I received my MA TEFL/TESL from the University of Birmingham in 2015 and my TEFL certificate in Dublin in 2007. I have taught all levels of students but I have been primarily interested in upper-intermediate and advanced students and exam coaching since 2008. I have prepared classes and private students for the FCE, CAE, IELTS, TOEFL and CPE. I’m an American, but I lived in Ireland for five years so I’ve been told that my accent is...

I am a passionate believer in independent learning.  But this doesn’t mean learning alone.  It means that we choose what is important to us and what we are going to concentrate on and then we find a way to achieve these goals.  And usually, we go to other people for help.  That’s why I made this site, to help students prepare for their English exams. You are probably here because you are preparing for an exam and you want to get a good score....

Podcast Alley has hundreds of podcasts about anything you can imagine.  Choose a genre from the pull-down menu on the top left and listen to something that interests you.

This American Life is a 60 minute weekly radio program produced by National Public Radio in the US.  There is an incredible variety of stories on this show, just click the “Radio Archives” link on the top of the page, choose a year and start browsing.  The length of the program allows the presenters to speak at a relaxed pace and really explore their subject material sensitively and in depth.  One particularly good episode is The Giant Pool of...

The British Library has a really incredible resource: a map of the United Kingdom that you can click on to hear the accents in different regions.  It’s really remarkable how different they are, even within the same city!  This means that many of the recordings are quite difficult to understand, but sometimes transcripts are provided.