English coaching, online
Speak like yourself.
In English.
You understand English fine. Getting it out when it matters is the hard part, and that's what we work on.
The first conversation is free.
Sound familiar?
The English is in there. It just won't come out.
You follow the whole meeting. Then someone asks what you think, and what comes out sounds nothing like what you meant.
An hour later the sentence you wanted turns up in your head, perfectly fine, and far too late.
It's not that your English is bad. Usually it's the opposite. You've got years of it stored up and nowhere safe to practise using it. That's what I'm here for.
The Continuous Coaching Loop
There's more to it than the hour we meet.
Most lessons end when the hour does, and by Thursday it's gone. I work differently. The week between our sessions is part of it.
- 01Speak
We start with your week
Whatever's actually coming up. Thursday's meeting, an interview, the conversation you keep putting off.
- 02
You do the talking
Most of the hour is you, and nobody's marking you. Getting it wrong out loud is how this works.
- 03Notice
I write down what worked
The words you found, the phrases that landed, whatever got in the way. It doesn't disappear when we hang up.
- 04Practise
You get it back during the week
A few days later I send you a short review built from your own session, and I'm on chat if something comes up before we meet again.
That's the part an hourly tutor can't really give you. Next month it's someone new who doesn't remember any of it.
Who I coach
Different people, same gap.
Professionals and managers
Your work is good and your English meetings don't show it. We practise the actual situations from your calendar.
Job seekers
The interview's in English. We go through your real answers out loud, enough times that they stop feeling borrowed.
New in the country
Work, small talk, making friends, all of it in English now. You're more than the simple sentences you've been getting by on.
Founders and specialists
You know your subject better than anyone in the room. We work on saying it in English the way you'd say it at home.
Buying for a team? Corporate programs are below.
Your coach
Martin Sandtner
I'm an English language coach based in the Finnskogen area of Sweden. I've been doing this for more than eighteen years, mostly with professionals, leaders and teams getting ready for interviews, presentations and the conversations that matter.
Before any of this I trained as an actor, at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. Acting teaches you what happens to someone when a room goes quiet and it's their turn. Your breath goes shallow, your voice tightens, and everything you had planned comes out smaller than you meant it. A meeting in a second language does much the same thing. That's the part I work on.
I speak English, Slovak and Czech, and get by in Spanish and Italian, and I work with people all over Europe, online.
The rest you'll find out in the first conversation. That's what it's for.
Formats and price
Simple to start. Simple to price.
1:1 coaching
An hour, online, just the two of us.
EUR 35per hour
That's the whole price list. No packages, no minimum, and you can stop whenever you like. The notes, the review and the chat during the week are included.
It's on the page because you shouldn't have to book a call to find out what something costs.
Small groups
A few people at a similar point, which gives you something 1:1 can't: speaking while more than one person listens. Put together case by case, so just ask and I'll quote you.
Book a conversationCorporate programs
For teams. We talk about what you need, run a small pilot, then you decide. Because I write up every session, you can see what people are actually gaining. Priced per program.
Book a conversationPrice excludes VAT where applicable.
Questions
Asked before most first conversations
Why pay EUR 35 when tutors online charge 15?
You can find good tutors for less, and for some things a tutor is the right choice. What you're paying for here is what happens around the hour: I remember your context from week to week, I write up what worked, and I'm reachable in between. On a marketplace you often get someone new each month who starts from nothing.
What happens in the first conversation?
We just talk. You tell me where English shows up in your life and where it stops you, and you'll speak more of it than you expect. By the end we'll both know whether this fits. No test, no level assessment, and no obligation.
What if I'm too shy for this?
Then you're exactly who I work with. Most people arrive speaking less than they'd like, and that's the starting point rather than a problem. Early on I carry more of the conversation and hand it over as you get comfortable.
I have an interview coming up. Can you help before it?
Yes, and short focused preparation is some of the most useful work I do. We go through your actual answers and your actual slides, out loud, a few times over. I can't promise you the job, but your English won't be improvised on the day.
Is this English lessons? Will we do grammar?
It's coaching. We start from your situations rather than a curriculum. Grammar comes up when it's blocking something you want to say, and then we fix it right there, attached to a sentence you'll actually use.
How long until I notice a difference?
I won't give you a number, and I'd be careful with anyone who does. Perfect English doesn't exist and nerves never disappear completely, not for native speakers either. What I can tell you is that you speak in the first session, and your reviews end up full of things you couldn't say a month before. Some people come for one interview, some stay for years.
The next step is a conversation.
Write me a few lines about what's going on and I'll get back to you myself. If this page sounded familiar, that's usually a good sign.