Kotobaax - Public Speaking Training

07/12/2016

Dear customers,

I would like to inform you that Kotobaax will be closing on 9 December 2016.

I really want to thank you for all your support for the business and your interest in public speaking and language courses provided by Kotobaax.

If you have any inquiries about the closure, please do contact Hiro.

Thank you so much!
Best wishes,

Hiro

Public Speaking Training Manager at Kotobaax

10/11/2016

Public speaking workshops in action! Participants enjoy lots of activities in which you learn new linguistic (and non-linguistic) techniques for effective public speaking.

10/11/2016

Observation of various speech techniques in TEDx Rotterdam on 4 November!

03/10/2016

What do you [fɪŋk]? Not many people in the world are actually using /θ/ (what linguists call voiceless inter-dental fricative) to pronounce the initial (consonant) sound 'th' as in 'think'.

In our public speaking training, we always pay attention to phonetics and sociolinguistics!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/09/28/th-sound-to-vanish-from-english-language-by-2066-because-of-mult/

Visitors expecting to hear the Queen’

03/10/2016

Making audience listen to what you say is crucial.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/04/how-to-get-heard-in-meetings-deep-breaths-superhero-poses-and-owning-bossy

Women can struggle to make themselves heard in the workplace. But, according to the experts, they need just a few simple stage techniques to make co-workers listen up. So, is learning to act the best way to win at work?

02/10/2016

DRONGO TALENFESTIVAL 2016 in Utrecht (Photos from yesterday)
An amazing language festival, it was!

02/10/2016

It's important to be aware of accents in public speaking.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-william/11638361/Parlez-vous-prole-Why-the-upper-classes-use-mockney-accents.html

When Prince William said he'd need check with 'the Missus', none of us were fooled, says Hannah Betts

02/10/2016

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/16/universal-language-sound-associations-meaning-linguistics

Are you interested in sounds of language? :)

In a surprising new study, researchers have detected powerful associations between sounds and meanings across thousands of unrelated languages

30/09/2016

Power of words

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27/09/2016

Kotobaax attended Capital Tour XXL in Amsterdam on 27 September! It's nice meeting lots of people who are interested in public speaking workshops.

26/09/2016

Here are some of the topics that Hiro (instructor) includes in his public speaking training!

1. The use of voice (pitch variations, stress placements, rhythm etc.) and strategic variations in one's accent

2. The development of syntax (sentence structures) in speech (e.g. lots of rhetoric techniques)

3. The improvement of pragmatic strategy in speech

4. Gesture practices and gestural strategy in public speeches

5. Audience analyses and their application

6. Persuasiveness and charisma

7. The use of visual aids and creativity on stage

8. Creating rapport and answering questions given by your audience

http://www.kotobaax.com/teaching.html

23/09/2016

Our lessons, courses, and workshops will be available in Rotterdam as well. Kotobaax will happily use some stylish tables or cozy meeting rooms in Spaces Hofplein.