Zainab Tapas
MA Phonetics
BA English Language & Linguistics
IPA Certificate
Cambridge English Language Teaching Cert (CELTA)
12 years (10 years at Pronunciation Studio)
Zainab Tapas
MA Phonetics
BA English Language & Linguistics
IPA Certificate
Cambridge English Language Teaching Cert (CELTA)
12 years (10 years at Pronunciation Studio)
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
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
The first thing you need to know about Zainab before you study with her is that she has a limitless supply of energy and enthusiasm. She is also an expert in her field with every relevant phonetics qualification and over a decade of classroom experience.
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
Zainab is one of the voices in ‘The Sound of English’
