Faye Mackinder

What my lessons are like:

My lessons are interactive, personalised, and focused on your individual goals. I begin by assessing your current level, learning style, and objectives, then create activities that help you improve fluency, confidence, and communication skills. Lessons combine conversation practice, practical exercises, role plays, and targeted feedback, all tailored to the areas you want to develop most.

I have experience teaching both children and adult learners, so I can adapt lessons to be fun, engaging, and age-appropriate while still challenging and educational. For younger learners, I use games, stories, and interactive activities to build vocabulary and comprehension. For adults, lessons can focus on business English, professional communication, exam preparation, or everyday conversational skills, depending on your needs.

Before moving into ESL tutoring, I worked in a corporate training and coaching capacity, delivering structured programmes, one-to-one mentoring, and professional development sessions at Lloyds Bank. This experience gave me the ability to explain complex concepts clearly, provide constructive feedback, and adapt my teaching methods to suit each learner effectively.

I encourage questions, create a supportive and motivating learning environment, and focus on practical language skills that learners can immediately apply. Whether your goal is to gain confidence in speaking, improve grammar, expand your vocabulary, or excel in professional contexts, each lesson is designed to be engaging, dynamic, enjoyable, highly effective, and fully tailored to each student’s unique learning journey, pace, and interests.

I also provide personalised homework, practice exercises, and useful resources after each lesson, so you can continue learning and improving effectively between sessions.