From beginner to confident English speaker

Shelley-Marie has been teaching since 2009. She has worked as a Director of Studies, English for Academic Purposes (EAP) lecturer, and young learner specialist, in Spain, Italy, Mexico and the UK. She has master’s degrees in Child Studies, Translation Studies, and TEFL and Applied Linguistics from universities in Spain, Sweden and the UK. She is passionate about the student’s experience in the classroom and bringing personalisation into lessons to promote engagement. In addition to teaching, she writes English as a second language and English as a foreign language content, and materials for teacher training and blogs. She has taught many different age groups and nationalities and helped these students to achieve their goals.

Nick has lived and worked in China teaching English for 11 years. He is from the UK and he holds a Cambridge CELTA qualification, TEFL England certificate and Cambridge TKT modules. He has taught in schools and online both children and adults from all over the world. Nick always wants the students to be as happy and comfortable as possible while at the same time enjoy their class and learn more than just speaking. Communication is the most important tool we have as people, and he wants to make sure our students enjoy communicating freely. In his spare time, Nick cooks a lot, plays with his daughter, plays sports and loves to travel.

Laura is from the London but now lives in Scotland. She has been teaching English for over twenty years and her qualifications include the Cambridge Delta and a BA(Hons) in English and European Literature. She looks for ways to make learning engaging and relevant for her learners. She likes to show them how they have improved and how their English can be used in everyday life outside the classroom. In her free time, she likes to draw, swim and cook huge and delicious meals for friends and family.

Kyle comes from the north-east of Scotland and although he is relatively new to teaching English, he has over five years of experience in teaching swimming to all age groups. He is CELTA qualified and has been praised for his relaxed teaching style and ability to make students feel at ease. He prefers to focus on fluidity and improving the student’s ability to communicate their message in the early stages of a student’s learning. Kyle also speaks both Spanish and Italian to an early intermediate level. In his free time, he likes to surf, read and play guitar.

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Raised in Plymouth England, Rebecca has been teaching English for several years to students studying in England from abroad, as well as people who have now made England their home. Her qualifications include the CertTESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Level 5, Trinity College London qualification. Rebecca believes that students should feel comfortable in the classroom, and that learning should be a fun and rewarding experience for all involved. In her free time she enjoys playing the violin and piano, as well as going for cycle rides, when the weather is good!

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Manuela is from Manchester in the UK and has been teaching English around the world and online since 2014. Her qualifications include CELTA, an Advanced TEFL Diploma and a certificate in Safeguarding Children Levels 1 & 2. She always tries her best to make learning fun, engaging and interactive. She believes it’s her role as a teacher to help her students feel confident and comfortable and she wants them to look forward to their next class. She uses a variety of methods and techniques to help achieve her goal. She understands every student is an individual and takes this into consideration in her lessons, whilst focusing on developing their skills.

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Zsofia lives in the UK and has previously taught English in various countries, including Hungary and Portugal. Her qualifications include a MA (Hons) from Portuguese and Linguistics and a Cambridge CELTA Certificate. In the classroom, Zsofia aims to creatively engage her students and improve their English-speaking confidence with a focus on fun and educational content in her lessons. In her free time, she enjoys the outdoors, mornings in a café with a good book, and dancing salsa.

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Kim is from a small town in the UK. She has been teaching English for around 9 years in several English schools in Spain and Poland and online. Her qualifications include the Cambridge CELTA and she has attended several teaching conferences for gaining new ideas and strategies to implement in her classes. She makes her classes interesting and fun, using a variety of techniques to promote understanding of new material and to keep the students´ attention. She believes all students learn differently so adapts the classes to them. She has an interest in travelling and experiencing other cultures. Her hobbies include baking and painting. Also, in her free time she enjoys reading fiction, listening to music and watching films.

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Henry is from Oxford, UK, and has taught a mixture of adults, children, and teenagers in both international language school and secondary school settings in the United Kingdom, France, and Switzerland. He decided to become a teacher after spending an exciting year abroad at a high school in Lille, France, whilst he was a university student. In 2017, when he returned to the UK from Switzerland, he became a CELTA qualified teacher. Henry believes that 3P’s bring success in the classroom: Positivity, Perseverance and Persistence.