My teaching style
My name is Benen, and I am an English teacher from the UK. I am passionate about helping people improve their language skills and confidence in a supportive, patient environment.
I focus on an interactive approach to teaching, where you are the one doing most of the speaking, and where we are always looking at ‘real-world’ British English. My approach is also student-centred, which means I see teaching as a process of working together with you, as an equal, to meet your unique needs.
I can help you with your conversational English, through informal speaking classes. I can also prepare more targeted structured classes to improve your grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, reading, writing, speaking, or listening skills.
You can take classes and courses from my course library (click here to view the library), or we can create totally new classes together. Please read my FAQs here for all class options. I will always adapt my classes to your goals, personality, and preferences!
My qualifications
CertTESOL (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), Trinity College, London.
PTTLS (Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector), Trinity College, London.
BSc Anthropology (with a focus on endangered languages), University College London (UCL).
MSc Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching, University of Oxford (October 2022– October 2024).
My experience
7 years teaching English online (both privately and for companies like Cambly and Lingoda)
5 years working in academic translation (Spanish-English) and proof-reading
4 years working in the hospitality and wellness sectors, before teaching
10+ years studying languages myself