george alex 𐄁 english mentor since 1989  𐄁 2,800+ students  𐄁 10+ countries  𐄁 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It's not your English. It's you.

You froze. You couldn't find the word. Or stayed quiet, afraid you'd get it wrong.
That's not bad English – that's the wrong method. And lack of good practice.
Let's change that, here and now.

Join the Free Confident English club here. 

LIVE rooms every week
Pair-work. Speaking and grammar practice.

“I feel more confident when I speak.” 
Polly, after one LIVE session

WHY IT HAPPENS

The problem is never your English. It is the way you studied.

School taught you to translate. Word by word, rule by rule.
But translating is a skill on its own – one interpreters spend years training for.
You were handed an expert's tool and told to run a beginner's engine on it. No wonder it stalled.  
So you froze. Or forgot. Or never quite got there in the first place.
Not because you can't learn English – because nobody taught it to you the way you actually learn.  
Children never translate. They just absorb – meaning first, words later, mistakes included.
That's Natural Learning. And it works at any age, from any starting point.

Natural Learning works differently.

THE OLD WAY
– Translate every word in your head
– Avoid every mistake to make the sentence perfect
– Study, write down 100 times and hope to remember
– Collect rules, pass a test
– Forget and start all over again

THE NATURAL WAY
⬩Listen and read a lot
⬩Understand the meaning, not every word
⬩Speak, make mistakes, keep going
⬩Practise with real people, regularly
⬩Use the language until it becomes natural

I started thinking, even dreaming, in English.
“Thanks to his approach, I started speaking with more confidence. I got ready for job interviews, and yes, I got the job.”

Elena C.
Luxembourg

WHICH ONE IS YOU

Can you find yourself here?

Freeze up when you need to speak?

Tried courses and nothing stuck?

Always translating in your head first?

Understand it but can't say it?

English holding your career back?

IELTS deadline creeping up?

Missing people you want to speak with?

Need to stimulate your brain by learning a new language?

Not ready to commit yet?

✅  💳  Whichever subscription programme you join, the first week is completely free.
Your card is registered but not charged until day 8 – cancel any time before then and you pay nothing.

I feel more confident and I speak English fluently after three months.
“It is easier for me to switch faster from Bulgarian to English and I use more vocabulary than before. I am more stable in my knowledge.” 

Antoaneta K.
Bulgaria

Listen. Speak. Learn from mistakes. Enjoy the journey.

Learn English through regular practice. With me. And others. In the safe rooms.

English is not your problem. Not practising is.

Hey! My name is George.
I've been teaching English since 1989! Yes, last century.

When I studied English, we had 4-5 classes a day, six days a week – for four years, less in the final year. That's how I learned it: hours of practice and repetition.

That's exactly what most of my students miss. And why they don't get the results they want. Later, I studied 8 more languages. Now I'm struggling with Greek.

Same pattern: if I don't listen, repeat, practise, forget, learn again, practise again – I don't get results.

That's why I focus so much on regular practice.
Thousands of students have got the results they were after, through Natural Learning.

And along the way, we've dealt with fear, confusion, despair, disappointment...  

I'm not just a teacher. I'm your English Mentor. I help you deal with all of that – and build the confidence and freedom to use English naturally.
And yes, speak fluently.

Read more about me

English mentor since 1989

CHOOSE YOUR ROUTE

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM YOUR ENGLISH RIGHT NOW

Build or rebuild your English

For adults who want structure: weekly LIVE practice with people at your level and short daily lessons for real natural learning.
A lot of speaking and grammar practice included.

Practise the English you know and make it active

For adults learning elsewhere who just need a safe room to speak in, or a weekly hour to practise regularly the grammar that is still difficult for them.

Not sure yet?
Get some free practice.

Join the Free LIVE sessions every Monday to speak for 30 minutes and see what the real Fluency sessions are. No card, totally free for as long as you need.

Full of enjoyment, laughter and happiness - and I feel more confident.
"I learned new things, and I feel more confident when I speak to new people. Thank you, George, for making it so easy-going for all of us."

Polly H.
the UK

NO CARD, INSTANT DOWNLOAD

7 Lessons to Help You Speak English Fluently

The DIY version - seven short lessons built around my most embarrassing language mistakes,
with new words explained in English and example sentences built in.

  • Seven short lessons, ready whenever you are 
  • Audio included and explanations
  • Listen to it, read it, then retell it in your own words
  • Words explained in English, with example sentences 
  • Completely free - no card needed

What students usually ask before joining

Start in the free Club. It costs nothing, there's no card, and you'll see how the method feels before you commit to anything. Most people know within two weeks whether this is their kind of learning. If it is, we'll pick the right course together from there.

No. Some of my best students started at 55, 60, 72.
Adults don't learn worse than children, they learn differently – you bring focus, patience and a life full of things worth talking about.
The method is built for adult brains, not school kids.

If you already understand a lot but freeze when you speak, LearnAbility Mastery or the Live rooms will suit you.
If you're near the beginning and need to build the basics properly, that's LearnAbility Foundations.
If you're not sure, you can take the test.

Then you're in exactly the right room. Everybody starts like that.
You can sit through your first session and say nothing at all – many people do. Most of them need some time to open up.

Not much – 15-30 minutes a day on your own, plus one or two Live sessions a week.
Small and regular practice beats long but rare. School gave you a lot, then stopped. This gives you a little, every day – and that's what actually works.

An ordinary course teaches you about English. You memorise rules, take tests, and still practise the words in your head before you order a coffee.
Here you use English from the first week, with real people, in a room where mistakes are the point. You learn to swim in the water, not from the book.

Yes – if you do it regularly. Think about fitness: 20 minutes daily beats two hours once a week.
Regular practice is what makes English automatic, so you stop translating in your head and start just... speaking.

You get full access to the plan you joined. All features, for one week. No charge for 7 days.
A card is needed to start the free week. But you pay nothing during these 7 days. You can cancel any time before day 8. Then you pay nothing at all.
Do you like the first week? Then you continue. You keep the same full plan, for as long as you want. You can cancel any time.

Yes and no. Many students use English at work, but they usually need stronger general English first – and that's what LearnAbility and the Live rooms build, including real work topics like meetings and client calls.
For dedicated business English, that's what the Corporate programmes are for.

Not sure yet?

Join the FREE Confident English Club for practical tips and regular practice.

– Daily tips and prompts you answer in writing, in your own time
– Voice messages between members, when you feel brave
– Live Q&A with me – ask your questions, share difficulties and good tips you've come upon
– Send me a message and I'll answer you myself – even a voice message

Confidence begins the moment you start practising.

A practical, Natural Learning method that helps you build real communication skills and confidence.
Come try it and see the real results.

Confidence begins the moment you start practising.
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