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Jake Pointer
Professional TeacherTeaches
English
Native
Speaks
Spanish
Polish
Specialties
KidsBusinessTest PreparationTEFL-Certified, Native English Teacher
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Spanish
Polish
Specialties
KidsBusinessTest PreparationTEFL-Certified, Native English Teacher
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From United KingdomLiving in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (17:50 UTC+01:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Mar 28, 2025InterestsPets & AnimalsEnvironment & NatureReadingFilms & TV Series
Hello! I’m Jake, a TEFL-certified native English teacher from the UK. I specialize in general English, teaching children, conversational fluency, academic English, and business communication, helping students from beginner to advanced levels. Living in Newcastle, I love connecting with learners worldwide—sharing cultures, languages, and even gaming or travel stories!
When I’m not teaching, you’ll find me practicing Spanish, cooking new recipes, or volunteering. My diverse hobbies fuel my dynamic lessons. Let’s make English engaging and tailored to your goals—book a trial and let’s chat!Me as a Teacher
I used to teach in a local ESL school in Newcastle, teaching 1-to-1 classes, small groups and conversational classes. These included students from all backgrounds, countries, age groups and levels from beginner to advanced. Now, I tutor students privately online and hope that I will be tutoring you in the future too!
I enjoy teaching all parts of English such as vocabulary, reading, writing, listening, grammar, pronunciation and everything else. English is best learnt through a combination of these with more focus given to areas which need them, which is what we will be doing! My lessons & teaching style
We will use different materials depending on you wish to learn. If you would like to focus primarily on speaking, then I have several conversation books with a range of topics which also incorporate relevant vocabulary. If you wish to take a more holistic approach, I generally use the latest English File books which include all aspects of English in a structured way. As a rule, in class we will do the speaking, reading and grammar activities together and the listening and writing tasks will be for homework. I also teach Academic, Business and English for children. A free copy of all these books is included with the class.My teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Audio files
- Image files
- Video files
- Articles and news
- Graphs and charts
- Homework Assignments
Certificates
IELTS Speaking Teaching Training Program - IDP IELTS - 2025
Certificate verified
Teaching Business English - TEFL UK - 2024
Certificate verified
TEFL - The Language House - 2017
Certificate verified
TYL - The Language House - 2017
Certificate verified
Teaching experience
2023 - Current
ESL Teacher/Welfare Officer1) Teaching A0-B2 general English to adults, setting/marking homework,
student activity trips, teaching the weekly conversation club, keeping a record
of work/attendance
2) Curriculum development, student reports, researching
and attending extra-curricular English events with students, creating display
materials
3) Monitoring student welfare by maintaining a safe school environment,
ensuring students are content/safe both in and outside of the school,
completing first aid/safeguarding courses
Education
2014 - 2018
Bachelor’s - Sociology
2019 - 2024
Doctorate - Sociology
2018 - 2019
Master's - Sociology
Work Experience
2019 - 2024
PhD ResearcherThe role of PhD Researcher meant that I conducted in-depth qualitative, sociological research. This included carrying out numerous online interviews, transcription, academic writing/publishing, presentations and so on. Many of these skills, especially the interviewing and use of academic English/presentation are highly transferable to teaching.
5.0
Rating
4
Students
32
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
95%
Response rate
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
1 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
General English for all Levels
A1 - C2Language Essentials21 lessons completed
USD 13.50+
Conversation Classes
A1 - C1Conversation4 lessons completed
USD 13.50+
Business Classes
B1 - B2Business0 lessons completed
USD 13.50+
Children's Classes
A1 - C2Kids6 lessons completed
USD 13.50+
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
2 Reviews
andres
4 English lessons
Excellent teacher. Jake is very patient and kind, and since day one. I have felt very comfortable speaking with him.
The classes are great; I really like that we have free conversation as I have noticed it's what has helped me the most to gain confidence. Also, we always learn new vocabulary with the material we review.
100% recommended.
Nov 7, 2025
Margarita P.
18 English lessons
ake is a very cool, systematic teacher. Everything he does is clear and well-thought-out. At the same time, he is a super flexible and client-oriented tutor. He is always proactive and listens to feedback. Jake works with teenagers and actively participates in discussions about their day and vacation experiences. He is an inquisitive teacher, thereby developing children's speaking skills by asking them questions and sharing his own experiences through the children's interests. I highly recommend him as an English language teacher.
Sep 18, 2025
Trial Lesson
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