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Online English Lessons
Skype, Zoom or WhatsApp lessons are normally 1 hour but can be longer. There is more information here.
Please contact me to discuss days and times. Mornings, afternoons and evenings are usually possible.

You can:

  • Improve your speaking skills
  • Learn new words and phrases (with a record via messaging)
  • Prepare for exams (you can send me writing tasks via email)
  • Prepare for job interviews (I can check CVs too)
  • Discuss UK culture and history

The time of online lessons can often be flexible to fit in with your schedule.

Lesson content
Individual lessons can be based around vocabulary or focused on pronunciation, grammar or fluency. Most people want a combination. They can also be used for developing exam or writing skills or simply building confidence. For business professionals, we can focus on the English you need for your work. For lovers of literature, you can read a book (outside the lesson) and discuss it during our time together.

If you are an English teacher in your own country and need to check and improve your knowledge of English and prepare interesting lessons, online lessons can be ideal. 

All content can be negotiated and adjusted at any time. Online 1:1 is ideal for people who can’t make enough progress in a class because the level, intensity, content or style is not right for them.

Lesson prices

Please contact me if you need any English language services.

Some of the other English language services I offer:

  • Small group English tutorials and lessons
  • Writing assessment and guidance (ideal for Cambridge/IELTS exam writing improvement)
  • Interview and presentation preparation
  • Short assignments throughout the UK and abroad
  • Proofreading

Writing assessment
Email me your writing. Your writing will usually be assessed within 5 days and emailed back, with detailed comments.

There are many kinds of writing. It can range from notes and emails to business reports and academic essays. Each type of writing has its own style, structure and vocabulary.

A writing assessment will look at your organisation, sentence linking, choice and range of vocabulary as well as grammatical accuracy. Understanding your strong and weak areas is the first step to improving your writing whether it is for work or taking an exam.

Please contact me if you need professional help with your English.

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Vocabulary: Eight verbs from today’s politics

Vocabulary: eight verbs from today’s politics
Intermediate to Advanced (B2 – C2)

Here are some verbs used by politicians, journalists and commentators after another day trying to reach agreement on Brexit.

boast To talk about something (often oneself) with a great deal of or too much pride. Usually negative in meaning, especially when speaking about oneself.
E.g. ‘He’s always boasting about his children’s achievements.’

map out Mapping out something means showing how to move forward.
E.g. ‘We need to map out much more cleartly what might happen.’

flourish If a person, a business or a country flourishes, it means they are being successful and are going through a very good period.
E.g. ‘It is easier for businesses to flourish when there is stability.’

takes two to tango This means the success or progress of something requires both sides to work together.
E.g. ‘Don’t blame me. It takes two to tango.’

make a dog’s breakfast of something When a dog eats, it can be quite messy and if someone makes a dog’s breakfast of something it means it hasn’t been done well and certainly less well than intended or hope for.
E.g. ‘He made a right dog’s breakfast of that news conference.’

reach a stalemate If a stalemate is reached in negotiations, neither side can find a way to progress.
E.g. ‘After many hours of effort, both sides had to accept they had reached stalemate.’

spoil If something is spoiled/spoilt, it makes things much less good than they were before, usually so much so that the result is quite negative. You can spoil a surprise, your appetite, the countryside.
E.g. ‘He didn’t want to let the rain spoil his holiday.’
‘The new factory has spoiled the local countryside.’

ease You can ease pain, a situation, tensions etc. Easing makes things less difficult of problematic.
E.g. ‘An aspirin should ease the pain.’

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