Smart English Coach

When you know the most important reason for learning English, you can make progress faster - even when you have 'bad' days with English!

In this episode I share the three reasons why it's so powerful,…

Your English teacher is supposed to help you feel more confident with English - but what should you do if the opposite happens?

In this podcast episode, find out:
- why a teacher can make you feel less…

In this episode, guest Ruth Pringle invites you to win a gorgeous brooch (piece of jewellery) in her 3-word story competition.

Ruth is an English teacher who runs language holidays in Scotland which d…

We have templates to help us write reports and emails - and we can also use them to help us speak with more confidence and fluency.

In this episode, I show you how 'speaking templates' (or 'fluency ph…

You can have great grammar and vocabulary - and still 'freeze' when you speak English. It can happen at all levels of English, and even when you've prepared.

In this episode, I look at some reasons wh…

In this episode, Meg Nicholls talks about the challenges of using English at a high level - and how to be more confident in professional situations.

Find out:
- why 'code-switching' can be stressful
- w…

This episode contains the recording of a workshop I gave on 7 strategies for English fluency.

These are the same strategies that I teach inside the English Fluency Breakthrough program, and they will …

Why do lots of motivated people stop learning English?

In this episode, I share the story of a student who went from shy to confident in three months - and how this progress helped him to create 'mome…

How can you become more confident when you speak English?

In this episode, guest Elena Mutonono talks about how to make language learning sustainable, and why it's so important to practise speaking.

Fi…

3 days, 6 English teachers, people from more than 25 countries... the Professional English Summit was dedicated to helping you get ahead in your career.

Even though the talks were on different aspects…

In this episode, guest speaker Lindsay McMahon explains why our goal in learning a language should be to connect with people - rather than to be perfect.

She talks about the best ways to deal with mis…

Job interviews are very stressful - especially if English isn't your first language. But there are ways to make the most of your multilingual abilities.

In this episode, guest Kristine Knutter talks a…

Why is it that you can understand what you read in English very well - but you can't easily understand what you hear?

In this episode, guest Lucy Tilney talks about the connection between listening, p…

In this episode, guest speaker Craig Wealand explains how to give a good presentation in English - and the biggest mistakes to avoid.

He shares some ways to present both in person and online so that y…

In this episode, guest speaker Hannah Yurk explains how to speak confidently in English meetings.

She shares some ways to reframe the way you think about your English so that you feel less anxious in …

In this episode, guest speaker Maurice Jeths explains how to create a presentation in English where your ideas flow logically, and where you can connect with your audience.

He shares some ideas to hel…

Speaking English can be so much more than doing a classroom exercise.

Imagine how it feels when people want to find out more about you, when they listen to you and encourage you.

That's the power of cu…

‘Netflix is not your teacher!’

I hear this comment a lot, but is it true? Can Netflix help you learn English?

In this episode, I talk about three times when Netflix is a great choice. But rather than j…

Confidence in your English is the start of a better life.

This sounds like a very strong statement, but I've seen people who are confident in their English go on to make huge changes in other areas of…

When I ask people about their biggest problem in English, they almost always say that it's fluency.

But what's surprising is that even people with a high level of English say that they don't feel flue…