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๐Ÿ… Mark D ๐Ÿš€ Personalised ๐ŸŽตSONGS๐ŸŽต based on your errors | Corporate English | English with Life Coaching | English for Introverts | AI exercises | Since 2007 ๐Ÿ†

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About Me

๐Ÿ’ฅ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ ๐€๐ˆ ๐†๐„๐๐„๐‘๐€๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐’๐๐„๐„๐‚๐‡ ๐€๐๐€๐‹๐˜๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐’ providing a personalised analysis of your English strengths and weaknesses
๐ŸŽต Spend ๐™๐„๐‘๐Ž time studying with ๐๐„๐‘๐’๐Ž๐๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐„๐ƒ ๐’๐Ž๐๐†๐’ based on ๐’๐๐„๐€๐Š๐ˆ๐๐† ๐„๐‘๐‘๐Ž๐‘๐’
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ I'm a ๐๐”๐’๐ˆ๐๐„๐’๐’ ๐„๐๐†๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐‡ ๐‚๐Ž๐€๐‚๐‡, a ๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐€๐‚๐‡ & an ๐„๐๐†๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐‡ ๐“๐„๐€๐‚๐‡๐„๐‘ so you get ๐€๐‹๐‹ this ๐ˆ๐ ๐Ž๐๐„!
๐Ÿ“น ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐“๐”๐๐„ ๐‚๐‡๐€๐๐๐„๐‹: https://bit.ly/3Q57zmO


๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซโญ๏ธ๐–๐‡๐˜ ๐Œ๐€๐‘๐Š??โญ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ

๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‹ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ: "Beyond 5 stars! I feel much more ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ in speaking and ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ about each session".

๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ๐ž ๐‘ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ: "I wouldn't have found a better teacher: ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐, ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ in my progress and very ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž with the tasks he gives me".


๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซโญ๏ธ๐‘๐„๐’๐”๐‹๐“๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐„๐—๐๐„๐‚๐“โญ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ

๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐‚๐‹๐€๐’๐’๐„๐’ I will transform your English in the following areas:

๐Ÿ’– - ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž for any challenge
๐Ÿ’– - ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ precision
๐Ÿ’– - ๐…๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ while speaking
๐Ÿ’– - ๐•๐จ๐œ๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ & ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง in different contexts
๐Ÿ’– - ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง of different accents
๐Ÿ’– - ๐€๐ง๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž help you get whatever you want in life....

My name is Mark Davies and since 2007 I have done nothing but teach English to adult professionals (including introverts) whilst driving clients to get everything they want in their professional or private lives, by any means necessary.


๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซโญ๏ธ ๐’๐๐„๐๐ƒ ๐™๐„๐‘๐Ž ๐“๐ˆ๐Œ๐„ ๐’๐“๐”๐ƒ๐˜๐ˆ๐๐† โญ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ

Backed by science, using audios to study your weaknesses has double the retention compared to reading. Listen to a personalised MP3 with your English weaknesses whilst doing other tasks such as driving, exercising, washing up etc. Since you are multi-tasking while listening, you save your precious time!


๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซโญ๏ธ ๐€๐๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐Œ๐„ โญ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ

๐Ÿ”ฅ - MA Translation, TEFL certified, BA (Hons) Business Tourism (UK/USA)
๐Ÿ”ฅ - Qualified strategic life coach
๐Ÿ”ฅ - Speaking the original British accent, from UK
๐Ÿ”ฅ - Taught English, conversation, self-development, and English for business purposes since 2007, 13,000+ classes
๐Ÿ”ฅ - 2nd languages: Norwegian, Spanish and French
๐Ÿ”ฅ - Teaching Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion and celebrities (cannot say who they are for privacy reasons!)
๐Ÿ”ฅ - I learned Norwegian to level C1 in 9 months
๐Ÿ”ฅ - Lived in France, Spain, Belgium, USA, Canada, Ecuador


๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซโญ๏ธ ๐ˆ๐Œ๐๐‹๐„๐Œ๐„๐๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐‚๐‡๐€๐“๐†๐๐“ โญ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ

Using data collected from sessions based on your weaknesses, I create human and AI (using CHATGPT) personalised exercises to eliminate your problem areas as fast as possible!


๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซโญ๏ธ ๐„๐…๐…๐„๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐‹๐„๐€๐‘๐๐ˆ๐๐† ๐‚๐Ž๐”๐‘๐’๐„๐’ โญ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ


๐Ÿ… ๐“๐‘๐€๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐๐† ๐“๐Ž ๐„๐—๐‚๐„๐‹ ๐ˆ๐ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐‰๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ…

With my 20+ years of business experience, English will no longer be a burden at work. Whether you have problems in online meetings, anxiety about a forthcoming interview, issues not achieving sales or unease about presentations, we will blast your fears away. In this course you will:

๐ŸŽฏ - ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž your body language and amplify your comfort zone
๐ŸŽฏ - ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ฅ with unexpected questions
๐ŸŽฏ - ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ presentations via role-plays
๐ŸŽฏ - ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž your strengths
๐ŸŽฏ - ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ by interviewers/extroverts or natives
๐ŸŽฏ - ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž that your English is awesome
๐ŸŽฏ - ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ different accents
๐ŸŽฏ - ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ your negotiating techniques


๐Ÿ… ๐†๐„๐๐„๐‘๐€๐‹ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐•๐„๐‘๐’๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ & ๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐€๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐๐† ๐Ÿ…

You will talk like never before in engaging sessions. 70% of training is speaking to find and eliminate your weaknesses whilst transforming your confidence. In addition, if you have issues for example in dating (I wrote a dating book), relationships, losing weight, depression, starting a business or getting paid more, I will drive you to get on the path to success. In this course you will also:

โœจ - ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐-๐ฎ๐ฉ your fluency
โœจ - ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ž your pronunciation/grammar
โœจ - ๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž engaging
โœจ - ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ your comprehension via TED videos
โœจ - ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ via grammar quizzes/ TED videos
โœจ - ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž your English is amazing
โœจ - ๐€๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐ฒ your comfort zone


๐Ÿ… ๐„๐๐†๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐‡ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐ˆ๐๐“๐‘๐Ž๐•๐„๐‘๐“๐’ ๐Ÿ…

You will gain confidence in situations such as dating, presentations, meetings or social events. As an introvert myself, I know how awkward this can be. In this course you will:

๐Ÿ“ˆ - ๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž engaging and improve non-verbals
๐Ÿ“ˆ - ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ confidence techniques to maximise performance
๐Ÿ“ˆ - ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ presentations, meetings and negotiations
๐Ÿ“ˆ - ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ your comprehension via TED videos
๐Ÿ“ˆ - ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก your extrovert power
๐Ÿ“ˆ - ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง psychological techniques to reduce anxiety
๐Ÿ“ˆ - ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ž your pronunciation/grammar
๐Ÿ“ˆ - ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ via grammar quizzes/ TED videos


๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซโญ๏ธ ๐†๐Ž๐Ž๐†๐‹๐„ ๐’๐“๐”๐ƒ๐˜ ๐๐‹๐€๐“๐…๐Ž๐‘๐Œ โญ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ

All students get a Google drive study platform (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlBh0VlnSEU&t=8s). This is a personalised grammar platform and includes:

๐Ÿ’ฅ - Grammar errors corrected for homework
๐Ÿ’ฅ - Useful, relevant vocabulary (e.g. phrasal verbs, connectors)
๐Ÿ’ฅ - Pronunciaiton errors corrected in classes
๐Ÿ’ฅ - Personalised grammar corrections and explanations
๐Ÿ’ฅ - Homework tasks (e.g. TED vidoes, quizzes, writing tasks... )
๐Ÿ’ฅ - Statistics indicating progress


๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซโญ๏ธ ๐Œ๐˜ ๐๐”๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’ โญ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ

๐Ÿฅ‡ - Strategic Life Coach
The Priority Academy, UK - 2023
๐Ÿฅ‡ - MA Translation (French, Spanish, Norwegian to English)
University of Surrey, UK - 2006
๐Ÿฅ‡ - BA (Hons) International Tourism Management
Leeds Beckett University, UK - 2023
๐Ÿฅ‡ - Tourism Business Management and French
Northern Arizona University - Arizona, USA - 1998


๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซโญ๏ธ ๐Œ๐˜ ๐„๐—๐๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐๐‚๐„ โญ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ

โญ๏ธ - 2008 - 2010 Escuela Oficial de Idiomas, Pamplona, Spain
โญ๏ธ - 2019 - 2021 Team Ineos Genadiers Pro Cyclist Team, Cuenca, Ecuador
โญ๏ธ - 2016 - 2021 Smurfitt Kappa, Navarre, Spain
โญ๏ธ - 2013 - 2016 Falcon Electronica - Peralta, Navarre, Spain
โญ๏ธ - 2007 - 2021 www.markdaviesingles.com
โญ๏ธ - 2007 - 2009 Vodafone, Spain - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
โญ๏ธ - 2008 - 2011 ABA English - Barcelona, Spain
โญ๏ธ - 2008 - 2010 USCAL S.L. - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
โญ๏ธ - 2008 - 2021 Anain SA - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
โญ๏ธ - 2008 - 2011 CNAI - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
โญ๏ธ - 2008 - 2018 Monsanto, Spain - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
โญ๏ธ - 2016 - 2021 Verbling
โญ๏ธ - 2012 - 2021 Mondo Tufting SA - Borja, Zaragoza, Spain
โญ๏ธ - 2020 - 2021 Preply
โญ๏ธ - 2016 - 2021 Cener - Sarriguren, Navarre, Spain
โญ๏ธ - 2009 - 2011 Domecq Wines Espaรฑa S.A. - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain

๐Ÿง’๐Ÿป Please note, I do not work with anyone under the age of 18.

โŒš๏ธ No suitable time slots? Send me a request and I will try to accommodate your needs. ๐Ÿ“†

โŒThere will be no fees incurred if a cancellation occurs at least 12 hours in advance.

โš ๏ธ Please note, lessons on Zoom, Skype, Teams etc require written permission from Verbling.
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My trial lessons

A typical trial lesson has:

๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ - You talking about your issues
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ - Identification of weaknesses and strengths
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ - A PDF lesson plan and report identifying how to fix your issues
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ - Discussion about how to achieve objectives
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ - Presentation of options for homework
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ - Google study platform
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ - Presentation of my YouTube channel
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ - Discussion of class logistics e.g. availability, frequency of class and how to learn a language
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Teaching Expertise

Intermediate
Upper Intermediate
Advanced
Upper Advanced
American English
British English

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schoolEducation

2023 - 2023
Strategic Life Coach
The Priority Academy - UK
Positive and negative values, goal setting, hard and soft actions, destroying limiting beliefs, empowering questions, wheel of life, breaking emotional states
2005 - 2006
MA, PG (dip) Translation
University of Surrey - Guildford, UK
I studied French and Norwegian to English, my native tongue. The domains covered included economic, business, legal, scientific and technical translation. Worked with computer-assisted translation software and state-of-the-art corpus tools and resources. Equally important, Iearned business requirements so that I acquired the necessary project management and entrepreneurial skills to work as an English teacher.
1997 - 2001
BA (Hons) International Tourism Management
Leeds Metropolitan University - Leeds, UK
Business and tourism degree with French. Got me on the road to languages!
1998 - 1999
Tourism Business Management and French
Northern Arizona University - Arizona, USA
Focus on HRM, resort management, sales management, French, intercultural relations

