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Maggie Bentley

Maggie is a DELTA-trained teacher and has been coaching Business English for 25 years. She taught in-company and 1:1 in Spain for 10 years, for International House and a number of international schools in Andalucia. She returned to the UK 3 years ago and has been a Business English trainer at a variety of language centres in Warwickshire as both a group and a 1:1 teacher. She has also taught English for Academic Purposes to post-graduate University students and prepared students for IELTS. Her enthusiasm, experience and deep concern for her students' progress make her one of our most popular teachers, particularly as a 1:1 teacher for our Tutorial students.

 

 

Peter Zoeftig

With more than 25 years experience in education as a language teacher and Business English coach, Peter has been teaching at Sherbourne Priors for 10 years. He is a graduate in Modern Languages from Manchester University and speaks French and Italian fluently. He has worked in secondary schools as Head of Department for Modern Languages, and trained business students in Belgium, Italy, France and Saudi Arabia. He specialises in the training of communication for conflict resolution. Peter's main goal as a teacher is to ensure that students maximise their potential both as learners of the language and effective communicators.

 

Virginia Hudson

Ginny has been on the Sherbourne staff for 5 years. She has a degree in English from the University of Durham and continued her training as an EFL teacher until she achieved the DELTA. She has worked in Spain and the UK and her experience is mostly with teaching adults. She and her husband have their own company in the Cotswolds, so Ginny is well-versed in how to run and manage a business. Her forte at Sherbourne is working with Quatorial groups on specific business functions such as negotiating, managing meetings effectively and handling conference calls.

 

Graham Taylor

Before becoming a teacher, Graham worked in marketing and sales for 21 years, owning his own marketing company which he sold when he decided to focus on training Business English students. He has a BA Hons in English from the University of Wales, an MA in Film Studies from the University of Southampton and is currently writing his doctoral thesis in Film Studies. Graham also has a post-graduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He has written books on marketing for the EFL industry and developed training courses on giving presentations, which focus on voice, delivery and body language.