Hi there! Welcome! 

•	I will guide you through a conversation so you can tell me about yourself

•	say why you are learning English (leisure, holidays, university, promotion...)

•	reveal your level, set your language goals, and plan for success.

•	After the class, I will send you a WRITTEN ANALYSIS of your English with areas to work on. 

What's not to love!

Hi! I'm Hester, a top 1% Italki English teacher (out of just over 5000). 

Conversation Confidence Booster is one of my favourite classes - I enjoy seeing you grow and develop as you gain confidence and start using your English more fluently.

It may be the first time you speak to a native English speaker. It is normal to be a bit nervous. Don't worry. You'll soon feel a lot more comfortable.

✅ SPEAK - This class concentrates on speaking. We'll develop the vocabulary YOU need. You will gain CONFIDENCE and FLUENCY, and improve your PRONUNCIATION.

✅ Make MISTAKES - Mistakes are part of learning a language. Make mistakes here, knowing they are welcome as part of your learning. I will catch any errors so that you can correct them and avoid embarrassment outside the classroom.

✅  LISTEN -  Communication has two sides - speaking and listening. We'll work on listening so that you understand and respond appropriately (and learn how to ask for REPETITION and CLARIFICATION). Are there accents you find particularly difficult? No problem, we can work on those too, to 'tune your ear in'

✅  READ - anything that interests you and that is relevant to your needs.  We then discuss these in class. They all add to your ability to speak

✅  MULTIMEDIA – watch short videos and use images - being able to describe something is an important conversation skill

✅ LEARN how to learn - Tips to help you maximise your in-class learning with practice between classes

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💚CONVERSATION CONFIDENCE BOOSTER: Speak with more fluency and more confidence

HUMAN RESOURCES - FINANCE & BANKING - ENERGY - LUXURY GOODS - MANUFACTURING - PHARMA - CUSTOMER SERVICES - SALES and more

Hi! I'm Hester, a top 1% Italki English teacher (out of over 5000). I have more than two decades of experience in business. The majority of my students are business people from a wide variety of industries, from Renewable Energy and Weather Forecasting to Manufacturing and Luxury Goods, and lots more. 

Whatever your need is, let's prepare together.  Learn how you can improve and say what you need to say in the right way!
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IMPROVE YOUR PRESENTATIONS
✅ Use signposting to let your audience know where you are going, so that you keep them awake and with you every step of the way. 

✅   Make your presentations memorable using a variety of proven techniques to package the information you want your audience to take away with them

JOB INTERVIEW PREPARATION: Prepare an EXCELLENT CV in English, or check the one you already use, one that tells your future employer ‘I’m the one you need!’

✅  Make sure your LETTER OF APPLICATION motivates your potential employer to contact YOU

✅  Practice your INTERVIEW SKILLS so you are the best you can be on the day

✅ Write an appropriate ACCEPTANCE LETTER that shows you are delighted to be joining the team

SPEECH OR DELIVERY OF A CONFERENCE PAPER
✅  Practice delivering the message you want your audience to hear, with clarity, conviction, and confidence, so that they'll want to hear from you again.

BASIC SKILLS
✅ Improve written communication - letters, emails, reports
✅ Practice 'telephone' English

🔑 ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS - Communicate in the right way for your job

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT ! 

This class helps you prepare to do well in all sections of the exam. Together, we will practice for your test so that you feel MORE RELAXED AND MORE CONFIDENT on the day, knowing that you have prepared to do your very best!

We will look at areas of the papers where you can gain the most points, as well as tips to help you maximise your score.
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IELTS - get TIPS on how to improve your score while you...

LISTEN - follow a conversation, recognise paraphrase, describe a place and follow directions, describe an action or a process, follow a lecture or a talk, contrast ideas

READ (ACADEMIC) Skim, scan, understand main ideas, locate/match information, analyse discursive passages, practice multiple choice, identify opinions and attitudes in argumentative texts

READ (GENERAL TRAINING) Multiple choice, identify information, match information, headings, sentence endings, complete notes/a summary/table/chart

WRITE  (ACADEMIC) - Describe / compare and contrast charts, tables, or graphs, describe diagrams, describe maps

WRITE (GENERAL TRAINING) Write a letter, plan and organise your ideas, express your ideas clearly, check and correct your writing

SPEAK

PART 1 – practice answering questions about yourself and a range of familiar topics, such as your home, family, work, studies and interests;  
PART 2 – practice speaking for 1 - 2 minutes on a given topic - organise your notes and your talk
PART 3 – practice discussion - this builds on the topic you spoke about in Part 2, giving you an opportunity to expand on your ideas, agree and disagree, and show off your English!

We will look at pronunciation, intonation, and 'chunking' for natural-sounding speech

Also, Cambridge exams:
Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET)
Cambridge B2 First (FCE)
Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE)
Cambridge C2 Proficiency (CPE)

💯 ENGLISH FOR EXAMS - IELTS, Cambridge Exams - improve your score with practice and correction

Learn the ways to a great conversation 🗨️ and connect with the people that matter to you and your career - I love this class because as I see such a change in people as they quickly learn this skill and start reaping the benefits immediately!

I'm Hester, a top 1% Italki English teacher.  I look forward to working with you to improve your English communication and to master Small Talk and Socialising in English

✅ Learn to chat comfortably and connect with clients and colleagues outside the meeting space. 

✅ Create a great impression from the beginning. 

✅ Learn and practice the art of small talk, an essential business and social skill. 

✅ Use Small Talk to show who you are, and to lead to deeper, more meaningful conversations. 

✅ Make those social moments more relaxing - something to look forward to and to ENJOY.

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💬 SMALL TALK / SOCIALISING IN ENGLISH: Essential business / social skills development

This class is for you if you want to be sure that your academic essays, presentations (with or without Powerpoint), business emails, letters, reports, websites or other written work say what you need them to say, in well-written English.


🟢 FIX MY ESSAY - You've researched your subject and now it is time to write your best essay. Make it one that makes your professor think, "this student deserves top marks!".


🟢 FIX MY WEBSITE - You've invested money getting your website online. Now make sure it says what you need it to say.  (😱 A French student says it's ok to mention her site as an example. It was translated by a big, expensive agency in Paris. She nearly had a heart attack when I pointed out that they had gone 'live' to an international audience, with 12 embarrassing errors on the home page and two other important pages. We fixed them in class and it didn't cost her several more thousands!)


🟢 FIX MY CV / MOTIVATION LETTER - You may be the person your chosen employer is looking for, but if your application is full of mistakes or takes the wrong tone (register), then you won't even get an interview.


Let's prepare your text together.  Learn how we can improve it.  After we have worked on your text it will say exactly what you want to say, in the right way. 
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✅  If you have a long document or series of documents, save 20%  by booking a 10-session package
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💚WRITTEN ENGLISH: ⌨️ 🖋️  Improve your essays, presentations, reports, or website!

If you have used all your trial classes and you are still searching for the right teacher for you, you are in the right place !

Book a 30 minute session with me (45 or 60 minutes if you really love to talk).

I will guide you through a conversation that lets you demonstrate your strengths in English and which also lets me notice where your English needs some support. (I'm a qualified spoken English evaluator and I notice everything!)

After the class, I will send you detailed written feedback, looking at grammar, use of vocabulary, pronunciation, listening and anything else that needs some attention. 

You can then decide if I am the teacher for you. 

Either way, you get an analysis of some of the areas that you need to work on. What's not to love!