Emma Ireland

I have more than a decade of experience training top management professionals to carry out their roles in English. I was based mainly in Milan but also travelled all around Italy to provide in-house training at various companies and multinationals including Fiat, Vodafone, Novartis, AstraZeneca, Gucci, Barclays, Johnson & Johnson and UniCredit. The courses I ran were on an intensive basis and included both one-to-one and group scenarios.

I take an extremely tailored approach to training, where I spend time at the outset to understand the best programme for each person I work with. My methods include:

An initial session to ascertain your current English level, your needs, and what you are looking to achieve.

Researching your industry, company, and professional role (if applicable) in order to tailor sessions as closely as possible to real life scenarios.

Simulating settings where you need to communicate in English - e.g. telephone/conference calls, Teams/Zoom meetings, presentations, negotiations.

Using a mixture of real life material - which may include emails, meeting agendas, recordings of past calls/meetings - and fictional material to role play various scenarios.

Assisting with any documents, projects, emails or other written communication that requires proofreading/editing.

Identifying areas that need work and targeting them for practice and improvement.

Setting time aside for informal conversation and discussion.

Utilising written, audio and video material to work on vocabulary and comprehension.

Periodic feedback notes outlining progress made and identifying points for future work.

I am available for evening and weekend sessions. Sessions are a minimum of 1 hour.