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Audry Wickham
Professional TeacherTeaches
Portuguese
Native
English
Speaks
French
Specialties
Test PreparationMaster English or Portuguese with an Expert Language Tutor
Teaches
Portuguese
Native
English
Speaks
French
Specialties
Test PreparationMaster English or Portuguese with an Expert Language Tutor
About Me
Resume & Certificates
From United KingdomLiving in Swansea, United Kingdom (10:03 UTC+01:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Apr 29, 2020InterestsTravelHistoryReadingFilms & TV SeriesWriting
As an experienced language professional, I offer personalised one-to-one lessons for adults, tailored to your needs, interests, and goals. Together, we will build your reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills while developing effective study techniques, cultural awareness, and practical communication.
My lessons are interactive, supportive, and focused on real progress. Each session includes clear guidance, detailed feedback, corrections, and practical exercises to help you improve with confidence. We will use a dynamic shared document during the lesson, allowing us to write, practise, and review language together in real time.
After each lesson, you can download the document, including corrections, useful texts, grammar notes, pronunciation guidance, and personalised feedback. You will also receive a clear summary of your progress, with notes on mistakes, areas for improvement, and next steps for continued learning.
Whether you want to communicate more naturally, prepare for travel, improve your confidence, or develop stronger language skills, I will guide and support you throughout your learning journey.My teaching material
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Video files
- Text Documents
- Articles and news
- PDF file
- Audio files
- Image files
- Homework Assignments
- Quizzes
Certificates
How to Teach Reading - British Council - 2025
Certificate verified
Motivating Learners - British Council - 2025
Certificate verified
How to Teach Vocabulary - British Council - 2025
Certificate verified
How to Teach Speaking - British Council - 2025
Certificate verified
English Grammar for Teachers - UCL (University College London) - 2025The course combines a modern and innovative approach to studying grammar with the opportunities that technology offers.
Certificate verified
Planning Courses - British Council - 2025
Certificate verified
Teaching English Grammar in Context - UCL (University College London) - 2025Contextualised approaches to teaching grammar
How to teach a range of texts, genres and styles
Tools from literary linguistics and stylistics
Usable ideas you can take back to the classroom
Certificate verified
Gender in Language Education - British Council - 2025
Certificate verified
Planning Lessons - British Council - 2025
Certificate verified
How to Teach Grammar - British Council - 2025
Certificate verified
Assessing Learning - British Council - 2024
Certificate verified
How to Teach Writing - British Council - 2024
Certificate verified
Understanding Language Systems - British Council - 2024
Certificate verified
English Grammar: All You Need to Know - UCL (University College London) - 2024The course covered the following topics: grammatical forms (such as nouns, noun phrases, verbs, and verb phrases), grammatical functions (including Subject, Predicate, Complement, and Adjunct), semantic roles, tense, aspect, mood, and information structuring. Participants participated in exercises, discussions, and a final test.
Certificate verified
How to Teach Pronunciation - British Council - 2024
Certificate verified
How to Develop Cultural Awareness - University of Lincoln - 2023This course focussed on key concepts relating to intercultural awareness and offered opportunities for learners to reflect on their own and others' experiences of inclusion and exclusion in the workplace.
Certificate verified
English Pronunciation in a Global World - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - 2023In this online course, learners have improved their English pronunciation skills. They have also learned about important aspects of speaking English in today's globalised world, like being understandable to other English speakers, being credible, and expressing our personal identity.
Certificate verified
Engaging Adult Learners with Active Learning - University of Padova - 2023Discover the power of active participation in adult learning, encouraging teamwork and collaboration among students.
Certificate verified
Understanding English Punctuation - Whitireia New Zealand - 2023This online course explored the correct use of English Punctuation. It examined the correct use of commas, semi-colons, and colons. This course also covered when to use an em dash, an en dash, or a hyphen, and why these details matter, particularly when writing in a professional capacity.
Certificate verified
Multilingual Learning for a Globalised World - The University of Glasgow - 2023This course explored living in multilingual worlds and critical intercultural aspects of languages and the creative arts.
Certificate verified
Using Linguistics to Explore Texts and Meaning - University of Huddersfield - 2023Stylistics is the study of linguistic style in texts. Stylistics empowers students to become critical readers by developing rigorous techniques of linguistic analysis. Topics studied in the course are foregrounding theory, speech presentation, characterisation and corpus stylistics.
Certificate verified
Teaching English: How to Plan a Great Lesson - British Council - 2023Compare teaching approaches and experiences with others from around the world.
Reflect on the factors involved in learner's motivation and consider the implications for
teaching practice.
Identify and value diversity, and apply strategies to promote inclusive education.
Reflect on your approach to lesson planning and the factors that inform your planning decisions.
Interpret other teachers' approaches and decision-making.
Identify appropriate teaching resources and assess their effect
Certificate verified
Teaching English Online - Cambridge University Press & Assessment English - 2023This course prepared teachers to teach English online in both one-to-one and group lessons. It explored the tools and resources available to online teachers and the key skills that they
need. Teachers learned how to teach the four communicative skills of language using online
tools, as well as how to develop learners’ language use and pronunciation skills. The
course also covered different teaching contexts and professional development for online
teachers.
