I am a native speaker of English from Cornwall in the south-west of Britain. As well as my Trinity TESOL English Teaching certificate, I have a degree in Psychology and a master’s degree in Knowledge Engineering (an area of Artificial Intelligence) and am a member of the British Psychological Society.

Before becoming a teacher, I worked in London in market research and business consultancy and as the Communications Manager for a top-end designer furniture and lighting company. I am also a voice artist with over 20 years of experience in providing voice recordings for television programmes and advertisements, corporate and promotional videos, informational films and educational materials.

I have a wide range of interests, in particular modern and ancient history, prehistory and megalithic culture, futurology, philosophy and spirituality. I am a great lover of music and DJ from time to time in pubs and clubs and at events, playing mostly house music as well as electronica, rock, indie, reggae and ska. I also enjoy watching and occasionally playing cricket. …Read more

I have over 20 years of experience teaching Business English and business ideas to adults, mostly in-company in Poland and more recently, online.

I truly love my work as it gives me the chance to meet a wide variety of new people and help them in their lives and careers while learning about their professions, industries and cultures.

My clients come from a wide variety of sectors including law, finance and ICT. My particular specialisation, however, is English for Retail, having worked closely at all levels for over 15 years with one of the world’s fastest growing non-food discount chains.

I teach mainly individuals and small groups, although I have also taught many larger groups of around 10 to 15 people. I also provide coaching and consultancy to prepare people for specific tasks and events.

I am a strong believer in the principle that you learn best when you are truly engaged in a subject, and you genuinely want to understand more and express yourself better there and then. For that reason, I will do my best to make my lessons as relevant, stimulating and enjoyable for you as possible.

I also know that confidence is essential to good communication, so I will aim to help you develop this. One important way is to improve your vocabulary – the more words that you can recognise, understand and use, the more confident and comfortable you will become. Also, I will always build on the positives of what you have achieved already.

I have a wide range of materials covering all the different skills – speaking, listening, reading and writing – and I can also design my own lessons and exercises specifically for you based on online videos and texts.

I will also incorporate aspects of psychology into my lessons where appropriate, in particular regarding psycholinguistics and effective communication.

We can spend our lesson time together in any way you wish. If you would like to work on something important in your job or career, such as writing a letter or email or preparing for a presentation, meeting, interview or phone call, I will be delighted to help.

Otherwise, we can discuss a subject of your choice and examine and record any new vocabulary generated, again reinforced with videos, readings and written exercises.

Whatever the case, I will be as flexible as I can in order to meet your learning needs and priorities and ensure that you progress as quickly as possible with practical results and added value.

• Audio Recordings
• Video
• Homework Assignments