Alex Dean

My one-to-one teaching involves including the things that you love to talk about.

I will create a personalised plan around topics that you find interesting to help you feel happy and motivated when speaking. That way I can pass on as much knowledge as you need to really talk about the things that are important to you - and in turn make you more confident when speaking!

Every lesson starts with an informal chat in English. Simple questions to get the brain flowing and allow you to ease into the conversation at your own pace.

Next we will go onto a more focused conversation about the things that interest you. This can be a freeform discussion, however you are more than welcome to prepare some thoughts and sentences beforehand that we can practice and workshop through. I will help with grammar and pronunciation so that we can really get you sounding comfortable.

Towards the end of a session, we will work on idioms. Idioms are a constant in the English language, so learning these will really help you to join in and understand conversations with native speakers. We will build these up each session, with a fun game to see how many you have remembered from the last session.

Sessions will be tailored to you over time, and if we find a particular method of teaching that really works for you, we can work together to personalise the lessons further to your needs. Learning should always be fun, and I will make sure you leave every session eager to learn more!