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Nicholas

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Japanese

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Hi, I'm Nick, a professional British English teacher. 25 years experience. Customised lessons.

Teaches

English

Native

Speaks

Japanese

Specialties

Business

Medical

Kids

Test Preparation

Hi, I'm Nick, a professional British English teacher. 25 years experience. Customised lessons.

About Me

Me as a Teacher

My lessons & teaching style

Resume & Certificates

From United KingdomLiving in Bournemouth, United Kingdom (12:53 UTC+01:00)

About Me

italki teacher since Jun 13, 2017

InterestsBusiness & FinanceFilms & TV SeriesTechMedical & HealthcareFood

Hello everyone! My name is Nick. I’m a TEFL certified instructor from the UK. Thank you for taking the time to have a look at my profile. In 1987, I moved to New Zealand and worked in various industries. Eight years later I decided to pursue a dream of living and working in Japan. I stayed there for sixteen years. During my time in Japan, I opened two Conversation schools, I was pretty busy. In 2015 I returned to the UK with my family where I continue to teach online.

Me as a Teacher

All lesson materials are carefully selected to suit your needs. My lessons make use of lots of different materials, such as videos, audio recordings, songs, articles and textbooks, so we can build all your skills. Development of fluency and confidence through conversation practice in a relaxed setting. I am very patient, and you can ask me all the questions you want, as many times as you want, until you understand very well. Let me know what you need and how I can help you, and I will be here for you. I will do my best to help you achieve your goals of becoming fluent in English. On a personal note, I currently live in Bournemouth in the UK. I enjoy mountain biking, swimming and running.

My lessons & teaching style

✱ Customised 1 on 1 Professional Course or lessons simply to improve fluency. ✱ Speaking lessons – relaxed and easy to learn quickly! ✱ MBA applications – Extensive experience in preparing applicants for the top Business Schools. ✱ ILETS – Academic and General- Get band 7 and beyond. ✱ Business English – Any Industry ✱ Medical English – OET GMC PLAB2 OSCE Clinical scenarios for doctors. As a qualified and certified OET Instructor, I specialise in delivering professional, tailored courses to help healthcare professionals achieve success in the Occupational English Test (OET). With my in-depth knowledge of the test format and its requirements.

My teaching material

PDF file
Text Documents
Presentation slides/PPT
Audio files
Image files
Video files
Flashcards
Articles and news
Quizzes
Test templates and examples
Homework Assignments

Certificates

OET Teacher Training - OET - 2024I have completed all modules of the OET teacher training achieving 100 Points. I am certified to create OET courses through the organisation. I also have extensive experience in my own medical studies. There is no singular certificate for the OET teacher training so I have uploaded one of the module certificates. I can send the others if required,

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TEFL Certificate - Online Oranges TEFL Training - 2012This certificate has enabled me to take up some online teaching positions and has given me an alternate perspective in teaching. Having taught for the best part of two decades the information wasn't anything new.

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Experience - Nick's 英会話 - 1999Industry experience of teaching kids of all ages since 1999 both in person and online.

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Experience - Nick's 英会話 - 1999Industry Experience since 1999 and TEFL 150 hours

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Experience - Business and Technician Education Council - 1984Completed a course in business studies at college. Separately studied commercial law, accounting. I have also been a self employed businessman since 1999 generating an income of around $320,000 per year with a staff of 12 people.

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Education

2017 - 2018

Master's - MBARobert Kennedy CollegeExpand my knowledge of business and provide some status to my recent business of admissions consulting. Planning for the 2017 intake.

1994 - 1995

Bachelor’s - Bachelor of business major in commercial lawManukau Institute of TechnologySwitched to massey university after one year of study.

1995 - 2019

Bachelor’s - computer science and Electrical engineeringMassey UniversityThe focus was on improving my technical skills and get some up to date experience coding in C++. I wanted to have the expertise from electrical engineering to pursue a dream of owning a computer manufacturing company. At present the degree is incomplete

2017 - 2020

Doctorate - MedicineDa Vinci Medical School

Work Experience

1983 - 1984

teaching assistantBristol SEMERC - Bristol, United KingdomAssisted teachers in demonstrating various technological aids for physically and mentally handicapped students.

1984 - 1985

trainee computer programmerAlum Software - Bristol, United KingdomLearnt Basic and machine code. Helped in developing educational software for the BBC micro system. Primary use in schools at that time. Demonstrated the software in schools and prisons to small groups of students.

1985 - 1987

clerical officerDepartment of employment - Weston-super-mare, United KingdomClaims officer and enquires clerk. Assisted in special projects where mass unemployment had occurred. invaluable experience in learning conflict resolution.

1987 - 1989

Computer sales consultant (Northland area)Cylex company - whangarei, New ZealandTravelling sales representative for the Northland area of New Zealand. A large territory that subsisted of mainly agricultural clients. Sales positions in general test your people skills and although a hard job, many lessons were learnt.

1990 - 1994

Die cut managerAuckland Packaging - Auckland, New ZealandResponsible for five staff and the daily running of a die cutting section in a box manufacturing company.

1995 - 1999

Specialist in Invalidity benefitsDepartment of Work and Income - Auckland, New ZealandResponsible for assessment and entitlement to benefits. Worked closely with doctors and social workers in determining the severity of their condition.

1999 - 1999

English teacherEikaiwa Fleming - Saitama Shin Koshigaya, JapanTaught students of varying ages. Kindergarten through to high school. Adult general classes, business and test preparation

1999 - 2014

Headmaster, Founder and CEOGee Corpoaration - Tokyo, JapanFounded two conversation schools in Tokyo and Chiba. Employed around 10 staff both foreign and Japanese. Designed and developed an original curriculum that was highly regarded in the areas we resided. We Serviced a customer base of approximately 400 students. Gained experience in management, teaching, curriculum development. Probably I had completed sufficient work for an MA in Education. Qualifications generally don't matter so much to me. I only value how knowledge can be applied.

2015 - Current

FounderNCG English - Bournemouth, United KingdomFreelance English teacher online and MBA admissions consultant.

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English Lessons

Trial Lesson

206 lessons completed

USD 5.00+

Job Interview & MBA Applications - Business English

A1 - C2

Business

39 lessons completed

USD 32.00

Package with 7% off

Conversation Lesson

A1 - C2

Language Essentials

911 lessons completed

USD 11.00+

Package with 10% off

Speaking for IELTS, TOEFL, EIKEN and Cambridge Exams CPE, CAE, FCE, PET and KEY

A1 - C2

Test Preparation

30 lessons completed

USD 27.00

Package with 12% off

Medical English Course including OET OSCE PLAB MSQ Post graduate level and Case studies

B1 - C2

Medical

8 lessons completed

USD 18.00+

Package with 10% off

Kids English Ages 3-12

A1 - C1

Kids

140 lessons completed

USD 10.00+

Package with 12% off

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100 Reviews

Mahmoud

4 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

Nicholas is an awesome teacher. I have enjoyed the lesson with him. His accent is what I am searching for.

Jul 26, 2017

Anastasia

6 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

Nickolas helped me a lot in enhancing confidence and imrpoving my language skills. I can advise him for everybody who strives to achieve their goals in English. Great teacher! Thank you so much, Nickolas. It was a real pleasure to have conversations with you.

Jul 7, 2017