with Michael Bosworth

For the love
of English.

In-person English studies one-on-one with a meticulous New Yorker living in Nantes.

Boost your level.

Get the best of formal and informal methods.
Expertise meets creative experimentation.
Material tailored to your ability.
Effective learning requires two things: it must be enjoyable and it must be rigorous. Many focus on one or the other. But you actually need both.
Rigor means finding an instructor with deep comprehension. Not just a native anglophone, but an eloquent one. Not just an expert, but a passionate one! Otherwise, "francisimes" accumulate, English's richness goes quietly overlooked, and the oil industry destroys planet Earth.
As for enjoying yourself, we might be tempted to view that part as optional: nice to have, but non-essential. The problem is that, without enjoyment, your motivation will melt away, little by little. Be your interest professional or personal, fun is the fuel feeding your fire.
We will thus be engaged in terribly enjoyable challenges that deepen your understanding of English while leaving us eager to continue.
You work directly with me and the first lesson is free.

Introductory Chat

Are you interested in improving in English?
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Hi, my name is Michael. I'm from New York City. Why study with me?
I obtained my Bachelor of Arts at Brown. There, I studied journalism, creative writing, and the art of the essay, not to mention computer science and other subjects.
Credentials aren't everything. If I have the skills necessary to hone your English, it is largely thanks to my parents. My mother is an American fiction writer. My father, for his part, founded and ran St. Ann's, a school for the gifted in Brooklyn. Both he and she had a way with words.
My trajectory has been erratic. In my early thirties, like many a lost soul, I was working at a scary search engine company. Eventually, though, I saw reason and came to France. Since everyone in my family was bilingual except me, I figured I'd spend six weeks on improving my French.
Lo and behold, having spent a year (!) here, I went from a lowly B1 to a proud C2. The University of Nantes even invited me to tutor other foreigners... in French. Hilarious!
These days, I pursue my interest in both French and English literature, talk a little bit less about money, and speak a little more quietly when I'm out at a restaurant. I already spoke quietly before, so now I'm inaudible.
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