Ian B. United Kingdom Verified tutor - ID and qualifications checked

My name is Ian and I live in Luton, which is approximately 50 kilometres north of London. I have been teaching English for more than 16 years in the UK and Russia and have experience of teaching students at all levels and ages.

Qualifications: TEFL
Languages: English Native Native speaker · Russian В1+ В1+ Intermediate ·
27 years experience

About me

I enjoy all aspects of teaching and love to see students achieve their goals, especially with IELTS exams, where many of my students have obtained scores of 8.5 (9.0 being the maximum). I have written 3 books and thousands of news articles, and run businesses for myself and others.

No two students are the same, so I adapt my teaching style to take this into account. I like my students to enjoy their lessons, so you will find they contain some humour, which I believe makes them more fun and the learning process much easier. I will provide all the material you need and much of this will contain easy to follow examples. I also use a different method to help with pronunciation, and this technique automatically helps to apply the correct stress for the word and to deliver it with an English accent.

I look forward to speaking with you soon and helping you with your English.
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5

Franziska S.
Germany, 29/08/2023

Lovely conversations about lot of themes, I feel much better in my conversation skills now and learned more about RP pronouncing . Thank you Ian, we’ll have some more lessons in the future

Svitlana K.
United Kingdom, 03/06/2023

Really liked the lesson. I want to continue studying with a teacher and getting English lessons

MARCOS V.
Spain, 26/06/2019

Marcos ha insistido en continuar con las clases durante todo el curso porque ha percibido un progreso marcado en sus conocimientos gracias a Ian.El año que viene volveremos con las clases

Leila N.
United Kingdom, 18/12/2018

It is very useful and time consuming

Edward S.
Hong Kong, 28/10/2017

I think Ian is one of the best English teachers I have ever met, and he is very proficient in dealing with IELTS Exam techniques.

Natalia F.
Germany, 20/12/2016

Ian always gives an opportunity to train my speaking skills during our conversation and then tell about my mistakes honestly. Also he interests about my wishes of further lessons and prepares required information and tasks for me.

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Ian B.
United Kingdom Verified tutor - ID and qualifications checked
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