Benjamin Mark Green

General English, Business and Technical English, IELTS, TOEFL

Nationality: British

Degrees:

MA Hons Business Administration (2.1) Manchester Metropolitan University, 1997-2001

Cambridge Speaking Examiner for FCE and CAE levels, February 2014

Saxoncourt Teaching English to Young Learners (35 hours) March 2008

Trinity College, Level 4 TESOL, June- December 2008. (Grade B)

University of Cambridge ESOL, DELTA Modules 1, 2 and 3 October 2012-June 2014. (Merit)

Teaching Methodology:

My approach is more inductive than deductive, influenced by cognitive theory with a focus on guided discovery techniques. This follows the notion of enabling the learner to recognise the language they need for themselves. It is also my belief that the effective teacher will aim to minimize Teacher Talking Time and maximize Student Talking Time while unobtrusively monitoring their students during the lesson. As well as informant, the teacher will act as a facilitator. In summary, as both a teacher and student of language I firmly believe that the more involved the students are in the lesson, the more likely they are to actively take on board new language points.

Elen Rochlin

General English, Business and Technical English, IELTS, TOEFL, SAT, GRE

Nationality: USA

Education:

1989: B.A. joint with M.A. degrees, History and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (High Honors, Magna cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa)

1990: EFL: English Teaching Diploma and Certification, Michlalah College, Jerusalem, Israel

1989-90: Fulbright Research Fellowship held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

1993: M.A. and M.Phil. degrees and Admission to Doctoral Candidacy, Philosophy, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

2002-2006: Presidential Scholar, Independent interdisciplinary research work, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

General Areas:

- Writing: Academic and Creative; Poetry and Prose; "Transition, Translation: Language Live" Language Services and Writing Assistance and Consulting for authors working in different languages

- Instruction in languages and interdisciplinary work in the humanities

Graham R Smith

General English, Business English, IELTS

Nationality: British

Degrees:

BSc​ ​Computer​ ​Science,​ ​History​ ​&​ ​Programming​ ​Languages

De La Ronde University, Switzerland

MSc​ ​Computer​ ​Science,​ ​Systems​ ​Design​ ​&​ ​Implementation

Manchester University, United Kingdom

MBA,​ ​Supply​ ​Chain​ ​Management

Stafford University, United Kingdom

PhD,​ ​Computer​ ​Science​ ​(E-Commerce​ ​and​ ​Internet​ ​Evolution)

Canterbury University, United Kingdom

Ed.D​ ​Doctorate​ ​of​ ​Education,​ ​Organisation​ ​&​ ​Leadership​ ​Management

Charleston University, USA (Undertaking)

Gregor Lancaster

General English, Business English, IELTS, TOEFL

Nationality: British

Degrees:

BSc Hons (2.1) Geography, from Liverpool John Moores University, 1999-2002.

Trinity TESOL Certificate, from Trinity College London, 2002.

MSc (Merit) Environmental Science, from the University of Edinburgh, 2010-2011.

MA (Distinction) Applied Linguistics and TESOL from Newcastle University, 2017-2018.

MA Dissertation topic: Maximizing Sociocultural Learning Opportunities: Applying the SETT framework in the L2 classroom.

Teaching Methodology:

My teaching philosophy is drawn from Sociocultural Theory. Sociocultural Theory focuses on collaborative and interactive characteristics of learning, and values discovery based and task based language, and cooperative learning as effective methodologies. By appropriate use of support and scaffolding in the L2 classroom students can be guided toward autonomy in a positive learning environment. I believe language is a tool used to communicate our thoughts, ideas and feelings, and that the L2 classroom is an ideal place to improve our language skills. I taught in schools in South Korea for seven years, and a further four years at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, one of the largest language institutes in the world. I love teaching general and academic (EGAP/ESAP) English.

Ismail Alizade

General English, Business English, TOEFL

Ismail is from Azerbaijan. He graduated from Baku Slavic University with a degree in political translation. Along with his higher education, he was working as a translator and editor in Trend News Agency. He has been teaching English for more than four years using the communicative approach. He gained Cambridge TKT certificate in 2016. In addition, Ismail has been doing translations from Russian into English and vice versa.

Degrees:

Translation Bachelor in "Socio-political translation from Russian into English" (Baku Slavic University, 2010-2014)

TOEFL Certificate (ETS, 2010)

TKT Certificate (Cambridge University Press, 2016)

Leman Hasanova

General English, Business English for corporate and individual students.

Nationality: Azerbaijani

Qualifications: Kazan Federal University (Tatar State University of Humanities and Education), Department of Oriental Languages 2006-2011. Additional Courses of Chinese language 2011-2012.

Achievements and Awards:

Leman has been employed in different educational centers such as Speaking Planet, CELT and I-TECH. With more than 6 years of experience in teaching foreign languages she has also tutored TOEFL and IELTS. In 2012, she joined a special training on teaching IELTS, where she received Teaching certification. In 2015, she gained her CAE and FCE certificates on methodology and tactics of teaching English language as second. In addition, she currently teaches Chinese language. Leman’s background includes oral translations from English to Russian and vice versa (synchronic).

Degrees:

Teacher and interpreter of English and Chinese languages (Kazan Federal University, 2006-2011)

Certificate of TEFL-TESOL (Global Language Training, 2014)

Certificate of IELTS-TOEFL ( Cambridge University Press, 2014)

Certificate of CAE and FCE (Cambridge University Press, 2015)

Maral Asadullayeva

General English, Academic Writing and Speaking, Business English, IELTS

Nationality: Azerbaijani

Maral graduated from foreign languages faculty of Novosibirsk State University with a degree in theory and methods of teaching foreign languages and cultures (English and French).

Maral has been teaching for more than 5 years now using a communicative way, focusing on the development of productive skills such as speaking and Academic writing as well as critical thinking skills. Her learners major in American Studies, Law, Mathematics, as well as Medicine. In addition, she has had experience of teaching Intercultural Communication to future English teachers.

As a language instructor, Maral considers individual approach essential, thereby, adjusting her classes to the level and learning styles of her students.

Mehti Safaraliyev

General English, IELTS

Nationality: Azerbaijani

He graduated from Baku Business University in Management. He has worked as a translator in foreign companies. Mehti obtained his Cambridge CELTA certificate in 2013, and has been teaching general English.

Degrees:

Management ( Baku Business university, 2001-2004)

CELTA certificate (Cambridge University Press, 2013)

IELTS certificate (GRBS, 2017)

Movlud Aliyev

General English, Academic Writing and Speaking, IELTS

Movlud lived and studied in London for 6 years. He graduated from Queen Mary University of London and Middlesex University. He has been teaching English for over 6 years now. He is a qualified teacher whose students easily achieve sufficient level of English and are able to freely express themselves verbally and in written from. His commitment and dedication to student learning make him different from other teachers of English.