Learn English from our experienced, friendly and internationally-qualified teachers. We work together with our students to help them do their best and achieve their goals.

FRIENDLY AND SUPPORTIVE 

Our team of over 100 teachers and trainers in Singapore are trained to help students achieve their goals. We support students in their learning and motivate them to do their best.

INTERNATIONALLY QUALIFIED 

All British Council teachers have native speaker proficiency. In addition to a first degree, they all hold professional teaching qualifications including CELTA, Delta, PGCE, MA TEFL, TYLEC. They have extensive experience teaching both adults and children.   

EXPERIENCED AND UP-TO-DATE

The British Council has been helping students around the world for 80 years and we have over 100 teachers working for us. Our teachers receive ongoing training throughout the year to keep them up-to-date with the latest teaching methodologies, techniques and technologies for teaching real life English.

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Farid Zaiter

Senior Teacher, Young Learners, British Council in Singapore

Farid has been teaching, training, and managing since 2011. He joined the British Council in 2014 and worked in Algeria, Bahrain, and China before coming to Singapore.

Specialist in:

  • Young Learner education
  • brain-based learning 
  • academic management

Qualifications:

  • Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (DELTA)
  • Master’s Degree in Applied Linguistics 
  • Teaching Young Learner Extension Certificate (TYLEC) 

Rami Taha

Senior Teacher, Young Learners, British Council in Singapore

Rami has been working in the field of teaching English since 2006. He started working for the British Council in 2010, and has been teaching, training and managing academic programmes in places such as Egypt, Tunisia, Bangladesh and Singapore.

Specialist in:

  • secondary education
  • exam classes 
  • academic management

Qualifications:

  • Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (DELTA)
  • Young Learner Extension to CELTA 
  • Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages  (CELTA)
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Mimi Berchie

Senior Teacher, Private Courses, British Council in Singapore

Mimi has been an English language teacher and examiner since 2010, teaching adults and young learners in schools, universities and language centres in the UK, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Morocco, UAE, China and Singapore.

Specialist in:

  • academic writing
  • creative writing
  • examination prep skills

Qualifications:

  • Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages (DELTA)
  • Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA)
  • MA African Literature
  • BA English Literature
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Phil Bashford

Senior Teacher, Adults, British Council in Singapore

Phil is from the UK and has been teaching, training and managing since 1999. He began teaching English as a foreign language in the UK. He worked for the British Council in South Korea, Dubai, and Tunisia before moving to Singapore in 2021.

Specialist in:

  • adult writing skills development
  • pronunciation 
  • corporate skills training.

Qualifications:

  • Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages (DELTA)
  • Master’s Degree in Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages (TESOL)

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