helps you improve your English proficiency and prepare for your exams, so that you can continue with the career you've trained for.

Hi, I'm Jane Birkenhead.

I'm an English teacher specializing in TOEFL and IELTS preparation. I've been teaching for 16 years, and I have thousands of hours of experience working with students from all different professions, countries and language groups.

I give every student individual and personalized attention. Birkenhead English isn't a big language school with different teachers and layers of admin. It's just me and my students. Everyone learns differently, and personalized tuition means faster progress.

I didn't start out as an English teacher. In my first career, I was an accountant and I worked for a lot of big companies in the UK. My favourite job was working for a film company in London!  

I studied for many years for my accountancy qualification. Accountants traditionally work long hours, so I used my evenings and weekends for studying. I know exactly what it's like to juggle a busy working schedule, family commitments, and preparing for exams.

After a few years as an accountant, I realized I spent more time communicating and explaining financial statements than actually doing accountancy, and that's when I decided to specialize in teaching English.

My accountancy career taught me to be focused, organized, and have excellent attention to detail. These are all skills that are essential to teaching, and I use them every day to help my students succeed.

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All lessons take place in Zoom so we can screen-share and record.

I actively encourage you to record your lessons so you can go back to them whenever you want. Many teachers don't allow this.

Each lesson is a full 60 minutes. I never rush away at the end, so there's always plenty of time for you to ask questions.

Throughout the entire process, I treat you as an individual. I find out about your strengths, your weaknesses, your challenges, and how you like to study. Then I build these factors into your personalized study plan.

Everything I do is focused on working towards your success.

AI has made a huge difference in the way we study and, if used properly, it can be incredibly helpful.

Depending on my students' needs, I use a wide selection of AI tools and other technology including SpeechRater^TM, ELSA, e-rater scoring, ChatGPT, Otter, and Rewordify, amongst others.

However, it's important to understand that AI is only a tool. It has limitations and it's sometimes unreliable. AI is most effective when it's used as support for what you're doing and not as your only method of instruction.

Use AI tools to enhance your study experience, but make sure you get guidance from a human as well.