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Tom Brennan
Professional TeacherTeaches
English
Native
Speaks
Spanish
Specialties
BusinessIELTS & Business English Teacher
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Spanish
Specialties
BusinessIELTS & Business English Teacher
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From IrelandLiving in Da Nang, Vietnam (10:53 UTC+07:00)
About Me
italki teacher since May 14, 2020InterestsTechReadingBusiness & FinanceTravelSports & Fitness
Struggling with IELTS or Business English? I’m a Cambridge-certified specialist who helps professionals and students excel in exams, meetings, and presentations. With 8+ years of teaching across 30+ cultures (I’ve lived in 4 countries!), I tailor lessons to your goals—using real-world case studies, role plays, and tech tools. Whether you’re prepping for an IELTS band 7+ or negotiating in English, I bridge language gaps with cultural fluency. Outside teaching? I’m obsessed with finance, tech trends, and foraging—ask me about wild edibles!Me as a Teacher
I’m a Cambridge/CELTA qualified professional native English teacher since 2017. I teach IELTS and Business English mostly.
I’ve taught General, Academic and Business English to students from all over the world. I teach Business English focusing on specific skills such as meetings, presentations, interview skills and vocabulary of Business. I’ve prepared classes and 121 students for IELTS & TOEIC exams while also tutoring postgrad students preparing theses. My lessons & teaching style
What is my teaching style?
Conversational, structured and blended approach.
Work with the student to develop a plan for learning. Gives the student and teacher a roadmap of where they want to get to and how to get there.
Method & Materials used?
Primarily conversational, tasks/activities, video, audio, articles & podcasts, authentic materials.
Conversational & situational role play with discussion/analysis/ interpretation.
Business case studies - articles, video, audio, Tedtalks, elearning tools
IELTS/TOEIC test papers. online resources and authentic materials.
Tailored and specific material to engage and challenge students of Business English and cultural studies.My teaching material
- PDF file
- Audio files
- Articles and news
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Video files
- Quizzes
- Homework Assignments
- Graphs and charts
- Image files
- Text Documents
- Test templates and examples
Certificates
CELTA - Cambridge University - 2018I’m a Cambridge/CELTA qualified professional native English teacher with over 2 years experience in the classroom/online environment
Certificate verified
BSc Hons Business & Information Technology - University - 2001An honours degree program of 4 years from Ireland's leading University - Trinity College Dublin
Certificate verified
Education
1997 - 2003
Master's - Business & Information TechnologyI’ve spent 12 years in and around academia. I’m a graduate of Ireland’s foremost university Trinity College Dublin which is a sister college of Oxford and Cambridge universities in England. I hold BSc(Hons) and MA degrees in Business & Information Technology. I also hold an MII Diploma in Marketing. I won a Phd scholarship (Health Sciences) in 2018 but decided not to accept. I’ve spent 4 years doing post grad research in Anthropology exploring themes around narratives of mental health.
5.0
Rating
76
Students
471
Lessons
99%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
35 lessons completed
USD 6.00+
Conversational English
A2 - C2Conversation216 lessons completed
USD 11.00+
Package with 12% off
General English
A2 - C2Language Essentials47 lessons completed
USD 11.00+
Package with 10% off
Business English
B1 - C2Business22 lessons completed
USD 11.00+
Package with 10% off
IELTs Test preparation
B1 - C2Business0 lessons completed
USD 22.00+
Package with 14% off
The importance of Figurative language in Business English
B1 - C2Business0 lessons completed
USD 25.00
Package with 10% off
Availability
My creations
Podcast (6)
Quiz (2)
39 Reviews
Michela
12 English lessons
Excellent approach based on your targets!
Jan 8, 2026
Michela
12 English lessons
Excellent approach based on your targets!
Dec 24, 2025
Michela
12 English lessons
Excellent method based on your targets!
Dec 9, 2025
Michela
12 English lessons
Excellent approach based on your targets!
Dec 30, 2025
Michela
12 English lessons
Excellent approach to work out on your targets!
Dec 18, 2025
Rafael
1 English lesson
Great first conversation. It was very smooth and interesting. Tom is exactly the teacher I was looking for and I'll be scheduling more lessons very soon!
Dec 5, 2025
Trial Lesson
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