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Peter Lilly
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Professional TeacherTeaches
English
Native
Speaks
French
Other
Specialties
BusinessClear, Confident, Creative | English for Work, Life & Personal Growth
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
French
Other
Specialties
BusinessClear, Confident, Creative | English for Work, Life & Personal Growth
About Me
Resume & Certificates
From United KingdomLiving in Montpellier, France (12:45 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Aug 3, 2021InterestsWritingMusicReadingFilms & TV SeriesTravel
Hi! I’m Peter, a UK-born English teacher based in France with over 800 lessons taught to students from 17+ countries. I specialise in Business, Academic, and Creative English, helping professionals and academics communicate clearly, confidently, and with nuance.
I focus on practical, conversation-driven lessons tailored to your goals—whether that’s leading meetings, giving presentations, writing professionally, or expressing complex ideas with clarity. Lessons include guided conversation, targeted exercises, and personalised feedback so you can see real progress every session.
As a published poet with a background in theology, philosophy, and music, I bring creativity and depth to learning English. Together, we’ll make your language skills precise, natural, and impactful—so your ideas shine in any professional or personal context.
I teach:
✅ Beginners building confidence
✅ Intermediate learners improving accuracy and range
✅ Advanced learners refining nuance and style
Let’s work together to achieve your English goals—one lesson at a time!My teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Audio files
- Image files
- Articles and news
- Quizzes
Certificates
Advanced Certificate - Teaching Business English - TEFL.ORG - 2025Applying TEFL learning to the business environment, and how to integrate real life business English tasks into lessons to help the student to learn efficiently.
Certificate verified
120-hour Premier Online TEFL course - TEFL.ORG - 2025Grammar Course
Methodology Course
Video Observation Course
Remote/Telephone Teaching Course
Teaching Large Classes
Certificate verified
30 Hour Teaching Business English - TEFL.ORG - 2025I learned different teaching methods and activities to apply TEFL to people in a business context. How to build bespoke business lessons that will help business students in the most relevant and efficient ways possible.
Certificate verified
Teaching experience
2021 - 2022
Community TutorTeaching locally and through the online platform italki. During this time I taught over 800 lessons with 96 students from more than 17 countries, from the ages of 6 to over 60, retaining a full five star rating from student feedback. My students’ abilities ranged from beginners, to completing post-graduate studies in English literature. I also translated scientific documents, and gave public speaking coaching for post-doctoral presentations.
2022 - 2025
Formateur (ESL teacher)Teaching ESL for Easy Access English, granted me a wide experience of teaching groups and individuals of all ages and contexts, and also gave me the opportunity to teach as part of a team. I was required to expertly deliver English lessons to professional students working in a wide range of industries and specialisations, giving feedback to the students and the HR of their companies. I was also required to write and build lessons that would be engaging and impart language skills in a natural and
Education
2007 - 2010
Bachelor’s - Theology
Work Experience
2014 - 2015
Assistant ManagerNew Hope is an independent homeless charity, and the Sanctuary is a project that runs 3 different housing services for the homeless: 2 emergency direct access accommodations; and 1 longer term move-on accommodation. My role included managing and supporting our project workers in their key-working of the service-users and making sure the support offered, advice given and record keeping was up to an exceptional standard. In my role I also provided supervision and appraisals for support staff.
2018 - 2021
ServerDuties include preparation of the bar, taking orders and payments, learning over 20 smoothie recipes by heart to prepare and serve quickly, washing up and cleaning, managing the production line, receiving and arranging deliveries. This work required being able to work well as a team in an intense production line, as well multi-tasking during lone-working, and retaining a professional and polite customer focussed service.
5.0
Rating
83
Students
894
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
41 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Conversational English with Detailed Written Feedback (All Levels)
A1 - C2Conversation510 lessons completed
USD 24.00+
Package with 8% off
Conversational English – Live Feedback Only (All Levels)
A1 - C2Conversation323 lessons completed
USD 21.00+
Package with 8% off
Charity English: Persuade Stakeholders, Secure Funding & Communicate Impact Clearly
A2 - C2Business1 lessons completed
USD 26.00+
Package with 9% off
Healthcare English: Speak Clearly with Patients & Present Medical Research Confidently
A1 - C2Business0 lessons completed
USD 26.00+
Package with 9% off
HR English: Lead Meetings, Handle Conflict & Communicate Policies with Authority
A1 - C2Business18 lessons completed
USD 26.00+
Package with 9% off
Education English: Teach, Present & Communicate Professionally in Academic Settings
A1 - C2Business0 lessons completed
USD 26.00+
Package with 9% off
Science English: Explain Complex Ideas Clearly & Collaborate in Research with Confidence
A1 - C2Business0 lessons completed
USD 26.00+
Package with 9% off
Availability
85 Reviews
Dominik Betka
19 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
I can highly recommend Peter as a tutor. Our conversations always feel natural and comfortable, which makes learning much easier. He is very professional in his approach, always well prepared, and fully engaged during lessons.
What I especially appreciate is that he asks a lot of questions and really tries to understand his student better. Thanks to that, the conversations are more meaningful and the learning becomes much more effective.
He is also very good at explaining the more difficult aspects of the language and then helping to put them into practice in future lessons.
I highly recommend working with him.
Apr 14, 2026
Libor
36 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Peter is the best teacher I met. He is polite, impressive and clever. I'd do everything to see him again, over and over. Thanks, Peter, for your great personality and patience. See you.
Jun 7, 2022
Eric
2 English lessons
Had a great and interesting conversation with Peter, and I enjoyed the interaction very much. He is very friendly, patient and supportive, and I was given ample time to express my ideas.
Apr 15, 2026
Monica Meoli
51 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Oggi voglio esprimere tutta la mia gratitudine al mio straordinario insegnante Peter Lilly, perché grazie alle sue lezioni sempre interessanti, stimolanti e sfidanti, sono riuscita ad ottenere il Certificate in ESOL International level B2.
Grazie Peter!
Today I would like to express all my gratitude to my extraordinary teacher Peter Lilly, because thank to his interesting, challenging lessons I got the Certificate in ESOL International Level B2.
Thank you Peter!
Sep 5, 2022
Eric
2 English lessons
Had another great lesson with Peter. The interaction was lively, and we covered various interesting topics.
May 21, 2026
nuria rivas biel
5 English lessons
Peter me aporta confianza, se basa en mis intereses personales para adaptar las clases y hace que siempre le entienda!!. Gracias!
Mar 16, 2026
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