English Language & Accent Coaching

This process takes time and is carried out in private sessions over one to two years, fitting around an individual's needs. Of varying ages - from 17 to 70 - Joanna's students have acquired confidence and fluency in the speaking of English with a clear educated Australian accent. Some have gone on to new careers or full employment in their chosen careers. Others have gained confidence, after years of isolation, to have meaningful conversations in English with their grandchildren, in-laws, neighbours and new friends. The lessons are immensely satisfying, taking place over time and with regular effort.

Pupils are encouraged with speaking and written exercises, thus gradually gaining confident and fluent expression. The private sessions enable people to polish their skills at their own pace in the privacy of the studio with Joanna.

 

'After 18 months' tuition with Joanna I now engage in conversations with my Australian neighbours without feeling apprehensive; I can travel alone and be independent' - retiree living in Australia and Poland

 

Joanna Hempel has shared her techniques as a drama and performance specialist with high school students of drama and English, with teachers of drama and English in colleges, schools and at conferences inter-state & overseas. A graduate in Psychology and English from the University of Sydney, Joanna later trained in Theatre, gaining an M.Litt at the University of New England, Armidale. With a Polish background, she combines multilingual skills with her coaching of Drama, English Language and accent coaching. For the last four years she has been director of Soirees Litteraires with its monthly talks on European and Australian culture at the NSW Writers' Centre in Rozelle. For many years Joanna was Director of the Armidale School of Youth Drama, with six of her plays for teenagers published and today studied and performed in schools in Australia, Canada and the USA. She is now writing a novel based on her family's experiences from World War I to its arrival in Australia from Europe in 1950.