Boost your fluency, pass your exams, and excel in the career you've trained for.

I'm Jane Birkenhead, English tutor and fluency coach. I specialize in exam preparation for TOEFL and IELTS.

For the past 16 years, I've helped hundreds of non-native speakers to improve their English fluency, pass their exams, and move forward with confidence in their careers.

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 career in accounting 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 easily screen-share.

You can record your lessons so you can review 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 time for you to ask questions.

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.

Please contact me directly to schedule lessons.

We can Zoom for a quick chat, and make a plan. I can normally schedule your lessons within a few days.

Lesson prices start at USD$60 for 1 hour and there are discounts for lesson packages. A lesson package of 12 lessons effectively includes 1 free lesson.

When we've worked out your lesson schedule, I'll prepare your personalized lesson plan, send you an online invoice and then that's it, we can start!

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