From United KingdomLiving in Other, United Kingdom (15:45 UTC+01:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Jan 23, 2020
Hi, I’m Mike, and I’m a professional linguist involved in training others in linguistics, research and consultancy. I have a PhD in Linguistics, and I’ve taught all sorts of courses in linguistics in several countries, as well as English courses. I’m probably more suitable for high-level learners of English, e.g. in academic writing.
Me as a Teacher
Specialities: analysis of where you need to grow, pronunciation, writing, linguistics.
If you’re looking for someone who can explain what’s going on with English grammar and linguistics at a high level, I’m your guy – I can particularly help you master sounds that you find difficult to produce, as I’ve taught phonetics. I should be able to help with most linguistic issues.
I also speak French, German, Spanish, and Arabic (my Tunisian is better than my Standard Arabic) to a high standard, so can help explain things especially well if you are from one of those language backgrounds, using that language when that is helpful.
My lessons & teaching style
I will first establish what it is you want and need help with most (especially pronunciation - phonetics; grammar; linguistics; conversation practice), and will structure things to help you most.
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Rating
249
Students
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Lessons
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Attendance
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5.0
Rating
249
Students
1248
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
Response
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
94 lessons completed
USD 17.00+
Pronunciation, Phonetics and Phonology
A2 - C2Language Essentials316 lessons completed
USD 22.00+
Package with 7% off
Grammar Coaching
A2 - C2Language Essentials90 lessons completed
USD 21.00+
Package with 10% off
Academic Writing
B1 - C2Language Essentials77 lessons completed
USD 24.00+
Package with 9% off
Editing Reports and Papers
B1 - C2Language Essentials113 lessons completed
USD 24.00+
Package with 11% off
Linguistics
B1 - C2Language Essentials200 lessons completed
USD 22.00+
Package with 9% off
Conversation Practice
B1 - C2Conversation358 lessons completed
USD 20.00+
Package with 8% off
Availability
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140 Reviews
Khristina
6 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Michael provided me an amazing direction for advanced English learning. I started understanding better both English Grammar and pronouncation. It is a miracle to find a teacher of this level on Italki. Highly recommended for everyone who want to learn English deeper.
Mar 1, 2022
Artem Kliuka
16 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
best as always
Jan 15, 2022
Ian
8 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
As a linguist, Mike can identify the cause of my mistakes in pronunciation clearly and tell me how to corretc them in a very specific way. Thanks a lot, Mike!
Jan 6, 2021
Siyuan
6 English lessons
Knowledgeable, professional and very polite! He gave students useful suggestions to improve their English, also listened to them carefully and patiently.
Dec 15, 2022
Fabian Krasniqi
1 English lesson
It helped me much better.
Jun 7, 2022
David
1 English lesson
The lesson with Michael was superb! He was able to immediately point out the issues with the way that I speak and provide useful advice to address them. Michael is extremely nice, very patient, encouraging, and he made me feel very comfortable during our lesson. I will definitely be schedulling another lesson soon!