Our Method

Pragmatic English

We focus on teaching you English skills you can use today.
You do not waste time learning parts of English that you will rarely use.

To the courses

1. CREATE THE IDEAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

An environment in which you feel at ease
An environment in which you feel heard
An environment in which you are encouraged to speak your mind

3. PRAGMATIC LEARNING: SPEAKING, SPEAKING, SPEAKING!

In class time should be spent on things you could not do at home on your own
Therefore, our main focus is normally on speaking—with detailed, accurate feedback on all errors
Our speciality is giving you the rules you need to speak perfectly—in a clear and succinct way

2. ENCOURAGE MISTAKES

This is the ‘safe zone’, where we want you to feel comfortable speaking
We want you to feel confident enough to make mistakes
Make lots of mistakes here—all of them—and then we can fix them!

4. CONSTANT REFINEMENTS

Agile learning—we constantly monitor your progress and spend more time or less time on certain areas as a result
Ask us! Ask us anything about English, we are here to teach you everything you want to know!
This way, the shortest distance between where you are now and where you want to be is achieved

1. CREATE THE IDEAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

An environment in which you feel at ease
An environment in which you feel heard
An environment in which you are encouraged to speak your mind

2. ENCOURAGE MISTAKES

This is the ‘safe zone’, where we want you to feel comfortable speaking
We want you to feel confident enough to make mistakes
Make lots of mistakes here—all of them—and then we can fix them!

3. PRAGMATIC LEARNING: SPEAKING, SPEAKING, SPEAKING!

In class time should be spent on things you could not do at home onyour own
Therefore, our main focus is normally on speaking—with detailed, accurate feedback on all errors
Our speciality is giving you the rules you need to speak perfectly—in aclear and succinct way

4. CONSTANT REFINEMENTS

Agile learning—we constantly monitor your progress and spendmore time or less time on certain areas as a result
Ask us! Ask us anything about English, we are here to teach youeverything you want to know!
This way, the shortest distance between where you are now andwhere you want to be is achieved

Feedback

I originally contacted Progressive English to help improve my financial business English. Travis has exceeded my expectations, and has given me much confidence in my verbal and written communications. He has a real skill in reducing lessons to their main point (his cheat sheets are brilliant), and teaches in a very practical way. He also assists with our presentations in English, and so has become a real asset to our company.

Karin Vuran - CFO Leadership Inhouse Akademie
Progressive English was very professional to deal with. They provided us with a very organized and skilled English teacher. I am now much more confident with my tenses, and have really improved verbal and written communication with my English speaking clients.

Martin Kos - Joint Founder Forexus GmbH
Mike from Progressive English was unreal and I couldn’t have passed my BEC Vantage without him! He even organized a dinner, for free (except food) where we were only allowed to speak English all evening with other students and teachers. I will definitely be contacting them again when I study my BEC Higher.

Adrian Huber - Sales Manager Private
I have worked with PE for a number of years now, mainly for the editing service that they provide, and they have always been a pleasure to deal with. Numerous times I have required a last minute edit of a speech, or to proof read/improve a brochure for the marketing department, and they have never let us down.

Dimitar Bobev - Managing Director Switzerland Lighthouse Global
Progressive English did a very efficient and accurate job editing the English version of my latest book – The Rocky Road to Achieving Your Doctorate. On time, on budget and on point.

Gunnar Seide - Professor and author University Maastricht
Travis from Progressive English was very professional. He and his team fixed my weaknesses; at the same time, they strengthen my grammar and pronunciation which are important for CAE exam. Not only did he prepare for my lesson in advanced, but he also understood intrinsic qualities of his students. Impressively, he gave me the feeling of supportive elixir more than just a client and a tutor.

Tanja - Student Cambridge Advanced English Preparation Course
When I moved to Zurich from Italy, I was looking for an English teacher because I needed to learn an international language for communicating in the new country. In addition, despite using my mother language during the clinical interviews, learning English was important for international works and collaborations. I had never studied systematically English, so I started from a low level. In a few months my English has improved a lot: I was very surprised about how I became able to write and speak English in formal and informal conversations, and now I am not afraid when another person doesn’t speak my language. I studied with Miles and I can tell that he is a very good teacher, capable of motivating me and reinforcing and supporting me in spite of my mistakes. At the start, I planned to study only two months, but, seeing the amazing results, after five months I still study with Progressive English!

Beatrice Nasta - Psychologist Private
I was looking for someone who helps me during one week to repeat things from CAE. With Travis from Progressive English I found the right person. In that short time he helped me to become more confident, especially in speaking. Travis' lessons were never boring and he has the attitude to motivate.

Selina

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