1-to-1 online English · Since 2011
I'm Matt. I've taught more than 17,000 one-to-one English lessons to students in over 50 countries—from first conversations to C2 Proficiency, Chevening interviews, and boardroom negotiations. Every lesson is built around your goal, level, voice, and deadline.
Cambridge CELTAteaching qualification
17,000+lessons taught
2,188+student reviews
4.9 / 5average rating
50+countries
Choose your focus
Most people start with a specific goal. Choose the closest starting point; I'll adapt the level, materials, pace, and feedback around you.
Build fluency without losing accuracy. Practise conversation strategies, connected speech, active listening, and the language that keeps real conversations moving.
Prepare strategically for IELTS or Cambridge English exams with targeted practice, precise feedback, and attention to the skills that will move your score.
Communicate credibly at work. Focus on meetings, presentations, negotiations, interviews, or specialist language for fields such as engineering and tourism.
All lessons are one-to-one. Lesson lengths, package options, and availability are shown on italki.
The method
My job is to help you be decisive and expressive in English. That takes attention, timing, and confidence as much as grammar and vocabulary. Each lesson follows a practical loop: notice what is happening, practise the difficult part, and use it for a purpose that matters to you.
Hear and see how English works in context—meaning, grammar, rhythm, stress, and the choices effective speakers make.
Work on the difficult part with focused prompts, useful repetition, immediate feedback, and space to ask questions.
Put the language to work in a discussion, simulation, exam task, presentation, or situation drawn from your life.
A short introduction to me and my lessons.
About Matt
I trained as an electrical engineer and worked in engineering, project management, logistics, and management. Languages kept pulling me back, and in 2011 I started teaching online.
Seventeen thousand lessons later, I've helped students pass C2 Proficiency, reach Band 8+ in IELTS, pass Chevening interviews, and communicate more clearly in demanding professional situations. Most often, I simply help people say what they mean when the moment arrives.
I hold the Cambridge CELTA—the Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults—and a degree in Electrical Engineering. I'm currently studying for a degree in psychology with the University of London. My interest in how speech is produced, perceived, and learned feeds directly into my pronunciation work.
As a language learner, I know that understanding a language is not the same as being able to use it under pressure. I enjoy wide-ranging conversation and have never run out of things to discuss in a lesson.
Progress with a purpose
The target can be demanding. The lesson can still feel patient, clear, and safe enough for you to experiment, make mistakes, and improve.
Among the outcomes achieved by my students.
Including students who passed C2 Proficiency.
Including learners who prepared for the interview with me.
Examples describe individual student outcomes and are not guarantees. Your plan will reflect your starting point, time, and goals.
Before you book
Adults, professionals, exam candidates, university students, teenagers, and younger learners. The best format depends on your age, current level, interests, and goal—which is exactly what the trial lesson helps us establish.
Sometimes. I use Oxford and Cambridge coursebooks when they offer the right structure, but I also select online resources and create original materials when your needs call for something more specific.
Yes. Lessons can focus on presentations, interviews, meetings, negotiations, academic work, or specialist vocabulary. My former engineering and management experience is particularly useful for technical and professional communication.
The aim is not to erase where you come from. We work on the sounds, stress, rhythm, and intonation that make you easier to understand and help you express your meaning more precisely. You can keep your identity while gaining greater control over how you sound.
Current lesson lengths, packages, and available times are shown on my italki profile.
Book a trial lesson on italki and bring your goal. If you would rather ask something first, message me on WhatsApp or by email; I answer everything myself.
Start a conversation
Tell me what you need English for and where you are getting stuck. We'll use the trial to identify the most useful way forward.