Steven Bullen

Hello! My name is Steven and I am a TEFL-qualified English tutor from the south of England. However, I currently live in Peru, where I am volunteering to build a community garden. As a teacher, I offer relaxed English lessons based around real, natural conversations. My goal is to help you to become more confident with your English, and to support you in building your vocabulary, by talking about the topics which are the most important and interesting to you. Book a free trial lesson today!

Each student has different motivations for wanting to learn a new language, so I like to adapt my classes based around your personal goals. In our first lessons, I will get to know more about you and your reasons for wanting to improve your English. We will discuss your work, studies, hobbies and family, and from there I will plan your next lessons based around your own personal targets and interests. We will focus upon the vocabulary that you will need the most, and the areas of English that you would like to practice. Everything is about you and your goals.

I am a TEFL-qualified English tutor, and I have been working on HeyLangu now for over two and a half years. Prior to this, I worked as a private English tutor, giving lessons to adults and children, both online and in-person. I decided to become an English teacher during my first trip to New Zealand in 2016. I lived in a house full of travellers from all over the world, and many of them had come to New Zealand to explore the country and to find work. They were having problems because of their limited English skills, so I began giving informal English lessons to my housemates, and I started to see just how life-changing it can be to speak another language. When I returned to England, I enrolled onto two TEFL courses in order to improve my formal teaching skills. I gained a Level 5 certificate in teaching English as a foreign language, along with an advanced course in teaching English online. Since then, I have been developing my lessons as a private tutor both online and in person.

After coming home from New Zealand, I also began studying to become a therapist, with a focus on mental health. I took a break from these studies in 2021, when I joined an international charity in Peru as a volunteer. I helped to plan and deliver classes to local children on topics related to mental health and emotional awareness, but based around the joy of skateboarding - a sport which I have loved since I was a teenager. When I first arrived to Peru, I spoke very little Spanish. Suddenly, simple conversations about my work, my studies, and especially my opinions and emotions, were now very difficult! This process of learning a new language helped to shape how I now teach English. I understand how embarrassing it can be in the beginning, and how frustrating it can be when we want to express our own thoughts and opinions. Therefore, I always encourage my students to relax, to accept that they will make mistakes, and to learn at their own pace with my help, step by step.