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Explain your experience in an interview, contribute to a meeting or prepare for study in another language.
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Find your words.
Open your world.
Language lessons with curiosity, purpose and room to grow. For children, teenagers and adults—with a different pathway for every stage of life.
Trevor Hunt · Oxford-trained language educator
Over 20 years in language education · Experienced teacher trainer.
Over 20 years in language education · Experienced teacher trainer.
New worlds.’
My philosophy of language learning
“Languages provide us with another set of eyes with which to view our world.”
— Trevor Hunt
Teaching with purpose
A person first.
A language learner always.
My aim is to help people achieve more than they thought possible. Learning a language can change what you feel able to say, who you can connect with and how you understand another person’s world.
I teach the individual in front of me: their interests, ambitions, starting point and confidence. Care and high expectations belong together. Mistakes give us useful information; encouragement comes with a clear next step.
Lessons connect language with life: a school day, a friendship, a work meeting, a cultural discovery. We explore how meaning works, practise useful language and create space to try it out.
My background in languages, translation, education and coaching also shapes a second goal: helping you understand how to learn. You leave with ways to practise, remember, reflect and become more independent.
A bigger life, one conversation at a time
More language.
More possibilities.
What could another language open up?
Benefits named by EU respondents:
EU-27 · 26,523 people aged 15+ · fieldwork September–October 2023, published 2024. Multiple answers were possible. These are perceived benefits, not measured increases in pay or success.
What would you like to do next?
Connect with people and perspectives.
Explore another viewpoint, ask better questions and take part in the life around you—from school friendships to a new home abroad.
See cultural awareness in practice →Make progress you can feel.
A meaningful conversation, a manageable challenge and an improvement you can hear: these are the experiences I aim to create.
See the evidence on enjoyment & progress →What you gain from working with me.
I bring language expertise, the science of learning and positive coaching psychology into the same lesson.
Language expertise
Teaching, translation, interpreting and exam preparation.
How learning works
Oxford education training, memory, feedback and years of developing teachers.
Coaching psychology
Meaningful goals, engagement, constructive self-talk and learner agency.
One coherent learning experience. A useful message to express, a method that helps it stick, and a next step you want to take.
Experience behind the approach
I’ve taught teachers, too.
Teacher development
Years spent turning teaching ideas
into better classroom practice.
As an Instructional Coach and Curriculum Coordinator at Saudi Aramco, I delivered teacher training, observed lessons, gave developmental feedback and supported reflective practice. That work brought together second-language teaching methodologies, classroom technology and practical ways to involve learners more fully.
My training materials emphasise purposeful speaking, well-designed collaboration, useful classroom roles, learner autonomy and feedback that leads to action. Those same questions guide my own lessons today.
Modern methodologiesMeaningful technologyMemory & study skillsObservation & feedbackLearner voiceReflective practice
Learning in action
Understand it. Try it.
Make it yours.
01
Make meaning
Stories, images and real situations give new language somewhere to belong. We connect sound, meaning and useful patterns.
02
Help memory work
Recall useful words without looking, revisit them over time, group them into phrases and use them in a new situation.
03
Visualise & rehearse
Picture a conversation, map a story or sketch a sequence. Then rehearse what you want to say with a manageable prompt.
04
Drill with a purpose
Short pronunciation and substitution drills build familiarity. We then change the message and use the language in a real exchange.
05
Use technology thoughtfully
A short clip, shared board or voice recording should have a clear job: model language, invite a response or make progress easier to notice.
06
Learn how to study
Set a small goal, choose a strategy, check what worked and plan the next practice. Study skills are part of the lesson.
My feedback loop
Build fluency.
Speak. Notice. Refine. Speak again.
Fluency means being able to keep your message moving, using language that is available when you need it. I put purposeful production—and learning from the response—at the heart of that development.
Understanding a lesson is a valuable start. We also need chances to retrieve language and use it in conversation. We prepare enough to have something to say, commit to saying it, then examine how well the message worked. Feedback gives the next attempt a direction. Over time, that cycle connects knowledge with more confident, precise communication.
We pay attention to pronunciation, intonation, flow, grammar, syntax and register, choosing one or two useful priorities at a time. You keep communicating while we refine the quality.
Listening, reading and clear models feed the process. The aim is a supportive rhythm of action, feedback and another purposeful attempt.
- 01Produce
Say something with a real purpose.
- 02Notice
Listen and identify one useful priority.
- 03Refine
Use feedback, a model or a short drill.
- 04Reuse
Try again, then change the situation.
Bring what you learned into your next conversation.
See how we work on the quality of your speaking →
Pick your next adventure
Four languages.
A world of possibilities.
Each language has separate courses for children and teenagers, and for adults.
Different lives. Different lessons.
Children & teenagers
School, stories
and small discoveries.
Playful first steps, thoughtful school support, cultural projects and focused exam preparation. Challenge grows with the learner.
Try a school-themed lesson →Adults
Work, travel
and your next chapter.
Practical communication, renewed confidence, exam preparation or a deeper connection with a culture. Your goals shape the programme.
Explore a workplace lesson →Curious about the ideas behind it?
Then → now
A short history of
learning languages.
From grammar and translation to communication, purposeful tasks and today’s connected classroom.
Follow the methods timeline →From theory → practice
What happens in
a speaking lesson?
Two timed 60-minute examples, showing what we do, why we do it and what learners practise.
Step inside a lesson →Choose your rhythm
A lesson length that fits your life.
30minutes
Conversation express
For a busy week: focused conversation, one or two feedback priorities and a useful phrase to take away.
Discuss this format →45minutes
The sweet spot
A balanced session with time to warm up, speak, receive feedback and put improvements into practice.
Discuss this format →60minutes
Conversation + analysis
More room to explore a topic, analyse language if desired and revisit pronunciation, grammar or register.
Discuss this format →90+minutes
Time to immerse
Longer sessions, half-day and full-day options, including weekends. Combine practical tasks, feedback and breaks.
Discuss this format →Intensive options can prepare you for life abroad or regular contact with colleagues, friends and family in the language. Frequency, availability and fees are agreed together.
Compare timings & intensive options →Participation with a plan
More voice. More purpose. More progress.
Fluency you can develop
Find words more readily, connect ideas and respond beyond a rehearsed answer. Explore what fluency means, what can hold it back and how we work on it, informed by Professor Judit Kormos’s research.
Understand fluency & how to build it →Engagement that goes deeper
A clear goal, a worthwhile challenge and useful feedback give your attention somewhere to go. Positive Education informs the conditions I aim to create.
Explore engagement & PERMAH →Your speaking time matters
I design lessons around meaningful student talking time (STT): opportunities to explain, ask, negotiate and try again, supported by concise teaching and a clear method.
How I make room for your voice →Prepare for the exam.
Build the language behind it.
Your complimentary 15-minute conversation
Speak with confidence.
Connect with others.
Tell me what you want to do with the language. We’ll work out a useful starting point together.