Jonathan Muir Teaching Edinburgh

A day in the life of an English teacher ✨
From teaching Czech teenagers in the morning, to helping a new Polish student, preparing a French student for her C1 Cambridge English exam, and finishing the day online with a Brazilian student in Glasgow.
Different students. Different goals. Different backgrounds.
That’s what I love about teaching English: no two lessons are ever the same.
Whether you need conversation practice, exam preparation, confidence with speaking, or a class that fits around your schedule, I can help you build a lesson plan that works for you.
📩 Send me a message to chat about a personalised English class.

Meant to re-post this yesterday. I repeat the same question 2 years on 🙂 What do you think of my new work uniform ??

Past Simple or Past Perfect? 🤔 If this one still trips you up, you are not alone.
Many English learners mix these two up at work or school, and it is the kind of small slip that makes a confident sentence sound a little off. 📌
The trick is simple: Past Simple is one action in the past. Past Perfect is the action that happened first, before another past action. ⏳
Swipe through for the timelines and a quick test to check yourself. Get the last one right and you have basically got it 💪
Which tense do you reach for more often? Tell me in the comments 👇 and if you want to sharpen this kind of detail for your job, send me a DM and book a free consultation. 📩

If you live in Edinburgh, you talk about the rain every single day. 🌧️
But the same wet morning can sound completely different depending on your level. "I got wet" and "it was pouring down" describe the same sky, just years apart in your English.
Swipe through and find the level you're speaking at right now, from a light A1 "got wet" all the way to a native C1 idiom.
Comment your level below 👇 and I'll reply with the next one up. Want to actually move up a level? DM me and let's get your English there.

Damian didn't start learning English for himself. He started for his daughter. 🧡

She was 5, struggling with reading and writing — and he wanted to understand her world.
A few months in, she stopped her classes. But something had already shifted in him.
So he kept going.

From absolute beginner to Upper-Intermediate — through work, life, breaks, and comebacks.
And he did it all while running his family's cleaning business full time.
No excuses. Just progress.

Your story could start exactly where his did. 👇
DM me to begin.

And I always believe making mistakes in language help in learning, I'm not the only one to have silly errors when I try badly to speak foreign languages :)

I have availability for English classes now and would love to help you :)

Hehe who likes my post ??

Good afternoon, I'm trying some new things on Instagram and here - did you know you can find me on Instagram here ?? - jonathan_muir_teach_edin44..
Let me know what you think of my new posts, there will be a few over the coming weeks so I hope you find them interesting and informative 🙂

Andrzej is a Polish student living in Yorkshire, and I have had the pleasure of teaching him English since August 2024. At the beginning he was a little shy and unsure of this language, particularly with speaking, but is has been wonderful to see him developing into a confident English user who may well do high level exams in the future. I wish him all the best and hope our paths will cross again.
I currently have availability for new students, all levels, 1-1 or small groups. Please let me know if you would like more details :)

Aren't languages extraordinary? So many different ways to say different things to people from different cultures and backgrounds! And we somehow understand each other, it's magic !!
If you are struggling with my language in daily life, work or in your studies, I would love to help you.
My name is Jonny, I am a fully qualified native speaker and I have 22 years experience teaching English. I have taught for some of the biggest language schools in the world, and have been self employed since 2018. I love teaching anyone, whether 1-1, small groups or bigger classes, either online or in Edinburgh :)
I have availability currently and would love some new students ;) I can help you with ;
General English (all levels from beginner to advanced)
Specific skills (eg writing, pronunciation, speaking etc)
Exams such as Ielts for visas/university entry and Cambridge FCE(B2) Advanced (C1) and Proficiency (C2)
Help with CV / interviews/ Business English or anything else you need.
I look forward to helping you make sense of my language :) Send me a message and we can get started :)