Iain St John

I am a newspaper journalist and public relations consultant. I teach English to people who have a basic knowledge of English who want to improve their written and spoken skills. My lessons are fun, friendly and interesting. I use news articles to help people improve their English skills. My lessons are very informal and enjoyable. The lessons consist of first chatting in English and then asking my students what they would like to talk about and learn. They can talk about themselves, their families, their job - whatever they are comfortable chatting about. As we chat, I will point out how the students can improve their English. We also talk about news, sport, TV, films - anything which will help students improve their understanding of everyday English so eventually they will be able to speak English like a native speaker. I have been a journalist for more than 30 years so have an excellent understanding of written English. During the lessons, the student and I will work through pieces of written English using news stories on websites to further increase their understanding of how to write good English. This will help them with their grammar, spelling and general knowledge of written English. During my career, I have taught trainee journalists to become fully qualified journalists so I have knowledge and experience of helping people improve their written English skills. I am very friendly, calm and patient so our lessons are always fun and interesting and will help students improve their English skills.