Mark Davies

5.0

Online

United Kingdom

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5:59 PM (GMT+02:00)

Teaches

English

Students

92

Lessons

404

Teaches

English

Students

92

Lessons

404

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Speaks

English

Native

,

French

C2

,

Spanish

C2

,

Norwegian

B1

,

German

A1

About Me

First things first! If you are not serious about learning English, then please look for another teacher!

I am a multilingual, expert English coach and English grammar book author and my number one priority is for you to make big progress in little time so you spend less on lessons! Indeed, I don’t feel satisfied unless a student really makes great progress in EVERY class. I have a friendly and relaxed teaching style however it is critical for my students to have fun! I also possess excellent cultural awareness since I have lived in France, Spain, Belgium, Ecuador, Canada and the US. A UK native, I learned Norwegian in 9 months to C1 level in reading during my Master’s degree in Translation in the UK. Let me show how you can make rapid progress too!

I've been teaching English to adults since 2007 having taught over 8,500 classes to sports professionals, university professors/students, business executives, software engineers, lawyers, doctors, surgeons and many other professionals. I have imparted teacher-training courses for highly-qualified, elite business English teachers as well as for novice, entry-level teachers. Again, for all these people, my priority was big progress in little time so they spend less on classes. Furthermore, to build great connections I actually personally visit many students for free if I am in their country.

I will get you enjoying and feeling good about English. I will instill more confidence, more fluency, more precision, more vocabulary, better comprehension and improved pronunciation. I eliminate grammar study as much as possible by highlighting only key grammar you must get right, thereby avoiding tedious grammar classes. I emphasise: critical thinking, a positive attitude, an open mind, risk taking and giving opinions. We focus on exactly what you need for your specific goals and I definitely will not waste your time on things that aren't worthwhile.

Finally, I take notes for you so you can relax and focus on speaking and listening! These are NOT just quick notes in the chat screen: I provide all my students with a document at the end of each session which includes:

1. Precision errors which are corrected by you for homework
2. Useful, relevant vocabulary
3. Pronunciation errors which are corrected in the next class
4. Grammar explanations from my own grammar book
5. Statistical data about progress made.

So book a trial class today and you will see how you will make quick, real, enjoyable progress with your English, no matter what your goal is!!

Trial Lesson

One time, 30 minutes

Private Lessons

60 minutes

Teacher Stats

Response TimeWithin a few hours

Joined Verbling4 years ago

Attendance Rate100.00%

Total Lessons404

Lessons per Student10.1 lesson average

Average Rating5.0

Schedule

Teaching Expertise

Teaches

Beginner

Upper Beginner

Intermediate

Upper Intermediate

Advanced

Upper Advanced

Accents

British English

Résumé

Education

2005 - 2006

MA, PG (dip) Translation

University of Surrey - Guildford, UK

I studied French and Norwegian to English, my native tongue. The domains covered included economic, business, legal, scientific and technical translation. Worked with computer-assisted translation software and state-of-the-art corpus tools and resources. Equally important, Iearned business requirements so that I acquired the necessary project management and entrepreneurial skills to work as an English teacher.

1997 - 2001

BA (Hons) International Tourism Management

Leeds Metropolitan University - Leeds, UK

Business and tourism degree with French. Got me on the road to languages!

Work Experience

2004 - 2011

Face to face freelance English teacher

Self-employed - Pamplona, Spain, Aix-en-Provence, France

Teaching Spanish individuals and companies English in order to achieve a wide variety of goals such as passing interviews, passing exams (EOI, Cambridge, IELTS...), improving conversational English, Business English etc. I even taught civil servant English teachers. I also took some students hiking for the day so they would get more of a chance to practice their English.

2006 - 2006

Pueblo Inglés volunteer

Pueblo Inglés - Soria, Spain

Volunteered for 1 week to assist with Spaniards´ English language learning in hamlet in Soria, Spain. We lived with the students for 1 week.

2011 - 0

Director, founder and teacher at an English online language school targeting the Spain market

Pamplona Inglés - Cuenca, Ecuador

Online language school I developed myself to teach to Spanish students via Skype. It is successful since I have had to recruit other teachers to help out.

Certifications

2006 - 2006

TEFL teaching certificate

I to I - Spain

Course to get initiated into English teaching to foreigners and to learn the grammar basics of English. Helped to get my first jobs!

Sample Videos

a few seconds

a year ago

Spanish

For Spanish speakers learning English: translating 'mudarse de casa'

If you are changing your place of residence, often my Spanish students (and others) learning English...

a minute

a year ago

English

THE VERB 'COOK' IS NOT USED FOR FOOD MADE WITH FLOUR PREPARED IN AN OVEN:

Students in my English classes unfortunately wrongly use 'cook' when flour-based food items are prepared...

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Due to technological advances, will learning a language be a waste of time?

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3 years ago • Comments: 14

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The most difficult part of English

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3 years ago • Comments: 24

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¿Como puedes mejorar tu inglés? Mira abajo para saber más!

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3 years ago • Comments: 2

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Trial Lesson

One time, 30 minutes

Private Lessons

60 minutes