Craig McVicker
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Craig McVicker
Professional Teacher![]()
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Spanish
Specialties
KidsTest PreparationIELTS Teacher with years of experience helping students pass the IELTS test!
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Spanish
Specialties
KidsTest PreparationIELTS Teacher with years of experience helping students pass the IELTS test!
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From United KingdomLiving in Belfast, United Kingdom (03:55 UTC+01:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Jun 26, 2019InterestsTechTravelFoodSports & FitnessWriting
Hi Everyone!
I am a 33 year old English teacher from the Northern Ireland who specialises in IELTS, and I love helping students pass their exams!
I'm also a language learner, and I love to help students speak more naturally and reduce their mistakes! (I'll be very active in doing this :) )
Aside from exam preparation, talk to me about anything! I love sports, art, business, philosophy, videography, science, politics, media, travel, culture, nutrition.. and just about everything else!Me as a Teacher
As a teacher I would say that I am social, objective and caring. I love to make the learning process fun and enjoyable!
Social: I try to shape it like a social meeting where the student has opportunities to speak, question, observe, discover, grow and express. As a language-learner myself, I know that it is a journey to become fluent and to attain a high level and I most certainly choose to make it a pleasant ride!
Objective: I always ask my students what they want to learn or focus on so that we are fulfilling goals and achieving targets. Why waste time? Let's have fun but let's also get better!
Caring: I really care about my students and really want that they achieve their goals.My lessons & teaching style
-My lessons are customized and focus on exactly what the student wants to focus on.
-My lessons are goal-orientated. We set goals in the class of what we want to achieve and we go and take the necessary steps towards realizing those goals.
-My lessons are feedback-heavy. I give lots of feedback for each student. Feedback makes us better.
I teach both IELTS Academic and IELTS General. This includes:
-Writing Task 1(General& Academic)
-Writing Task 2
-Speaking Part (1-3)
-Listening
-Reading (Academic & General)
A typical lesson would involve:
1) Asking the student what they want to focus on.
2) Showing the student how to achieve their set goals.
3) Practicing through tests & feedback.My teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Audio files
- Image files
- Video files
- Flashcards
- Articles and news
- Quizzes
- Test templates and examples
- Homework Assignments
Certificates
IELTS Speaking Course - Everything IELTS - 2020Currently 458 students have taken this course, with 80% giving 5 stars, 15% giving 4 stars and only 5% giving 3 stars. I give this course free to my Italki students, thousands who've gained an advantage for their tests.
Course link: https://www.udemy.com/course/ieltsadvancedspeakingcourse/?kw=ielts+speaking&src=sac
Certificate verified
Kid's English - Italki - 2016I've taught kid's English since 2016.
Certificate verified
TEFL - LoveTefl - 2015
Certificate verified
Accounting Degree - Queen's University Belfast - 2013
Certificate verified
Education
2010 - 2013
Bachelor’s - Accounting
Work Experience
2017 - 2024
IELTS TeacherSince 2017, I have been working with students online to help them achieve their desired band scores. As each student is different, we worked together to solve their main issues which were stopping them from getting the score they needed for studying abroad or immigrating.
2017 - 2018
English TeacherFor GLS, I provided business and communication English classes to companies. This involved creating personalized lessons and feedback for each student.
2017 - 2018
English TeacherIn this position, I delivered basic online English classes for children ages 7-16 years old. This challenged my creativity and methods to help these students improve.
2018 - 2019
English TeacherIn this role, I delivered English lessons to students mostly aged 17-30 years old. We developed their academic English ability as well as their level of expression.
2016 - 2017
English TeacherI taught all ages in this academy from 5- 16 years old. We followed a standard curriculum for their levels and aimed to improve their overall level of communication and understanding.
2016 - 2017
IELTS TeacherIn this Academy, I corrected student essays; gave feedback; conducted simulated tests; and taught lessons regarding IELTS.
2012 - 2012
English TeacherI taught English classes to students from ages 5-16 as well as some activity-based learning outside.
2017 - 2017
English TeacherHere, I taught English to students from 7-9 years old. Our focus was on active communication and story-telling. We also did some immersive activities outside.
2017 - 2018
IELTS TeacherHere I prepared Colombian students for their IELTS exams.
5.0
Rating
829
Students
10.4k
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
222 lessons completed
USD 13.00+
IELTS Preparation (Single or 5 lesson package)
B1 - C2Test Preparation3,054 lessons completed
USD 15.50+
Conversational Practice
B1 - C2Conversation4,948 lessons completed
USD 13.50+
Pronunciation Class
A1 - C2Language Essentials346 lessons completed
USD 14.00+
IELTS Preparation 10 lesson Package
B1 - C2Test Preparation521 lessons completed
USD 14.50+
Package with 1% off
General English
B1 - C2Language Essentials910 lessons completed
USD 14.00+
Kds English
B1 - C2Conversation6 lessons completed
USD 20.00+
Package with 5% off
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588 Reviews
Donavan
97 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Today was my 80th class with Craig. As always time flew by. Craig creates such interesting and entertaining lessons, that it doesn‘t feel like „work“, although it is always a bit of a challenge perfectly suited to the current level I‘m at. Before our journey I wouldn’t have expected to be as confident in speaking as I am right now.
Nov 22, 2023
Tina
11 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Craig is a very experienced teacher, always well prepared. As a person he is very nice, humorous and motivating. For me he was the perfect teacher preparing me for my IELTS exam; with his assistance I scored 8.0 overall😊!
Jul 7, 2022
Maximilian Luther
3 English lessons
Amazing first lesson, really a pleasure to talk to hin
Mar 21, 2025
Iuliia
78 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
I have had classes with Craig for 1 year. I’m really grateful for his help! I tried a lot of teachers (10 to be precise) before Craig. However, I felt that their approach to exam preparation (IELTS in my case) is not suitable for me. So, there was no progress, I did not feel comfortable with them and I kept looking for that teacher. And eventually, I found Craig. In the first lesson, we assessed my weaknesses and began to prepare. Craig is an absolutely wonderful teacher! As a tutor, he has done everything to improve my speaking and writing. He provided a lot of essential information about the exam and gave me the necessary material. He knows a lot of subtleties and gave a lot of tips: this is very valuable. When we have IELTS writing he carefully checks all my essays. Of course, I have had a lot of practice by myself browsing materials and doing tests, but Craig really helped me a lot to reach my goals: now I have the desired score!
Aug 10, 2022
Igor
1 English lesson
I just wanned to chat and ended up having an awesome convo. We talked about a heap of things, swapped stories about living in different places, traveling around, hobbies, cities, languages, sports, you name it. The vibe was super lively, just the way I like it and the whole convo totally pumped me up for the rest of the day. Thank you so much for that!
Apr 5, 2025
Fouad Bitar
2 English lessons
Highly recommend!
Classes with him really boosts your understanding.
Mar 20, 2025
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