Mark Patterson
English Language Teacher
Salary / Daily rate
Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Remote only
Languages
About me
Intro
Certified English language teacher with 19+ years of experience specializing in business English and exam preparation. CELTA-qualified with proven success training executives at multinational companies and preparing students for Cambridge certificates (A2-C1). Expert in CLIL methodology and custom corporate training programs for global workplace communication.
Work experience
English Language Teacher
English TrainingFreelance
Oct 2019 - Present
7 years 1 month
20851 Lissone, Province of Monza and Brianza, Italy
Qualified in the CLIL (Content, Language integrated learning) methodology to educate school children of various ages. Extensive experience in exam preparation of students (A2 to C1). Extensive experience in developing communication skills needed in the global workplace.
English Language Teacher
English House (Previously Morgan School)
Sep 2022 - Jul 2025
2 years 11 months
Monza e Brianza, Lombardy, Italy · On-site
I taught both individual and group courses, from young teens to adults. Courses ranged from conversation classes for both general and business English, to exam preparation - typically Cambridge certificates (A2 to B2). Due to client requests some of these course were managed online.
English Teacher
Esprinet Spa
Oct 2008 - Jul 2019
10 years 10 months
I have taught one to one courses with marketing managers, financial managers, IT managers. I have done specialized courses on email & telphone English. I have created and taught in-house "made to measure" courses for elementary, pre-intermediate, intermediate, upper-intermediate and advanced groups.
English Teacher Corporate
Wall Street Institute
Sep 2005 - Jan 2011
5 years 5 months
I taught business English to managers & groups of all levels.
Education
University of Cambridge
Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA)
2005 - 2005
1 month
Union School of Theology (Formerly Evangelical Theological College of Wales)
Bachelor's degree
1995 - 1998
3 years 1 month
Bangor Grammar School
8 o-levels
1983 - 1988
5 years 1 month
Licenses & certifications
CELTA
Issued: Oct 2005
BA with Upper Class Honours in Theological Studies
Issued: Jun 1998