About Nicholas
Language teaching shaped by professional experience.
For more than four decades, Nicholas’s work has spanned language teaching and university lecturing, alongside business and technical communication. That range keeps lessons connected to how professionals actually work.
Experience with context
Language teaching informed by professional and technical work.
Nicholas’s background includes English teaching, university lecturing, and business and technical communication. That range helps him understand both the language itself and the professional situations in which it must be clear.
His teaching is practical and tailored. Lessons begin with the learner’s role, current level and goals, then use realistic activities and carefully selected materials to build useful communication.
Introductory conversations may be conducted in English, Italian or German.
Relevant qualifications
A strong foundation in language, teaching and translation.
University of York
BA (Hons) in Language/Applied Linguistics.
Trinity College London
Licentiate in English as a Second or Foreign Language.
Institute of Linguists, London
Diploma in Translation.
International perspective
A native speaker of British English with extensive international experience.
Professional background
Experience that supports specialised teaching.
Work with professional and industrial audiences informs the English for Diplomacy, Hospitality English, Business English and Engineering English paths. Translation experience adds a close eye for meaning, terminology and ambiguity. The service offered here is professional English training.
- Language teaching and university lecturing
- Business and workplace communication
- Technical and industrial communication
- Work with international professional audiences
- Teaching materials adapted to professional roles
Professional CV
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