English teacher Sam

Sam

Professional Teacher
Teaches
English
Native
Japanese
Speaks
Russian
Spanish
Chinese (Mandarin)
Polyglot and TEFL-certified teacher with 6 years of teaching experience
From United KingdomLiving in Oviedo, Spain (10:51 UTC-06:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Aug 2, 2016
InterestsHistoryTravelReading
I am a TEFL-qualified English teacher with many years of experience. I am also a polyglot, with advanced levels of ability in Japanese, Spanish, and Russian, and an intermediate level of Mandarin Chinese.
5.0
Rating
875
Students
4074
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate

English Lessons

English
Japanese
Trial Lesson
428 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
British English Pronunciation Workshop
A1 -  C2

Language Essentials

317 lessons completed
USD 22.50
Dedicated Tutoring for speakers of Russian, Japanese, Spanish, or Chinese
A1 -  C2

Conversation

883 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 8% off
Advanced British English Pronunciation Workshop
B2 -  C2

Language Essentials

24 lessons completed
USD 40.00
Informal Tutoring for all students of English
A1 -  C2

Language Essentials

90 lessons completed
USD 10.00+

Availability

Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)

375 Reviews

All
English
Japanese
Student Dmitriy
Dmitriy
84 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Everything is great from year to year.
Dec 29, 2024
Student Vova
Vova
27 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Sam is ideal for obtaining a British accent (RP). His postgraduate education in phonetics and phonology makes a difference. He explains how you should locate the tongue, jaw etc. to produce the required sound and is ready to demonstrate MRIs of natives pronouncing it. When I couldn’t grasp how to do a so-called happy-tensing, he taught me spectrograms and formants to let numbers speak for themselves. It helped a lot. Sam speaks multiple languages. It is fascinating to discuss their differences with him and view my native language from a non-native perspective.
Jun 30, 2023
Student Felix
Felix
29 Japanese lessons
Sam is a great teacher who keeps the lessons fun while taking the learning aspect seriously. He explains not just how things work but why, which really helps me with understanding things. Not being a native speaker further reinforces this, as he understands the perspective of the student much more for it. Notably, he will always give you things to talk about when, or while, you're not able to come up with anything yourself (yet). I can feel my own improvement and it doesn't feel like a chore to take these lessons at all, which is what keeps me here. Highly recommend.
Feb 15, 2025
Student Josh
Josh
93 Japanese lessons
Teacher’s pick
I've been taking lessons with Sam for about 3 months, he's helped me to make substantial progress in my Japanese, and I always look forwards to my lessons with him. He's helped me correct many bad habits I had picked up, and explains concepts in an easy to understand way, drawing on his experience both as a teacher and a language learner. I will be continuing my lessons with Sam, and recommending him to friends that wish to start studying Japanese more. Thanks Sam!
Oct 3, 2024
Student kyo
kyo
1 English lesson
His attitude for my lesson was inappropriate; he took the lesson while lying on the bed. In addition, he sticked to my pronounce too much, so I had no enough opportunities to talk.
Mar 9, 2025
Student Nikita
Nikita
1 English lesson
I've taken the English Pronunciation lesson and left satisfied. Sam is very knowledgeable and provided a good feedback on how I can improve. His knowledge in Russian is especially helpful if that's your mother tongue, as Sam has an insight into what leads Russians to speak with imperfections and how to approach that. Having looked into English phonetics and various accents myself before, I could feel Sam's passion for languages and how much experience he has. He's been very kind and assisted when the technical difficulties occurred. If you want to improve your pronunciation, then I couldn't recommend Sam's lessons enough!
Sep 21, 2024
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