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Christopher

(10 reviews)

Fariborz

« Excellent! Nice and very kind coach! I'm sure I will progress a lot with him :)! »

£20^/h

1^st lesson free!

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Lessons offered by Christopher

Individual
In group

The lessons will be held

By webcam

Taught subjects

ESOL (English)
Vocabulary - English
Business English
IELTS
British English
American English

Levels

Primary
Secondary
GCSE
AS Level
A Level
BTEC
Adult education
Undergraduate
Masters
Diploma
Doctorate
A1
A2
B1
B2
C1
C2
Beginner
Intermediate
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Professional
Kids

Qualified native British English teacher with 16 years of experience offering global online ESOL lessons. Classes are tailored to your needs and are guaranteed to be fun and effective. 1st class free!

Methodology

First, I believe lessons should be friendly and fun. If you're not enjoying getting better at English, I'm not doing my job properly! At the start, we'll identify your goals and areas for development. I will then create an individual learning plan with SMART targets to help you improve. Depending on your learning goals, I use videos and newspaper articles for reading and comprehension, along with a lot of conversation. We can also cover grammar, listening skills, and writing. I always set homework, but if you lack time I understand!

If you need help for a job interview, please consider my Masterclass, which is aimed at helping you succeed in the recruitment process.

Experience

I've been a teacher since 2004. After my BA (Hons) and MA, I gained my PGCE (official British teacher training qualification) while working in the UK college system, before moving to Hungary. I currently teach private students as well as those from multinationals banks through an agency. I have many happy and successful learners who have gone on to pass IELTS, get better jobs and emigrate to English-speaking countries.

Rates

Rate for online lessons : £20/h

Rate for 5 hours of lessons : £100

Rate for 10 hours of lessons : £200

Details

Cancellation policy: a student may cancel the class with 24 hours' notice without incurring financial loss. If a student cancels on he day of the lesson, I will unfortunately have to charge the whole lesson fee for that class, as I'm unable to fill the slot at short notice.

Please note: the first lesson is 20 minutes long and is free.

Lessons offered by Christopher

Individual

In group

The lessons will be held

webcam

Taught subjects

ESOL (English)
Vocabulary - English
Business English
IELTS
British English
American English

Levels

Primary
Secondary
GCSE
AS Level
A Level
BTEC
Adult education
Undergraduate
Masters
Diploma
Doctorate
A1
A2
B1
B2
C1
C2
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Professional
Kids

Christopher's CV

Christopher Long BA (Hons), MA, PGCE

• A highly experienced native British English language teacher.
• Over 16 years of teaching experience in State education and private language tuition
• Excellent track record for student exam success, emigration, career development and general Business English development.

WORK EXPERIENCE – References available upon request –

English Language Tutor Budapest, Hungary 2013-2020
• One-to-one private ESOL tutor, working with a range of different learners, from schoolchildren to university students, lawyers, doctors and project managers, in person and via the Internet. Have taught students from Europe and Asia.
• Cambridge exam preparation assistance
• Job promotion assistance
• English development for emigration
• CV/Resume development
• Proof reading

• Results: Students have passed exams, secured promotions and successfully moved abroad due to improved English skills. Many long-term, satisfied students.

Subject Lecturer Reading College of Further Education, UK 2011-2012
• Responsible for delivering courses in a large, urban British college
• Involved in course planning, grading work and feedback
• Strong use of IT and ICT in delivering lessons to learners

• Results: 100% pass rate for all students on courses.

Senior Lecturer, Media Guildford College of Further and Higher Education, UK 2004-2010
• Responsible for the design, planning and implementation of a range of FE and HE courses up to BA (Hons) level.
• Program Manager for National Certificate course with management responsibilities for a team of 4 teachers
• Awarded a Grade 1 (Excellent OFSTED) mark for teaching excellence
• Personal Tutor to 20 students

• Results: Successfully brought the Department through a Government Inspection when the College was failing. Excellent exam results for students, many of whom are now working in the media industry.

