Nicholas Hodsdon
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Nicholas Hodsdon
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Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Spanish
Conversation, culture, business English or interview practice with native UK English speaker.
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Spanish
Conversation, culture, business English or interview practice with native UK English speaker.
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
From United KingdomLiving in Valencia, Spain (12:04 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since May 6, 2022InterestsFoodHistoryBusiness & FinanceScienceReading
Hello! I am from London, UK. I have degrees in maths and philosophy from Cambridge and London universities. I also have a background in business and finance. More recently, I have been travelling in Latin America and Europe, slowly improving my Spanish and absorbing the culture.
I spend a lot of time travelling, but I always bring my laptop with me, so I should be available for lessons!Me as a Teacher
I believe that learning languages is about more than just gaining an extra tool to help you communicate when you travel or in your career. My personal experience is that learning a language also helps you to think differently by broadening your mind. As a learner, I do best when I define my own goals and my teacher is there to support and challenge me. That's the approach that I follow as a teacher.My lessons & teaching style
I do not have any particular training in teaching English, but I am able to help and guide you, whether you want to practice your conversational English; talk about technical business or scientific topics; discuss culture or politics; or prepare for exams, job interviews or presentations. I can also help you prepare texts in English to an extremely high standard in terms of structure and style.5.0
Rating
105
Students
425
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
99%
Response rate
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
22 lessons completed
USD 6.00+
English conversation or presentations
B1 - C2Conversation387 lessons completed
USD 6.00+
Package with 5% off
Interview preparation
B1 - C2Language Essentials15 lessons completed
USD 17.00
Challenge for Advanced Students: Cryptic Crosswords
C1 - C2Language Essentials1 lessons completed
USD 15.00
Package with 34% off
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32 Reviews
Marco
5 English lessons
Nicholas is a good teacher
Mar 12, 2025
Yun
1 English lesson
A very nice teacher!
Feb 10, 2025
NEO
16 English lessons
very good
Jan 8, 2025
Marco
5 English lessons
Great lesson. Thank Nicholas.
Mar 11, 2025
NEO
16 English lessons
awesome
Jan 8, 2025
Emma
5 English lessons
🥖I : Could you please try not to interrupt me?
🥖He : It's because of the noisy background. I can't hear you clearly.
🥖I : I'm sorry I have to take the class in such an environment. But this is the only chunk of time I got during a day.
🥖He : It's not a good environment to have class. It's unreasonable to ask someone to give class in this environment.
🔴 In short :
I requested not to interrupt me → He changed the subject to the environment, which is not → I apologize for that → I'm not eligible to take his class. He deserves better students than me.
🌕 Details :
The interruption also happened when it wasn't noisy. I think it's common to be stuttering. Otherwise, I won't have to take a speaking class. The first 3 classes was OK. The teacher interrupted me sometimes, but not too much. But the last time, he kept interrupting by "I know what you mean…" and wouldn't let me finish sentences. So frustrating. 行，我不配上您老的课，谁配谁上吧
Oct 21, 2024
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