Fiona Elspet Leyshon

Teaching English in groups and one-to-one, age range from children to adults. I teach general English but primarily English for Cambridge exam preparation at all levels from Young Learners to Proficiency. As the school where I am currently employed is a Cambridge exam centre, I am also a Cambridge speaking examiner and exam supervisor

The school has many external contracts with high schools in the local area where we conduct Cambridge preparation courses and exams with which I am heavily involved.

Teaching business English in various companies in Rome, in particular Ferrovie dello Stato where I conducted one-to-one lessons for four years with the CEO, and also RFI and Italfer where I taught the CEO and executive managers. The lessons were heavily focused on economic English and improving speaking and listening skills.

Teaching business and general English. I acquired a vast experience in this period, teaching in the Italian Senate and various public offices such as Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Ministero dell'Ambiente and INAIl. I learnt how to prepare appropriare materials and lesson plans for many different learning needs and gained insight into the Italian public administration system..

Teaching business and general English in school and also in BNL to various employees of the bank

First teaching position. The school specialised in company courses and I worked mainly in a large multinational company teaching general English to groups of employees who needed English as their working language.