briefcaseWork Experience

2012
Online English Teacher for Artificial Sports Turf Manufacturer
Mondo Tufting SA - Borja, Zaragoza, Spain
English training for meetings with world sport federations including FIFA, FIH and IOC.
2009
English Teacher for Software Engineering
JaasSoft Solutions, S.L. - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Focus on improving English for software engineering
2016
Online English Teacher
Cener - Sarriguren, Navarre, Spain
Business English teacher with focus on renewable energies.
2016
Online English Teacher
Smurfitt Kappa - Sanguesa, Navarre, Spain
Online English Teacher for middle management and upper management, focused on English for specific business practices
2019
Team Ineos Genadiers Pro Cyclist English Teacher
Team Ineos Grenadiers Pro Cycling Team - Cuenca, Ecuador
Started in Nov 19 with 3 pro cyclists from the Team Ineos team. Got them to level A2 from level 0 with only 25 hours of instruction. Focus on English for Pro Cycling.
2013 - 2016
English teacher for Business Professionals
Falcon Electronica - Peralta, Navarre, Spain
Focused on Business English for up to 12 employees of electronics production company giving up to 13 hours a week of class.
2008 - 2013
English Teacher for Monsanto Area Manager
Monsanto, Spain - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
English coaching for sales in seed sector.
2009 - 2011
English Teacher for Important Spanish Wine Producer
Domecq Wines Espaรฑa S.A. - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Focus on English for wine exporting and sales from Spain.
2009 - 2011
English Teacher for Solar Power Company
Solinvest - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Focus on making big progress quickly, improving psychology of students
2008 - 2011
Offline Business English Teacher for executives in health and industrial relations
Instituto Sindical de Trabajo Ambiente y Salud - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Focus on industrial relation and health contextualised English
2008 - 2011
Interpreter/translator for National Police in Spain
Policรญa Nacional - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Interpreting for police with illegal immigrants. French/Spanish/English.
2009 - 2011
English Teacher for Mechanical Engineering Company
Industrias del Recambio - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Business English focusing on mechanical engineering.
2009 - 2011
English Teacher in Capital Investment Sector
Genera - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
English classes for top investment executives.
2008 - 2011
English Teacher for Industrial Decoration Company
TID - Industrial Techniques Decoration, S.L. - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
In company English classes with focus on industrial decoration sector.
2008 - 2011
English Teacher in Water Purification Sector
NILSA - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
English coaching for staff for level B1 to C1, with focus on water purification, residuals and sewage.
2008 - 2011
English Teacher for English Teachers from Public Schools in Spain
CNAI - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
English coaching focusing on skills for teaching for 10 English teachers from the public sector in Spain.
2008 - 2011
Offline English Teacher in Innovation and Technology
Anain SA - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
English with focus on innovation and technology projects improving bottom lines and efficiency standards.
2010 - 2011
Offline Business English Teacher
NCASL Spain - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Classes for students (B1+) for company exporting plastic products
2009 - 2011
Offline English Teacher
Smith Nephew - Barcelona, Spain
In company English classes for business executives from level B1 and above.
2008 - 2011
Online English Teacher for Spanish ESL learners
ABA English - Barcelona, Spain
Responding to grammar questions from students. Correcting texts and audios from students.
2009 - 2011
English Teacher
Kukuxumusu - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
English coach for 3 key workers bringing their levels up from A2 to B1.
2004 - 2011
Face to face freelance English teacher
Self-employed - Pamplona, Spain, Aix-en-Provence, France
Teaching Spanish individuals and companies English in order to achieve a wide variety of goals such as passing interviews, passing exams (EOI, Cambridge, IELTS...), improving conversational English, Business English etc. I even taught civil servant English teachers. I also took some students hiking for the day so they would get more of a chance to practice their English.
2008 - 2010
English Teacher for Engineers
USCAL S.L. - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
English coaching with an engineering focus at a major engineering company in northern Spain.
2008 - 2010
English Teacher
Escuela Oficial de Idiomas - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Doing conversation classes for students at B2 and C1 levels. Substituted for teachers not up to the grade.
2007 - 2009
English Teacher in Telecommunications Sector
Vodafone, Spain - Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Business English teacher with focus on telecommunications, especially the mobile phone sector.
2006 - 2006
Pueblo Inglรฉs volunteer
Pueblo Inglรฉs - Soria, Spain
Volunteered for 1 week to assist with Spaniardsยด English language learning in hamlet in Soria, Spain. We lived with the students for 1 week.
2002 - 2004
Sales Assistant French Mortgages
BNP Paribas (before Abbey National) - Lille, France
Sold French mortgages for foreign buyers of French property
2011 - 0
Director, founder and teacher at an English online language school targeting the Spain market
Pamplona Inglรฉs - Cuenca, Ecuador
Online language school I developed myself to teach to Spanish students via Skype. It is successful since I have had to recruit other teachers to help out.

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