The Chat Naturally Approach
It’s about connection, not perfection.
My mission is more than just to help people increase their professional impact through pronunciation and confidence coaching. It’s to smooth the way to effective communication and authentic connection between native and non-native speakers of English.
I enable people to be better understood, to connect with their English identities and to discover ways of speaking that add to their message rather than distract from it.
Coaching
Every programme I create is unique to each client and is delivered through brain-friendly coaching communication built around your motivation and pronunciation goals. Together, we set manageable goals and actions and I help you around any emotional triggers or blocks.
Neuroscience
Using techniques from Neurolanguage Coaching®, we create a personalised roadmap based on your needs and learner style so that your learning journey is effective and, most importantly, fun. You start to uncover how your brain learns best and the things you might be doing that are not helpful.
Pronunciation
The focus of your course is strongly linked to your personal goals. It might include for example:
- the sounds of a “Standard” British Accent.
- an intelligibility toolkit to help you be clearer and more engaging for your listeners.
- the rhythm and intonation of English.
Tania Valentin, founder and coach
Tania is a Londoner and speaks with a “neutral” British accent or Modern RP. With a Greek father and polyglot mother, she grew up with a love of languages and a good ear for accents. She speaks Spanish at home and is bringing her son up bilingual in English and Spanish.
She has a BA (Joint Honours) in Modern Languages, a Diploma in English Teaching and is an Advanced Neurolanguage® Coach accredited by the International Coaching Federation.
Tania worked abroad for many years mainly in Japan and Latin America. She now speaks 5 languages including Japanese and she understands how it feels to have to communicate effectively at work in a foreign language.
She has over 20 years’ teaching, training & management experience in English as a Foreign Language during which time she specialised in pronunciation.
She founded Chat Naturally in 2019 as the first accredited coach worldwide to combine British English Accent training with Neurolanguage Coaching® to create an impactful, brain-friendly path to clear, confident English.
