How My Teaching Method Was Born (and Why I Don’t Teach Like a Teacher) I’m not a native speaker (although I've gotten 9.0 in IELTS speaking). I learned English myself, lived in the UK for years, and spoke it well. But at 25, when I was first asked to help adults communicate in English, I froze. Not because I didn’t know English — but because I didn’t know what to do in a real lesson. I had no lesson plans. No method. No teaching experience. Then I noticed something important. Adults don’t come to be taught. They’ve already studied English for 10–15 years. What they want is a place to speak, think out loud, and feel safe making mistakes. That realization changed everything. I stopped “teaching” and started creating space. I asked questions, listened, followed their thoughts, and helped them stay calm while speaking. That simple shift became my method. Over 10+ years and 20,000+ one-to-one sessions with professionals from 70+ countries, it hasn’t changed — because people haven’t changed. Confidence doesn’t come from learning more. It comes from speaking without pressure. And there is a deeper layer - knowing how to handle pressure, this is something (once learned) you can use for the rest of your life.

I didn’t become confident first. I started — and confidence followed. In this episode, I share the real story behind how my teaching method was born. Not from certificates. Not from lesson plans. Not from “knowing what to do.” At 25, I was asked to help adults communicate in English — and inside, I froze. Not because my English was bad, but because I didn’t know how to be in the room. What changed everything wasn’t learning more. It was realizing what adults actually need when they speak under pressure. This episode is for you if you: freeze when it matters overthink instead of speaking doubt yourself before you start It’s not about English. It’s about what happens inside you when you open your mouth. Listen if that sounds familiar.

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How my lessons work: I find out what your issues are from conversation class….then direct you to take either my pronunciation class if pronunciation is a struggle for you…then we see in the pronunciation class if you need my entire pronunciation program or not. If you don’t then we’d move on to other things after I help you with the few sounds that you struggle with. If you have a real big problem with pronunciation then that is what I work on first before conversational classes and before ‘other types of education class’.

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