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The fluentintuition team

Our Team

Meet the fluentintuition language team

We have brought together some very talented people who want to share their culture, language and expertise with you. They are very special because they care, in their friendly and informal way, they are dedicated to helping you reach your destination. Committed to delivering the highest quality in customer service, what really makes our team special is that we are all experienced in adult learning methodology. This means that we understand your needs and know how you learn, be it for business networking, learning the words to that favourite opera aria, writing your best man's speech or preparing to live your dream of life abroad. Together we will travel far.

Here are just a few members of the fluentintuition team, read on to find out more about them!

Our team is made up of committed and motivated people who are passionate about what they do. They all have strong teaching backgrounds, are customer focused and adjust their teaching style and methods to suit learners' individual needs. Find out a little more about the team - click on the image and read about some of our trainers below.

Director - fluentintuition Ltd
Director - fluentintuition Ltd
Nicole Oliver Pentucci has more than twenty five years experience in teaching and training in a range of educational settings including primary, adult education and further education and corporate training programmes in the field of Modern Foreign Languages in UK & abroad. Specialised in modern foreign languages and teaching adult learners, over the past 15 years Nikki has covered both teaching,teacher-examiner,teacher training and managerial roles within the post-compulsory education sector. With quality and excellence in language learning and teaching at the heart of her professional philosophy, in 2007 Nikki founded fluentintuition Ltd, language course, events and experience provider in Woking,Surrey with the aim of offering a better language-learning experience to learners in Surrey.
Russian & EFL
Russian & EFL
Galina is a Russian teacher with many years' experience. After completing a university course in English, German and Educational Studies in Novosibirsk, Russia, in 1984 Galina got her Teacher's Diploma and taught English and German to Russian students until 2000. Galina then moved to Britain and has been teaching both Russian and English as a Foreign language (EFL) to small groups and on a one-to-one basis ever since.

-What was your most memorable meal?
Something traditional in 'Las Mananitas' restaurant, Cuernavaca, Mexico. You don't care what you eat when you're in paradise! You'll see what I mean if you visit www.lasmananitas.com.mx/english.htm

-Which is your favourite city and why?
Paris - architecture, the Louvre, lots of space and a very special atmosphere (reminds me so much of St. Petersburg, my second favourite city)

-What is your favourite possession?
My computer (comes second after my husband, of course!)

Find the right Russian course for you by clicking through to our page of Russian courses in Surrey.
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French
French
A Provencal girl at heart, Martine specialises in teaching adults business French.

-Which is your favourite city and why?
Innsbruck-history and music in inspiring setting

-What was your most memorable meal?
Seafood delicacies in Ile de Re (France) - terrific  food blessed with great views

-Where would you most like to live and why?
Simone (Italy) picturesque-stylish-peaceful

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Italian
Italian
Sabrina is an Italian national with experience in translation, interpreting and teaching. She has a degree in foreign languages and literature from Rome University and has several years' experience of teaching Italian to adults.  

-What's your favourite desert island disk?
Mina Celentano
    
-Where would you most like to live and why?
Rome - Caput Mundis, romantic and historic

-What is your favourite possession?
Italian TV programmes, couldn't live without them!

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Chinese
Chinese
Shejiao is a great Mandarin Chinese teacher. He has over ten years' experience in this field and has worked for Xi, a renowned International University in China, and Brunel University in the UK where he has taught since 2005.

-Where would you most like to live and why?
I would like to live in Hanzhong because the economy there is booming and life is more challenging and exciting.

-Which is your favourite city and why?
My favourite city is Hanzhong in China, famous for its beautiful landscape, delicious food, and delicate silk products. The West Lake is at the centre stage for travelling because it is not only the place where some romantic stories originate but also the place where people can escape the hot summer.

-What was your most memorable meal?
My memorable meal is West Lake Sour Fish.

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Spanish & EFL
Spanish & EFL
Fluent in Living
Marta Garrido of Merit Publishing International

Trainer, educationalist and publisher, Marta Garrido let's us in on the meaning of bilingualism in her life and the way she lives language...

The advantages of bilingualism in the publishing industry are many and varied. The ability to communicate with others in their native tongue has opened up doors where it might have been impossible to reach clients in foreign language speaking countries.

Speaking another language and being familiar with cultural nuances can enhance a person’s working experiences in many fields. Advantages of Bilingualism in BusinessIn publishing, for instance, it has allowed me to liaise with companies world-wide to develop and produce educational material aimed at the medical profession and the lay public. Foreign clients respond warmly and are more willing to listen when at least the initial contact is in their own language.

Another area in publishing in which a second language can be useful is in document editing and approval. Knowing another language provide you the skills to ensure documents are translated properly and all your t’s are crossed before the final production phase. Knowing one of the romance languages well, for example, allows one to see if documents in other romance languages are translated properly.

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Cook and Talk
Cook and Talk
Michaella, home economist, has been assisting on a number of Cookery programmes including BBC 1's Step Up to the Plate, Great British Menu, Masterchef..
Find out about our cookery  course designer  -  home economist assistant to the stars..

Michaella is an experienced assistant Home Economist for commercials,print, film and a range of tv cookery series,including ITV 's GMTV,Chinese Food in Minutes,  My Big Fat Diet Show, Fresh One  Aaron Craze TV , ITV Taste the Nation,Daily Cooks Challenge,  Step Up to the Plate,Great British Menu , Cooking the Books , ITV This Morning, Celebrity MasterChef,and film The Holiday.

She's often to be found blocking with top celebrity chefs such as Anthony-Worral Thompson, John Burton Race, Gino D’Acampo, Brian Turner and Aldo Zilli.Her tasks often involve  re-setting studios  and cooking the “here is one I made earlier”.

Graduating with a BSc (Hons) Food & Nutrition, Michaella gained valuable experience working on BBC  Good Food Magazine and Delicious Magazine and has since worked with some of the top names in food styling. In researching recipes for the shows Michaella rekindled her childhood foodie memories  of life in the Marches and has designed a series of one day Spring workshops for those who would like to learn the traditional 'slow food' skills of genuine home cooking Italian style: cooking in a wood - fired oven, making pasta without a pasta machine, rolling out piadina and much more - even learning some key words in Italian!
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