Advanced
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📣 Follow me on Instagram @airineginkato for bite-sized tips to level up your English! 📣 🚀10+ years of coaching & mentoring experience 🚀Professional Certified Coach by the International Coaching Federation 🚀Bachelor with Honors in Communications from Boston College 🚀Track record in growing skills to meet business outcomes Looking to take your career to the next level? Look no further! 💥 I help you achieve your goals by not only improving your English language skills but also by equipping you with the necessary soft skills to succeed in today's competitive job market. 💥 With my practical and skills-based coaching approach, you can be confident that what you learn in our sessions will be immediately applicable to your work. 💥 As your coach, I am dedicated to empowering you to have difficult conversations, deliver impactful presentations, and write effective performance reviews that showcase your value as an employee in your organization. Don't settle for mediocrity - choose me as your coach and unlock your full potential 💪 Book a trial session today! 👍 Mini-courses (1 session+) 📍Eliminating filler words 📍Blending sounds 📍English pronunciation for East Asian speakers 📍Listening/Reading comprehension exercises 📍Being polite & refusing politely 📍Alternative approaches to "I'm sorry" 📍Expressing plans and possibilities 📍Interrupting in business meetings 📍Open ended questions in problem solving 📍Workplace small talk 📍Giving and accepting compliments 📍Business idioms 📍Thinking in a foreign language 📍Presentation outlines 💪 Skills-courses (6 sessions+) **Pronunciation 101** 👊 Objective: Gain skills you need to achieve a wide variety of communicative goals like emphasizing key points during presentations and avoiding misunderstandings in meetings. 🚀 Prosidy explained 🚀 Syllable stress in 2 syllable words 🚀 Syllable stress in polysyllabic words 🚀 Rhythm and intonation 🚀 Connected speech **Ace at Small Talk** 👊 Objective: Develop your interpersonal skills and introduce some strategy to your verbal fluency so you can hold casual conversations with your multilingual peers. 🚀 Why you should talk the small talk 🚀 What to (and not to) talk about 🚀 Tips and tricks to leap into casual conversation 🚀 Techniques to close the conversation 🚀 Create authentic, natural, non-interrogative conversations **Speaking withOUT Preparation** 👊 Objective: No time to prep your conversation? No worries! Learn valuable skills so you can be ready, whether you are changing a presentation at the last moment or collaborating with coworkers in a meeting. 🚀 Step out of your head space 🚀 Idea Building for effective conversations 🚀 Active listening 🚀 Raising self-awareness, taking initiative, and collaborating 🚀 Hacks to check you’re being understood **Speaking Up in Meetings** 👊 Objectives: Be equipped with tools needed to feel confident when sharing opinions in a professional English-speaking environment. 🚀 Sharing your opinion 🚀 Asking the right questions 🚀 Explaining your opinion 🚀 Standing up for your opinion with tact 🚀 Negotiating and yielding **Confidence in Presenting** 👊 Objective: Overcome your fear of public speaking and become a successful presenter. 🚀 Overcoming your fear of public speaking 🚀 Successful introduction and hook 🚀 Body language and eye contact 🚀 Engaging the audience 🚀 Leaving a lasting impression 🚀 Putting it all together **Impact Writing** 👊 Objective: Develop habits and skills and discover tools needed to efficiently and authentically express yourself in performance reviews and beyond. 🚀 Structuring performance reviews 🚀 Descriptive and informative writing styles 🚀 Delivering peer feedback 🚀 Effectively edit and proofread 🔥 Come join My Trial Class! 🔥 What to expect in this 25-min trial? ➡️ Plot your learning journey with me! ➡️ Pinpoint a goal and co-create a plan to get there ➡️ A safe space for open dialogue (and any questions you might have) ➡️ Valuable learning methods to stop wasting time! Gentle reminders: ↘️ Bring your pen and a notebook to collect useful expressions in class. ↘️ Always check your connection and devices before class starts. ↘️ Cancel the class 24 hours before class. If you have to cancel a class within 24 hours, be sure you notify me through What’s App/AT Chat
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111 English course reviews

  • Anonymous
    Apr 22, 2024
    Great to address the problem that I tend to illustrate the situation than giving concrete examples in the past
  • Iku
    Apr 4, 2024
    Airi sensei encouraged me to talk a lot. She clearly pointed out what I should do to step up to the next level.
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Performance History

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Experiences

  • 2018 till now Lingo Live, Inc
  • 2019 till now Lingo Live, Inc
  • 2018 till now Voxy, Inc
  • 2016 - 2017 Expedia, Inc
  • 2015 - 2016 Expedia, Inc
  • 2013 - 2015 Expedia, Inc

Educations

  • 2000 - 2003 Boston College Communications

  • 1998 - 2000 London School of Economics and Political Science Psychological and Behavioral Science

Certifications

  • TESOL/TEFL

  • Certified Professional Transformational Coach (Advanced Practitioner)

Experiences
  • 2018 till now Lingo Live, Inc
  • 2019 till now Lingo Live, Inc
  • 2018 till now Voxy, Inc
  • 2016 - 2017 Expedia, Inc
  • 2015 - 2016 Expedia, Inc
  • 2013 - 2015 Expedia, Inc
Educations
  • 2000 - 2003

    Boston College

    Communications

  • 1998 - 2000

    London School of Economics and Political Science

    Psychological and Behavioral Science

Certifications
  • TESOL/TEFL

  • Certified Professional Transformational Coach (Advanced Practitioner)

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  • If the teacher is not online, the next available class cannot be booked until 24 hours afterward.

Lesson duration

  • The duration of a trial session is 25 minutes.
  • The duration of a private session is 50 minutes.
  • If you purchase more than 5 sessions, you will receive a discount (according to the price the teacher set).

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  • Enter the website 10 minutes before the class starts. Click “My Lessons” to find your class, click “Go to class”, and then you will be in the classroom on ZOOM!
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Refund policy

  • Please click “Report Issue” if you encountered any problems, and the teacher will determine either reschedule or refund afterward.
  • If the teacher doesn’t respond the issue, we will provide a full refund as AT credits for you.
How to book
  • After buying courses, you can book them according to the teacher’s schedule.
  • If “Instant Tutoring” shows on the teacher’s profile, you can book the lesson 30 minutes after the current time.
  • If the teacher is not online, the next available class cannot be booked until 24 hours afterward.
Lesson duration
  • The duration of a trial session is 25 minutes.
  • The duration of a private session is 50 minutes.
  • If you purchase more than 5 sessions, you will receive a discount (according to the price the teacher set).
Instructions
  • Enter the website 10 minutes before the class starts. Click “My Lessons” to find your class, click “Go to class”, and then you will be in the classroom on ZOOM!
  • You can use ZOOM for classes both on your phone and computer. Please download ZOOM in advance if you choose to use your phone for the class.
Refund policy
  • Please click “Report Issue” if you encountered any problems, and the teacher will determine either reschedule or refund afterward.
  • If the teacher doesn’t respond the issue, we will provide a full refund as AT credits for you.

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