自(Ja)tek was founded by a group of Harvard and Yale-trained authors, speakers, and tech entrepreneurs, to help students and professionals in China, Korea and first-generation Americans reach their full potential in a globalized, 21st century world.
We create curricula and teach workshops in-person and online, focused on practical, concrete skills that are not taught in school: public speaking & leadership, interview & communication skills, and strategic “soft skills” for career prep, such as creativity. Our mission is to cultivate self-awareness, self-confidence and self-promotion skills.
In the process, we have found that many students learn their English in preparation for academic testing, but not interpersonal communication (“Silent English”). So our curricula always include high-quality coaching in conversational English, accent skills, and social communication skills in idiomatic, spoken English.