Specialised English · Lessons online through Zoom
Professional English for the work you do.
Live one-to-one training and private-team programmes for professionals in diplomacy, hospitality, business and engineering. Practise the conversations, explanations and messages your work demands.
Language you can use at work
The English Toolbox Method
Built around the communication your work demands.
Diagnose the need. Design the programme. Rehearse the work. Track progress.
Begin with your real work.
The consultation identifies your current level, role, goals and the situations where clearer English would make a difference.
Build the right focus.
Lessons use role-play, presentations, summaries, instructions and carefully selected materials at the right level.
Practise before it matters.
Live feedback helps you become clearer and more confident across speaking, listening, reading and writing.
See what comes next.
Between-session practice, answer keys, progress notes and practical next steps make improvement visible.
Choose your path
Four specialist fields. One tailored approach.
Each path focuses on the situations, terminology and communication habits of a real professional context.
01 · Diplomacy
Communicate with clarity, judgement and purpose.
Practise the careful English needed for proposals, briefings, correspondence, meetings, consular communication and international cooperation.
02 · Hospitality
Handle guest conversations with clarity and care.
Practise reception, food and beverage, events, guest care and the workplace language your role actually requires.
03 · Business
Make your point. Move work forward.
Build the English you need for meetings, presentations, instructions, emails and multicultural teams.
04 · Engineering
Explain complex work with precision.
Work on instructions, processes, safety, technical presentations, terminology and role-specific documentation.
Training for a company
Planning for one professional or a small team?
See how Nicholas scopes role-specific training, aligns learner levels and prepares a clear proposal.
Personal by design
A course shaped around your role, level and goals.
Rather than following a fixed syllabus, your programme follows a clear plan built around your role, level and goals. Nicholas prepares and adapts specialist material for the agreed communication focus.
- Live online lessons through Zoom
- Private one-to-one learning or one private team of two to six from the same organisation
- Speaking, listening, reading and writing around real workplace tasks
- Self-checking consolidation practice after every lesson
- Between-session support for brief course-related questions
- The same hourly fee for private one-to-one training or one private team of two to six from the same organisation
- 10 hours: USD 1,100
- 20 hours: USD 2,200
- 30 hours: USD 3,300
- Optional focused writing feedback at USD 15 per submitted piece per learner
From consultation to progress
A clear way to begin.
The consultation is free. You and Nicholas clarify your goals, level and schedule before you choose a programme and establish payment terms.
Share what you need
Send a short consultation request about your work and goals.
Meet online
Have a free consultation on Zoom.
Define the plan
Confirm your level, focus and a regular weekly time.
Choose a programme
Select the 10-hour Focused Priority Programme, 20-hour Applied Practice Programme or 30-hour Role-Specific Communication Programme, with focused writing feedback if useful.
Practise and progress
Use live lessons, self-checking consolidation, concise progress feedback and between-session support to move forward.
Progress you can see
Support and feedback between lessons.
Practice between lessons
Every lesson ends with a focused task and an answer key.
Clear progress notes
Regular notes show what is improving and what to work on next.
Workplace next steps
Feedback identifies what to reuse, refine and rehearse in the next real situation.
Meet Nicholas
More than four decades of language and professional communication experience.
Nicholas combines language teaching, university lecturing, and business and technical communication experience with recognised qualifications from York, Trinity College London and the Institute of Linguists.
What would you like to do more confidently in English?
Tell Nicholas about your work, goals and availability. The consultation is free.