Englishment - Who's the Teacher

I’m probably not the English teacher you’re expecting.

I have all the qualifications you would expect from a serious English teacher: I graduated from the University of Glasgow, and I’m a CELTA- and TEFL-certified teacher, with a PGDE in Education and QTS, the teaching qualification that allowed me to teach in UK state schools.

So yes — I ticked all the boxes.

But somewhere along the way, I realised that the most important things I know about teaching English were never taught to me in a classroom.

They came from living abroad. From starting again somewhere new. From having conversations with people who saw the world differently. From making mistakes, feeling uncomfortable, adapting, getting things wrong, trying again. From discovering what it actually feels like to need a language — not just to pass a test, but to live your life through it.

That’s what made me the teacher I am today.

I did everything a good teacher is supposed to do. Then I went beyond that.

I didn’t stop at becoming qualified. I let life become part of my education.

And that is probably the reason I started calling myself

the ANTI-TEACHER OF ENGLISH.

I started just like you, at school, but I only became truly bilingual when I stopped studying English and I started living it!

I’ve never believed that English is something you study.

I believe it’s something you experience.

A conversation that makes you laugh.
A trip where you finally feel confident enough to speak.
A mistake you make without being afraid of it.
A moment when you suddenly realise: “Wait… I’m actually speaking English.”

Hi, I'm Laura

Who's this Anti-Teacher?

I started teaching in 2014!

Since then, I taught all levels of English from beginners to C2 level and all age ranges from small children in kindergarden all the way up to adults and business professionals.

I taught for:

University of Glasgow (Conversational English and University Students' Tutor)
Glasgow City Council (Secondary Public Schools in the UK)
EF (Summer Camps at Education First)
My English School (European network of English schools)
British School
Humanitarian settings (Charity Organisations for Refugees)
Learnlight (Business English)

Fun facts about me

I lived in Scotland for 6 years.
It changed the way I see language, culture and home, and it shaped the way I teach.

I'm a philosopher at heart.
I studied Philosophy, so yes… I tend to ask why? quite a lot.

I love meaningful conversations.
The kind that start with “How was your week?” and somehow end somewhere completely unexpected.

I believe in slow living.
I don't think everything has to be rushed. Learning shouldn't be either.

I still make mistakes.
And I'm very happy about that. They remind me what learning actually feels like.

What I want my students to remember

Years from now, I probably won't remember every lesson I've taught.

And I don't expect my students to remember every grammar rule either.

But I hope they remember the feeling of speaking without being afraid.

Of travelling and feeling independent.

Of joining a conversation and thinking, “I belong here.”

Because ultimately, that's what English should give you:

more freedom, more confidence, and more possibilities.

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