1-on-1 teacher Group Class Community Become a teacher

Visited a day ago

Alan

English

Native

Scots

Native

Spanish

Portuguese

From United Kingdom

Living in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

CELTA qualified English teacher from Scotland with over 5 years teaching experience. Hi, I'm Alan. I'm a CELTA qualified English teacher from the UK with a clear Scottish accent (it's a really easy accent to understand). I also have a BA (Hons) degree in Language Studies, English and Spanish. I can help you improve your English for your career, to pass an exam or for simply travelling the world! I love meeting and talking to people from all around the world and learning about different cultures. I can also speak Scots and Spanish. I love travel, music, sport, languages and photography. When I'm not teaching I'm usually travelling, with every country I visit I love to learn some basics of the local language and test it out with the local people. . I like to create a relaxed environment when teaching. It's important for me to get to know my students as I firmly believe that I can tailor each lesson to the individual student's interests and skill level. From my years of experience I have developed an easy-going lesson style and I have learned many techniques to help you improve your language skills. I have taught people of all ages and backgrounds. I have experience teaching business people and preparing students for IELTS examinations. I also have a background as an experienced technical English writer mostly for engineering purposes. This includes many years experience in proofreading and a vast knowledge of business English. I teach using the communicative style of teaching, which means that my student is doing most of the speaking for the vast m...

My teaching material

PDF file
Text Documents
Presentation slides/PPT
Audio files
Image files
Video files
Articles and news
Homework Assignments

Interests

Sports & Fitness

Travel

Pets & Animals

English

Trial Lesson

192 lessons completed

USD 7.00+

Informal conversation practice

A1-C2

Conversation

628 lessons completed

USD 10.00+

5% off

English conversation and grammar help

A1-C2

Language Essentials

1,005 lessons completed

USD 10.00+

5% off

Proof reading (checking exam texts, C.V's, general texts) no skype or italki classroom session.

A1-C2

Language Essentials

37 lessons completed

USD 18.00

Conversational practice for advanced students.

C1-C2

Conversation

302 lessons completed

USD 18.00

13% off

Based on your timezone (UTC)

4.9

247

Reviews

100%

Attendance

100%

Respond

For beginners·29

Pronunciation·1

Structured lessons·1

Patient·1

Provides materials·1

Noemi

40 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

he is an excellent teacher, has great ideas and changes his teaching method often to get results

Katka Zaborska

107 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

Alan listened to my job interview preparation and helped me to sound more natural and to gain some confidence. Thank you, Alan.

Maximiliano Leone

2 English lessons

Muy buena impresion en nuestra primera clase, estoy muy satisfecho y seguro de que lofrare los objetivos que me he propuesto alcanzar con la ayuda de Alan

Joseph Lee

143 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

A lovable talk about the films portraying "Robert the Bruce", a foremost king on Scotland history, who leads Scotland to freedom from English.

Cartoon

1 English lesson

Alan is a friendly and patient teacher! He creates a very relaxed environment, and he communicates clearly, making everything easy to follow and understand. We had a nice conversation about travel, food, and culture. Great for anyone looking to build confidence in speaking.

Jenny

2 English lessons

Alan is a nice teacher. We get along well and have good conversations. I really enjoy his lessons.