Emma B.

Build your confidence and fluency through relaxed, focused conversation. I’ll help you express yourself naturally, correct key errors as they arise and introduce idiomatic language and expressions that real speakers use every day. Many of my students are professionals who want to feel more at ease speaking English in everyday life or at work.

Whatever your priorities in English are, we’ll focus on developing the language and confidence you need for your work. This might include chairing meetings, giving presentations, improving listening skills or feeling more at ease in social and professional situations. Each lesson is practical, relevant and designed to help you use English naturally and appropriately at work.

If IELTS is your goal, we’ll concentrate on the skills and strategies that make a real difference. You’ll learn how to manage timing, meet examiner expectations We'll practise exam strategies, skills, and you'll learn how to use accurate language across all four papers with growing confidence.

For fast progress, intensive courses offer full focus and immersion. I’ve taught 20-hour-a-week programmes for universities, exam candidates and professionals, helping learners strengthen their skills quickly and think in English with greater ease and accuracy.

I am a native British English speaker and teach British English. We can discuss differences between different varieties of English, such as pronunciation, spelling, and grammar.

Planning a trip or moving abroad? We’ll build the language and confidence you need to manage real-life situations, from checking in and ordering food to chatting with locals. Lessons are practical, engaging and designed to help you communicate with ease wherever you go.

If you’re preparing for a Cambridge exam, we’ll build the language and strategies you need for success. I specialise in FCE, CAE and CPE, helping learners expand their vocabulary, use idiomatic language confidently and achieve precision in both speaking and writing.

With experience teaching at university level, I have supported students preparing for undergraduate or postgraduate study, as well as those already enrolled in their degree. Lessons focus on developing the academic language and critical thinking skills needed to succeed, including essay writing, reading and note-taking, seminar participation and accurate, subject-specific vocabulary.

Whatever kind of writing you want to improve, we’ll focus on clarity, structure and natural expression. You’ll learn to organise ideas effectively, use accurate grammar and expand your range of collocations and vocabulary, use appropriate formal or informal language, depending on who you are writing to- your boss or a friend. If you want to focus on academic writing, we can look at all aspects of essay or report writing, for example, structure, linking, and referencing.