Zainab Tapas
MA | BA | CELTA | IPA Cert
Zainab has helped thousands of learners since joining Pronunciation Studio’s team in 2012. Her endless enthusiasm for teaching, and her in-depth subject knowledge make learning with her a pleasure.
After completing a Masters in phonetics at University College London, Zainab moved into English teaching, and then into phonetics and accent training.
She currently delivers 121 training and her voice is found on many of the Pronunciation Studio training materials.
“Incredible experience! Have been taking classes with Zainab Tapas for a few months and could see progress after the first few weeks already. Friends and colleagues also noticed that my speech became more clear and melodic. The schedule is very systematic and thoroughly organised and Zainab is always there to help adjust the intensity of the classes/homework to suit my lifestyle. There are times when my job gets too intense and I don’t have enough time for regular homework – in such cases we are just having general speaking classes once a fortnight and this is still incredibly efficient and helpful. I really love how positive, patient and encouraging Zainab is – sometimes it takes me a while to understand a particular sound and she doesn’t stop until I fully get it. Without any doubt speech improvement requires very hard work, but with a right trainer the progress comes sooner than you might think.” JULIA BUCHKO
“My background: I have been living in an English-speaking country for 3 years. I have good English writing & speaking proficiency, however, pronunciation is a different beast. ‘Teachers who love teaching help the students love learning’ – that’s what my dad, a teacher for 35 years, always said. Zainab is definitely a living example of this. She was brilliant. Zainab personalised the lessons according to my pronunciation strengths and weaknesses. 1:1 sessions are worth every penny if your teacher is Zainab.” DEBBIE WIDJAJA
“I just wanted to tell you how content I was with my intonation course taught by Zainab! It was my second course with her and her teaching skills are very good. Zainab is indeed very engaging and fun! Thank you very much.” YANNICK DEREPAS
“I really enjoyed learning with Zainab. She is a great teacher, very helpful and supportive. She identified all key issues I needed to improve and found her teaching techniques very effective. Her messages and explanations were very clear and easy to follow. She was also very friendly and made the whole experience comfortable.” EMESE
“First of all let me give you my feedback on the assessment class with Zainab: It was far better than anything I could have expected. And I don’t know about the other teachers, I’m sure they are all great, but Zainab is just superb.” SERGIO IRIARTE
