About
Business English Coach with 10+ years of experience in the corporate & IT worlds.
5+ years teaching business and IT professionals to be more confident in English.
Business English Coach
English For Business & IT
Classes will focus on your needs: English for the corporate world and IT & getting your message across confidently and clearly.
In the first lesson, you’ll have a placement test and needs analysis. We’ll then talk about your learning plan to ensure you’re getting what you need.
Each class, planned by me in advance, will have a focus, based on your needs.
We’ll work on your skills through speaking and drill down into the areas you need or want to focus on, for example:
- Speaking (and interrupting) in (online) meetings
- Negotiation skills
- Interview skills
- Business email writing
- Pronunciation
- Grammar
- Fluency
- Gain confidence
- You tell me!
I’m committed to being anti-racist and providing a safe, inclusive space for you to learn and be yourself. Pronouns: she/her
Work Experience (Business and IT)
- 10+ years in the corporate & IT worlds:
- Project Manager.
- IT Manager & Sys Admin.
- Managed projects, led teams, interviewed & hired staff, dealt with 3rd parties etc.
- Startups, large telco, UN, public sector & consultancies (integration & finance).
- Business English Coach since 2018. (Fluentify (now Voxy), The British Council, Berlitz).
Education
- Bachelor of Computing Systems (Majoring in networking)
- Bachelor of Arts (double major in French and Spanish)
- PRINCE2 Certified Project Manager
- CELTA qualified English Teacher
- Qualified to teach IELTS (British Council & Cambridge)
Meet Your Business Coach
Grow your confidence and fluency in Business English with a teacher who is: qualified, experienced, motivating and caring.
Madeleine Barrera
Business English Coach with 10+ years of experience in the corporate & IT worlds
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What My Students Have to Say
She is extremely well prepared, reliable and knowledgeable.
She demonstrates a total understanding of my learning needs. Indeed she is able to adapt easily to whatever I need and for my specific case it is business English.
Madeleine’s lessons are highly informative and very enjoyable and she is very sympathetic and patient.
If you are thinking about learning English, then Madeleine is without doubt the best choice you could make. So, I would highly recommend Madeleine.
I looked forward to having the next lesson with her.
My improvements have been sensational. Currently, I am not afraid to face a conversation and I feel more confident.
She is a professional and empathetic teacher.
The best.
Thank you Medeleine. <3