Certificate verified
Introduction to Applied Linguistics and TESOL - University of Leicester - 2023The course explored key areas of applied linguistics, such as psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, and phonology, and looked at how these can be applied to investigating real-world language-related problems. The course investigated the field’s impact on important issues - for example, reducing gender bias in language use; raising awareness of accent discrimination and improving methods and approaches to language learning, teaching and assessment.
Certificate verified
Language and Culture - University of Leeds - 2023This course investigated the relationship between language and cultural identity and the role that language plays in intercultural communication.
Certificate verified
Academic Reading and Writing - Whitireia New Zealand - 2023This course explored informal and formal language, academic words, and features of academic writing. It focused on different types of academic writing and processes, and
conventions. The course explored different academic reading strategies, such as skimming,
scanning, detailed reading, and reading critically. This course also explored referencing, editing, and proofreading.
Certificate verified
How to Teach English Pronunciation - Language Fuel - 2022This course provided an overview of the different aspects of English pronunciation, and how to teach them. It touched on the features of intonation, speed & pausing, linking, stress, weak forms and sounds of the language.
Certificate verified
Improve Your IELTS Speaking Score - Macquarie University - 2022The course included modules on general test strategies, improving fluency and coherence, lexical recourse, grammatical range and accuracy, pronunciation, tips for a great score and practice tests.
Certificate verified
Improve your IELTS Academic Writing Score - Macquarie University - 2022The course included modules on general test strategies, improving task responses, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy, tips for a great score and practice tests.
Certificate verified
Guided Case Study of an English Language Learner - WINTEC - 2022This course explores a number of different factors which can affect a learner's progress in
learning English as an Additional Language. These factors include learner background, learner motivation, personality and cultural background.
Certificate verified
Miracles of Human Language - Universiteit Leiden - 2020An Introduction to Linguistics: An online non-credit course authorized by Universiteit Leiden and Meertens Instituut (KNAW) and offered through Coursera.
Certificate verified
Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults - University of Cambridge ESOL - 2016Certificate Number: ccpf615673
International recognised certificate for teachers of English as a Second or Foreign Language with a student-centred approach.
Certificate verified
Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults - University of Cambridge ESOL - 2016Certificate Number: ccpf615673.
International recognised certificate for teachers of English as a Second or Foreign Language with a student-centred approach. The CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) is a post-secondary qualification designed for individuals who wish to gain a formal qualification in teaching English as a second or foreign language. It suits teachers who want to formalise their experience with a globally recognised certificate.
Certificate verified
The Bilingual Brain - Coursera - 2015
Certificate verified
Write101x: English Grammar and Style - University of Queensland Australia - 2014A course of study offered by UQx, an online learning initiative of The University of Queensland, Australia through edX.
Certificate verified
ColWri2.3x: Principles of Written English - Berkeley University - 2014A course of study offered by BerkeleyX, an online learning initiative of the University of California, Berkeley through edX.
Certificate verified
Crafting an Effective Writer - Coursera - 2013Tools of the Trade (Fundamental English Writing)
Certificate verified
Teaching experience
2016 - 2017
English Language Teacher
2020 - Current
Professional Online Language Teacher
Education
1999 - 2004
Bachelor’s - Bachelor (BSc) in Legal and Social Sciences - Law
2016 - 2017
Bachelor’s - Certificate in English Language Teaching to AdultsCertificate Number: ccpf615673
International recognised certificate for teachers of English as a Second or Foreign Language with a student-centred approach.
5.0
Rating
89
Students
667
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Portuguese Lessons
Portuguese
English
Trial Lesson
58 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
Learn Portuguese for Everyday Life
A1 - C2Language Essentials141 lessons completed
USD 18.00+
Package with 8% off
Availability
139 Reviews
All
English
Portuguese
Aya
82 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Thank you!
She prepared a lot of materials which were so helpful for me.
She is an awesome teacher, and inspires me every class.
Thank you always and see you next week!
Mar 26, 2022
Yesim Topcu
1 English lesson
Teacher’s pick
For the first lesson it was wonderful. I ilke her style very much
Thank you very much 🙏🏻
Feb 10, 2021
Varvara
28 English lessons
My first lesson was great, Audry is a very attentive teacher, and I am very inspired to continue studying!
Oct 18, 2022
Rafał Szczepanik
1 English lesson
Teacher’s pick
It was my first lesson with Audry and i can tell that she was very well prepared to conduct lessons. I think that her methods are what I need to improve my english :)
Mar 31, 2021
Luciana Coimbra
1 English lesson
Ótima professora.Amei a minha primeira aula e tenho certeza que já achei a pessoa perfeita que vai embarcar comigo nessa missão! 😍
Oct 2, 2023
Orieli Cumare
10 English lessons
Muy buena esta profesora tomare clases con ella siempre ! Hasta hablar perfecto el inglés 👏🏼
Ig: Missoriell
Oct 11, 2022
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