The lessons are based upon an initial conversation with students. All my courses are tailor made to the needs and aims of each pupil. I proceed from initial conversations in helping them improve their grammar and then add idiomatic phrases and vocabulary. We work with sources from the media, literature, film and course books. It is always varied and the next lesson develops naturally from the themes discussed in the last one. I am at all times encouraging and am very quick at picking up areas of communication, both written and aural in need of improvement. The lessons are conducted within an environment of good humour and respect. I am quick to follow up each lesson with homework and am always accessible for advice.

I have an Mmus (Distinction) from Exeter University, a Phd in Music from Sussex University and a Phd in Russian Studies from Edinburgh University. I was also a post-doctoral fellow at Edinburgh University in 2008. My areas of teaching are music, English as a foreign language, Russian and Norwegian. I have over thirty years of experience teaching at both university and school level in both the UK and Norway. From I was based in Oxford and taught at both Oxford-Brookes University and St. Peter´s College, Oxford University. I have also taught at Edinburgh, Exeter and Sussex universities. From I taught in various cultural schools around Norway.

I am now based in Royal Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Teaching can take place remotely or if the student lives in the local area at their home or my residence.