Highly experienced and qualified native British English teacher offering general, business or academic English lessons. I also place a strong focus on pronunciation and can help with accent reduction

Lydia taught my teenage daughter who has attention deficit. She was excellent. Lydia was reliable and went with the flow, finding teaching opportunities with every distraction while still keeping it fun. My daughter normally detests tutoring or structured learning of any kind. But she liked Lydia and her lessons. She even got her to do virtual lessons which was amazing. I was so happy that my daughter was learning in a positive environment. My daughter was able to say a few phrases and understand some things within just a few lessons. We would have continued if my daughter didn’t start Portuguese lessons at school. I would highly recommend.

Lydia has been helping our 10-year-old to progress to the next level of Portuguese in her school. Since she started her lessons 2 months ago, our daughter has improved significantly; she has a much better grasp of the language and she's enthusiastic about learning. Lydia brings to every class structure and consistency as well as lovely and warm presence. I highly recommend her!

Lydia is an excellent and patient English tutor. Professional in her approach, she has the ability to make lessons interesting, varied and tailored to the needs of each individual. Thanks to Lydia I have gained great improvement in my pronunciation and confidence in my English speaking and presentation skills.

Lydia is a wonderful Portuguese teacher. As a native English speaker, the language is naturally challenging for me, but she knows exactly how to navigate it. Lessons are highly personalized, and cover recent events in the news - none of which you will find with Duolingo.

I have known Lydia for nearly two years as a fellow tutor who I meet regularly here in Porto where we both live, and our conversations inevitably revolve around our work! Lydia is passionate about helping others to learn Portuguese. She takes time to personalise all her lessons, and every student is treated with care, kindness and respect for their specific learning strengths and needs.
Lydia is imaginative and creative and uses her knowledge of Portuguese history, society, music and culture to help make language learning relevant and readily applicable to real life situations.
If you find yourself learning Portuguese with Lydia, I know you will be in the best hands!

Lydia teaches Portuguese to our group of three, and it's delightful. Our classes are enjoyable and equally functional. We feel that we are improving from week to week, so we will definitely continue learning as much as possible with Lydia. Highly recommended!

Lydia works diligently to ensure that lessons are tailored to my interests, learning style and ability. As a result, I find the learning process stimulating and enjoyable. Lydia also covers culture, including music, current news and affairs, programmes. Aims and objectives are reached by reading, writing, listening and visual work. She is infinitely patient and understanding but will correct my errors and pronunciation in a kindly fashion. As a result, I have found my confidence growing in speaking the Portuguese language, and I sound more authentic. I am not just learning the language by rote, but am really understanding it. I am so pleased I found Lydia as I doubt I would have continued with my studies in the language. Lydia comes very highly recommended by me. Thank you!

I highly recommend Lydia as an exceptional English teacher.
She is a qualified English teacher and, although she is a native English speaker, she is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and French. This linguistic ability greatly helps in understanding and translating colloquial expressions and various meanings from these languages into English.
Lydia customises her lessons to meet the specific needs of each student.