Teacher Langleywood School/ East Berkshire College, UK 2001-2003
• Dyslexia tutor at a large FE College
• Exclusions Manager, working with students excluded from normal classes due to behavioural issues

• Results: Provided learning support to student who would otherwise have failed their courses to due English language problems.

EDUCATION

Post Graduate Certificate in Education Greenwich University 2007-2010
Government approved official teacher training program to gain Qualified Teacher Status in the UK.

City and Guilds 7407 Stage 1 2004
Basic level teacher training course, recognised by the UK Department of Education.

MA, Video Production Bournemouth University, UK 1996

BA (Hons) 2:1 Humanities University of Glamorgan 1991-1994
Arts subjects degree, majoring in English Language

TOOLS & SKILLS

Office software : Word, Excel, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, PowerPoint, Keynotes, Libre Office, Zoom, Skype, Hangouts, Google Drive, Dropbox.

Operating systems: Windows, Apple OSX

Excellent people skills, business experience

LANGUAGES

• English: Native
• Hungarian: Elementary

10 reviews on Christopher

4.9/5

All our ratings are collected by us and are given in confidence, they correspond to a real experience.

Fariborz

Excellent! Nice and very kind coach!
I'm sure I will progress a lot with him :)!

Christopher's response

Nazanin's pronunciation is clear. She expresses her opinions intelligently and is eager to further develop her spoken English. I commend her on her positive attitude and hard work!

Lasha

Perfect! I really enjoy my lessons with Chris. He's very attentive to my goals and has lots of resources to make the lessons varied and interesting.

Christopher's response

This was an introductory lesson to ascertain Lasha's learning needs. He speaks clearly and intelligently, and uses grammar well. Our conversation flowed well, with few hesitations.

Petros

Perfect! Christopher is a friendly and enthusiastic person who teaches all ages and levels. He has great skill, and is quickly able to grasp the focus of the students' needs. He is an inspirational, well-prepared person who has a sensitive teacher heart and the ability to adjust the student to the right path. He is eager to fine tune grammar and listening skills, too.
His portfolio is not just a list. He has a rich, elaborated and well maintained knowledge!
I'm a tutor too - I know!
I would highly recommend him!

Christopher's response

Petros is enthusiastic about English and is keen to develop his already good skills. We're going to be working on grammar, formal speech and writing. I'm looking forward to working with him, and I believe he will develop his use of the language over the coming months.

7 recommendations

Réka

Chris is a great teacher, I was looking for a native English teacher to practice speaking and he was the perfect choice! He found great topics for our classes and was really fun to talk with him about different topics. He is a professional and I would recommend him to anyone who would like to improve their English.

Dijana

Chris is the best teacher for English language that I can imagine. He can motivate and spot your weak points and make you work on them in a very polite and nice way. He can explain clearly and is extremely patient. He selects the topics for each lesson deliberately. He never gives up on his student.

Zsuzsanna

Christopher is a well trained teacher. I've been his student in a last 2 years. His lessons are friendly and personalized. He is really good for those students whom want to be more professional in writting and pronountiation.

Nino

Thanks to Chris' English classes, I improved my English and I was able to deal with several job interwiews. I highly recommend Chris, his classes were creative and never boring.
Choose him with your eyes closed, you will not regret!!!

Miro

Christopher is really skilled and patient. He was a big help when I prepared for my job interview.

Van

Chris has been teaching me and my 10-year-old son. We both enjoy his lesson and we improve our English skills a lot! Thanks for his passion and talent in teaching English, we would love to recommend Chris in teaching English for different level students

Máté

Chris has all what it takes to be a good teacher. Passion, kindness, and most importantly, an all-around professional knowledge of English language. I always enjoyed the time we spent together. Highly recommended for everyone!

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Training programmes offered by Christopher

Online ESOL Job Application Masterclass including...

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£80 per person

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