Whether it’s picking up the 'phone to make a sales call to someone you have never met, or replying to an important email which you cannot face doing in case your written English lets you down, I can help.

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In today’s corporate world, everyone needs a battery of empathetic communication skills, both online and in person. The pandemic limited our interaction to video calls, ‘phone calls and emails, but the new hybrid world demands particular attention to all of one's skills, challenging enough in a native tongue, let alone an additional language.

 

Together we can look at your own specific industry needs, and I will prepare lessons uniquely tailored to you. Goal setting of your personal aims and objectives combined with suitable and relevant, uplifting authentic materials, will boost your confidence and, indirectly, fluency.

As an experienced language teacher, I cut through the elements of each of these various exams with a sharp knife and decipher and build on your existing strengths and weaknesses.

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Receptive (listening and reading) and productive (speaking and writing) skills each carry different weighting and specific skills in these exams.

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I appreciate how challenging the mere sitting of these exams can be for many, coupled with their necessity for career progression. I can calm your anxieties and help build your strengths using interesting, motivating and inspiring materials designed to add to your own armoury of skills to such an extent that exams will become a complete piece of cake.

 

My success rate is high…..work with me, and together we can tackle these obstacles and achieve your highest score.

Every culture is in possession of its own values, beliefs, and societal norms that determine how risks are evaluated and options considered.

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It’s not just the language, particularly the ability to make small talk, but everything from religion, cuisine, social habits, music and the arts, to name but a few which differ from culture to culture.

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In this globalised world the ability to communicate effectively can be a challenge…..even when both parties speak the same language there can still be misunderstandings due to cultural differences. 

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I can introduce you to the British workplace, the etiquette of an office environment, and general British cultural mores.

English is the major language, the lingua franca, of international business. The pressure is on for the ambitious individual to not only maintain a good standard of English, but to increase fluency and overall competence.

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Join a speaking club with me! We can choose the topic in advance – it doesn’t even have to be about the workplace, it could be, for example, about a recent film or book, or a topical event in the headlines.

I speak with no regional British accent, with a received pronunciation, and I have been told I am easy to understand.

 

I can help you practise your pronunciation, reduce your accent, discover new expressions and have an overload of language input.

The more you speak your confidence will grow, accompanied by fluency.

Speaking clubs can be 1 to 1 or in groups, held over Zoom or Skype or Teams.

"When pigs fly" is an English adynaton—a figure of speech so hyperbolic that it describes an impossibility. But how to translate it?

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I can help you with all of your written materials and creatively (transcreation -the creative translation of words), succinctly translate them into English for you.

 

With your detailed brief which we work on together, I will look at your words and convey them into English, ensuring that the English I produce retains the original style, tone, intent and emotional pertinence to reach the hearts and minds of the UK marketplace for your business.