English Language with Stuart

Introduction

Hello! My name is Stuart Hatch and I live in the port of Blyth on the beautiful Northumbrian coast in the north-east of England.

If you can already speak some English but want to improve with a native British English speaker, please consider me as your tutor.

Background

I’m a retired teacher with Qualified Teacher Status in England, having taught Chemistry, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Astronomy to students aged 16 – 18, and ICT to adults. In retirement I have also become a qualified teacher of English – Teacher of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) and also Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). My certificates are available on request.

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, majoring in Physiology and Biochemistry, and before becoming a teacher of Chemistry and General Science I was an analytical chemist at Mullard Limited, a subsidiary of the Philips electronics conglomerate. With this background I can help students and others who want to study science or medicine at an English-speaking university.

Aims

There are four basic language skills we will practise:

• Speaking,
• Writing,
• Reading, and
• Listening.

I will also help you with your British English vocabulary and pronunciation. We can also explore English geography, history and culture.

Your next move

If you decide to give me a try, the first session will be absolutely free of charge so that we can get to know each other and plan a course for you individually. We can also discuss payment. I do not ask for a fixed fee as I don’t want anybody to miss out on learning English because I ask for too much. Everybody’s circumstances are different so you should only pay what you are comfortable with. Please be assured I will always do my best for my students and treat them equally, regardless of the fee they pay.

I deliver lessons using the Jitsi platform. This is an entirely Web-based service so there is nothing to download and nothing to install. You simply click the link I will give you and your browser will do all the hard work for you. Jitsi has similar facilities to other online conference applications - teaching room, whiteboard, chat, file sharing etc.

Russian learners welcomed!

I drove to Russia in my trusty C3 Picasso in September 2019 (Kaliningrad, Pskov, St Petersburg and, by the Sapsan, Moscow) and Mother Russia took me to herself. I now have a love for Russia and her people, and want to return as soon as possible. I'm learning Russian and I welcome Russian-speaking students wherever they may be.

Я приехал на своей машине в Россию в сентябре 2019 года и Россия-матушка "забрала меня к себе". Теперь я люблю Россию и ее народ и хочу вернуться сюда как можно скорее. Я изучаю русский язык и рад русскоязычным студентам, где бы они ни находились.

Some quotations from students:

• “Thank you, dear Stuart! I really liked our meeting, it was spontaneous, fun and linguistically enriching. You are a really nice British gentleman!”
• “Stuart, i am so impressed at the way you explain things! I got it! Thank you!!!”
• “Thank you, Stuart, i really enjoy improving my language with your support!”
• "Thank you so much for the class! I had a blast and it was so interesting to talk to you."
• "Nice idiom! :) you are so attentive to language things!"

Contact

You can contact me at any time on Telegram or by old-fashioned e-mail. I look forward to meeting you!