Roby started his Spoken English classes as a way to give back to society for all the good that had happened to him. During his career of 20 years, he saw many professionals in various industries failed to grow to the next role or crack interviews due to poor Spoken English skills. Roby wanted to help those professionals to master the English language, so he started taking Spoken English classes. Within a matter of two years, he had helped many students overcome their fear for the English language and grow in their respective careers.
Full Name: Roby Patrick
Category: Spoken English Trainer
Education: B.Sc
Experience: 2 Years
Location: Chennai
Our heartiest congratulations to Roby!
Here is an excerpt of the interview with Roby:
Q1. When and how you started as a Spoken English Trainer?
Ans. I was a Supply Chain management professional with 20 years of lower and middle management experience in companies like Airtel, Vodafone, Etisalat, Raymonds etc.,
In the year 2012, I wanted to change my career from Supply Chain management to Freelance Training because I wanted to help other people in some way or the other and give back to society in some form or another.
While I was employed in my previous companies, I noticed that many employees, especially engineers, had done their higher secondary schooling in Tamil medium. So their Spoken English skills were poor. As a result, these people would not fare well in interviews. They would also feel very inadequate among their colleagues in office. They had poor soft skills on account of their inability to express in English.
So I decided that I would help working executives and unemployed graduates / professionals improve their Spoken English skills so that they could speak more fluently and thereby feel confident in their area of work.
Q2. What skills are required to become a Spoken English Trainer?
Ans. Proper listening skills and an eye for detail are the skills required to become a Spoken English trainer. He/ She should be able to quickly identify what the student lacks and address only those issues.
Q3. What do you think makes you stand out from other Spoken English Trainers on UrbanPro.com?
Ans. I try to give a more personalized one-on-one training to my students. I think that this is what most students (since it is value for money spent by the student). Each student is different. Hence for your teaching to be effective, it has to be more personalized. Hence I try to keep the classroom strength to a maximum of 5 students.
Q4. How you came across UrbanPro.com?
Ans. UrbanPro.com was referred to me by my colleague Ms. Hema who is also a Spoken English Trainer.
Q5. What was the turning point in your career?
Ans. The turning point in my career was when I discovered that my students found my classes effective and result oriented.
Q6. How UrbanPro.com platform helped you to expand your Spoken English Classes?
Ans. UrbanPro.com helped me expand my Spoken English Classes by giving a platform where trainers and students could meet. It provided me a platform to showcase my talent and my success by getting ratings and reviews from students.
Q7. What percentage of your work comes from UrbanPro?
Ans. I get about 75% of my work from UrbanPro.com
About the Trainer: Roby Patrick An excellent Spoken English Trainer, Roby Patrick is known for his knack of making his students speak English fluently. He interacts and tries to understand the type of challenges each of his students face while speaking English. Roby focuses on his students’ pronunciation, sentence structures and grammar and help them speak correct and fluent English. He worked for reputed organizations such as Airtel, Vodafone, Raymond for 20 years. Two years back, he started teaching English and since then he had helped many students master the English Language.
