We are so proud to Ms. Agnieszka Chojecka present for us the paper ‘The Power of Listening – On the Path to Fluency’. 

To quote Ms. Agnieszka, she says ‘In my talk I would like to make a case for the frequently underestimated and neglected skill of listening.

When you increase the students’ awareness of how important the exposure to the language is, the benefits will naturally follow:
– the increased range of phrases used
– improved comprehension of natural language
– the greater use of proper collocations.

As learning happens outside the classroom, your students can benefit enormously as long as they are expressly guided in how to establish the listening routine.

The first step starts with proper instruction offered to your students. I will share my practical observations on how to:
– select materials of the greatest educational value
– design the tasks to minimize procrastination
– set mini tasks based on listening
– integrate listening into the whole syllabus design.

In my experience, no other skill, when properly taught, brings legal professionals closer to the much-sought Holy Grail of oral communication: fluency and confidence.“

 

Biography

Agnieszka Chojecka (Ms)

‘I am an independent English tutor with over 23 years of experience in designing courses for legal, financial and business English learners. 

I studied English Philology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. Thanks to my first business and legal English students, most of whom valued their time and expected fast language progress, I have developed highly effective teaching and learning methods. 

Since 2004 I have worked exclusively with legal and financial professionals designing individual and group courses for recognised Polish law firms and legal departments of international companies in Poland.

Outside of work my fascination with education continues as I avidly read about recent developments in psychology, neurolinguistics, explore memorising techniques or delve into the Socratic method of teaching. One of my teaching goals is to encourage legal English students to become independent language learners.’