Matt Sturgess
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Matt Sturgess
Professional Teacher![]()
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Chinese (Mandarin)
Specialties
Test PreparationKidsCELTA qualified, 11 years' experience, expert in natural conversational English and IELTS Speaking
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Chinese (Mandarin)
Specialties
Test PreparationKidsCELTA qualified, 11 years' experience, expert in natural conversational English and IELTS Speaking
From United KingdomLiving in Nottingham, United Kingdom (07:01 UTC+01:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Oct 5, 2021Interest topicFoodTravelReadingFilms & TV SeriesSports & Fitness
🏕️ If you like travel, the outdoors, sport, reading and food you'll be able to talk to me for hours!
🌎 I've lived in loads of different countries, including China 🇨🇳 and Spain 🇪🇸
🏔️ I've been to about 40 countries, but my favourites were Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Sri Lanka.
⚽️ I support my local football team: Nottingham Forest
🗣️ I can speak Chinese, and I'm currently learning Spanish!Me as a Teacher
- I taught English in China from 2014-2018
- In 2018 I became the lead teacher in my school, I also travelled around China training other English teachers
- At the end of 2018 I went back to the UK and taught IELTS courses in a local college
- In 2019 I started teaching online, and went full time in 2020!
- I have taught students from every continent of the world (apart from Antarctica), one of my proudest working achievements!My lessons & teaching style
- The best way to learn a language is to use it, so I make sure that my students get LOADS of natural speaking practice in our class
- I believe that we learn better when we enjoy what we're doing, so I always make sure my lessons are fun and interesting for my students, whether they're adults or kids!
- My lessons are tailor-made to the student and my courses are flexible. In our trial class we will discuss your goals, level, and get to know each other better, then I'll make a detailed course plan especially for you
- I use the best quality modern materials that allow us to have fun and experiment with language
- I specialise in helping IELTS students boost their speaking and writing scoresMy teaching material
- PDF file
- Audio files
- Flashcards
- Test templates and examples
- Graphs and charts
- Articles and news
- Image files
- Text Documents
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Video files
- Quizzes
- Homework Assignments
Certificates
Teaching English Online - Cambridge English - 2019I completed a short course in teaching English online delivered by Cambridge English in February 2019.
Certificate verified
CELTA - ILS English - 2019I completed the full-time CELTA course in October 2019
Certificate verified
TEFL - LoveTEFL - 2014I completed the 120-hour TEFL course in January 2014.
Certificate verified
Teaching experience
2014 - 2018
Lead TeacherI taught classroom English to students of all ages and abilities. My role included planning lessons and developing my own materials. In my final year I became Lead Teacher of the school, taking on extra responsibilities in course development, teacher training and student feedback reporting. I believe all of these elements will be relevant to my work with italki.
2019 - 2020
English and IELTS TeacherI taught General English and IELTS courses as ILS after completing my CELTA there in 2019. The classes were all classroom based but required similar skills to teaching online: Course structuring and lesson planning, developing classroom materials, adapting textbooks and ebooks, delivering lessons to students of different abilities and nationalities.
2019 - Current
English TeacherI began teaching English online to private clients the beginning of 2019 having just returned home from teaching in China. Most of my clients have been students that I met whilst in China and have kept in contact with, along with others that have generally been acquired through word of mouth recommendations. Alongside this, I have been working for a local English school which moved all of its classes permanently online in September 2019. I am therefore well-versed in online language teaching.
Education
2020 - 2021
Master's - Asian and International StudiesI have recently completed a Master's in Asian and International Studies (with Mandarin) at the University of Nottingham. I am currently awaiting my final grade, which is due in November 2021, and am predicted to achieve a Distinction.
2016 - 2020
Bachelor’s - BusinessI studied a BA in Business, graduating with first class honours.
Work Experience
2014 - 2018
English Teacher, Lead TeacherI taught classroom English to students of all ages and abilities. My role included planning lessons and developing my own materials. In my final year I became Lead Teacher of the school, taking on extra responsibilities in course development, teacher training and student feedback reporting. I believe all of these elements will be relevant to my work with italki.
2019 - 2020
English TeacherI taught General English and IELTS courses as ILS after completing my CELTA there in 2019. The classes were all classroom based but required similar skills to teaching online: Course structuring and lesson planning, developing classroom materials, adapting textbooks and ebooks, delivering lessons to students of different abilities and nationalities.
2019 - Current
Online English TeacherI began teaching English online to private clients the beginning of 2019 having just returned home from teaching in China. Most of my clients have been students that I met whilst in China and have kept in contact with, along with others that have generally been acquired through word of mouth recommendations. Alongside this, I have been working for a local English school which moved all of its classes permanently online in September 2019. I am therefore well-versed in online language teaching.
5.0
Rating
241
Students
1,314
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
99%
Response
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
172 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
Conversation Class
B1 - C2Conversation860 lessons completed
USD 22.00+
Package with 13% off
IELTS Speaking Class
B1 - C2Test Preparation1 lessons completed
USD 22.00+
Package with 13% off
Kids' Stories
A1 - C2Kids0 lessons completed
USD 24.00+
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
84 Reviews
Ashley
7 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
很久没面对面英语交流了，虽然隔着屏幕，我还是会紧张的。感觉很不错！会想要继续上课。一些我不能很好表达的语句，老师能够get到我的意思，并且在我需要的时候提示我说出来。
As a new user in italki, this is my first lesson. Having some similarities in experience is amazing! Although I am a introverted person (according to MBTI test), I feel good and relax in the conversation.
Jul 16, 2024
Ivanka
16 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Matt是一个非常好的英文老师，很快能捕捉到Ivanka的兴趣点和话题点，又能拉回到课堂内容，很有亲和力和耐心。非常期待接下来的课程。孩子非常喜欢他
Nov 9, 2022
Yueyi Wang
11 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
I would highly recommend Matt as your English teacher. He is professional, patient and fun, all that are needed as essential characteristics for a good teacher! Having a pleasant learning experience and a good result with him.
Feb 28, 2022
Linnea
2 English lessons
体验课感觉非常好！老师特别擅长鼓励同学，而且非常耐心！
Oct 3, 2024
Bronya
5 English lessons
The teacher gave me a lot of skills and framework, while building my confidence.
May 17, 2024
Bronya
5 English lessons
Nice conversation with matt! It makes me really feel good.
May 2, 2024
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