English teacher Sam

Sam

Professional Teacher
Teaches
English
Native
Japanese
Speaks
Russian
Spanish
Chinese (Mandarin)
Polyglot and TEFL-certified teacher with 6 years of teaching experience
From United KingdomLiving in London, United Kingdom (01:29 UTC+07:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Aug 2, 2016
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I am a TEFL-qualified English teacher with many years of experience. I am also a polyglot, with advanced levels of ability in Japanese, Spanish, and Russian, and an intermediate level of Mandarin Chinese.
5.0
Rating
943
Students
4329
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate

English Lessons

English
Japanese
Trial Lesson
466 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
British English Pronunciation Workshop
A1 -  C2

Language Essentials

322 lessons completed
USD 22.50
Dedicated Tutoring for speakers of Russian, Japanese, Spanish, or Chinese
A1 -  C2

Conversation

1,005 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 8% off
Advanced British English Pronunciation Workshop
B2 -  C2

Language Essentials

29 lessons completed
USD 40.00
Informal Tutoring for all students of English
A1 -  C2

Language Essentials

115 lessons completed
USD 12.00+

Availability

386 Reviews

All
English
Japanese
Student Martin
Martin
2 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
Sam is a kind, encuouraging and supportive teacher. I feel much clearer about what I need to work on thanks to Sam's guidance. I really enjoyed the lesson and look forward to the next one. Thanks very much Sam ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Jul 7, 2025
Student Josh
Josh
116 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
I've been taking lessons with Sam for about 3 months, he's helped me to make substantial progress in my Japanese, and I always look forwards to my lessons with him. He's helped me correct many bad habits I had picked up, and explains concepts in an easy to understand way, drawing on his experience both as a teacher and a language learner. I will be continuing my lessons with Sam, and recommending him to friends that wish to start studying Japanese more. Thanks Sam!
Oct 3, 2024
Student Artem Nikolenko
Artem Nikolenko
12 Japanese lessons
I've been really enjoying my lessons with Sam. I highly recommend him to anyone looking to learn Japanese.
Mar 1, 2026
Student Felix
Felix
29 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
Sam is a great teacher who keeps the lessons fun while taking the learning aspect seriously. He explains not just how things work but why, which really helps me with understanding things. Not being a native speaker further reinforces this, as he understands the perspective of the student much more for it. Notably, he will always give you things to talk about when, or while, you're not able to come up with anything yourself (yet). I can feel my own improvement and it doesn't feel like a chore to take these lessons at all, which is what keeps me here. Highly recommend.
Feb 15, 2025
Student ArtyomGorskii
ArtyomGorskii
1 English lesson
This was a great first class of dedicated tutoring for Russian speakers like me with Sam! Even though Russian is my main language, I know English very well so he found it out in the class. He knows Russian very well, another thing is that he gives feedback about speaking that other teachers don't pay attention to. He found out my weak areas of speaking such as lubricators that help connect the sentences and word fillers and useful phrases to express your experience. He helped me by giving useful pieces of advice on how to sound more natural and fluent in English. He asked me additional questions about my experience with practicing English, my goals and my expectations. He shared stories about English mistakes made by Russian students like me which is great because I'm not alone. Nice class and I hope to see him again soon! That was superb!
Mar 25, 2026
Karla Aguilera
9 English lessons
Excellent!! Ver professional, attempt to your spoken, a very good teacher
Jan 30, 2026