Over the past ten years, I’ve taught English to everyone from CEOs and bankers to university students and engineers.
Most people assume that teaching English is all about correcting grammar or explaining vocabulary, and it is, partly — but that’s just scratching the surface.
What I’ve really learned is this: teaching language is teaching communication and communication is at the heart of almost everything we do.
My students often ask: “Is this correct?” But correctness is only the beginning. More often, the question should be:
“Does this sound confident?” or, maybe, “Is this polite enough?” or, more importantly, “Am I getting the tone right for this audience?”
Because ultimately, even in this continuously changing, AI-driven world, we still need to sound human.
So now we introduce elements such as clarity, tone, persuasion, and the power of choosing the right word.
And that word right there, yes, that one: “WORD”. And what a wonderful word it is. Put a few together and we have a sentence, then stick a few sentences together and we have a paragraph. Paragraphs become pages, and pages become chapters. It’s like magic but then, admittedly, I’m in love with words. That’s probably why writing — especially content and copywriting — has always felt like a natural extension of my work.
So, let’s come back to the title of this post. I would say that my teaching and writing skills overlap more than I expected because whether teaching or writing, the job is the same: helping someone find their voice.
And in both roles, the goal is the same: communication that works.