Simon

If you're struggling with exam preparation, such as IELTS, I highly recommend Simon. I started using this app to improve my IELTS score for my master’s program application. I chose him because of his extensive experience as an English teacher and working experience in Japan. He is very kind and always encouraging, which makes every lesson enjoyable. Over the past five months, my English skills have improved significantly, especially in writing and speaking. He assigned me writing homework and reviewed it in detail during our lessons, which helped me learn more natural English expressions and how to write academic essays. He explains common mistakes that Japanese learners make from a Japanese perspective as well. We also practiced the speaking section as if it were a real test, which boosted my confidence and helped me encounter familiar topics during the exam. Furthermore, he also helped me with deciding which graduate university to apply to.

In our lessons, we have combined both interview preparation and general conversations. Simon is an excellent teacher and an amazing person. He is confident, intelligent, knowledgeable and capable to listen to me as a student. He has reacted to my needs, be they help, guidance or further explanation, adopting a supportive and an encouraging approach. He always gives honest feedback and challenges with (unexpected) questions that make me think. Being a linguist, he understands what intercultural communication is. Last but not least, he has a good sense of humor, which adds to the whole experience. Although I still can't articulate my thoughts in English as fluently as I would like to, I feel I've been making some progress. Thank you for that, Simon! And let me highly recommend you!

For an immigration purpose, I had to get IELTS 7.0 (each band), and looked for the qualified English teacher who has many years of experience in teaching. Now that I got my desired scores (actually higher than that - L 9, R 8.5 S&W 7), I feel so grateful that I met Simon! He helped me a lot during my IELTS journey especially for my writing score to increase from 6.5 to 7. For the last three months, he motivated me to write more essays and gave me excellent feedbacks and estimated my possible score for every writing piece that I produced. The classes always went smooth, in an interactive and fun way, so I never got bored. I really admired his long teaching experience and ability to attend in details! Apart from that, he has collected very useful and hands-on information about IELTS and how the scoring system work, and he never minded sharing this valuable information with me. If you need IELTS score and find a qualified teacher, I do recommend Simon as your English teacher!!!

My comment, although lengthy, is worth reading. I chose Simon because of his strong background in linguistics and TESOL. This makes up an ideal teacher. For me, I am looking for support on my MA assignment. His experience as an EAP tutor is really helpful. He critiques and suggests sources, and edits my language errors. Despite his taciturn character, he is very nice and supportive in the class. I will surely book a class with him again.

Another great lesson as usual. Thanks a lot Simon!

Another interesting lesson with Simon. Thanks a lot.