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From learner to advanced speaker, faster than you think.

A weekly Speaking Club or individual lessons built around your goals, for learners who want to sound natural, not just correct.

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Hosted by Anthony, your British teacherNext Speaking Club: Monday at 19:30, Italian time, C1 level

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Meet the landlord.

Hello! I’m Anthony, a British English teacher from Chester, an old Roman city between Liverpool and Manchester.

If you’ve studied English for years but still freeze when it’s time to speak, you’re not alone, and it isn’t your fault. Before I became a teacher, I spent years working in sales, technology and the fuel industry while speaking German, so I know what it’s like to communicate under pressure in a language that isn’t your own.

Since moving to Italy in 2018, I’ve helped hundreds of Italian speakers stop translating in their heads and start sounding natural. My lessons are built on real conversation, authentic videos and articles, and the idioms, expressions and phrasal verbs textbooks forget. And more than 200,000 people follow Pint of English on social media for quick sips of real English.

  • British English the way it’s actually spoken
  • Discussion-led, never textbook-dry
  • At home in Italy since 2018, so I know exactly where Italian speakers trip up

So, fancy a pint of English?

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What's on tap

Two ways to learn, and something brewing.

Join the conversation in a small group, or work one to one on exactly what you need.

Small groups

The Speaking Club

No faff: no preparation, no homework. Just turn up. I guide you through the whole hour, from the warm-up and the new vocabulary to a real article or video, a debate and a final role-play, in a group small enough that you actually speak.

  • 60 minutes, Mondays at 19:30 (Italian time)
  • Real news and ideas, with me steering every task
  • WhatsApp group between sessions

On tap this week

The week the internet went dark

  • to go dark
  • to pull the plug
  • to bear the brunt of

€70

for 4 sessionsPaid after you’ve done them

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One to one

Individual lessons

Built around your goals and your calendar: the interview next month, the presentation on Friday, or finally sounding like yourself in English.

Your pack mixes four kinds of lesson:

  • Feedback and a prep task after every lesson
  • Exam prep for IELTS and Cambridge too
How Individual Lessons work

Coming soon

The specials board

Short courses that go deeper on one skill. None are on tap yet: the first one is still brewing.

  • HypotheticalsComing soon

    What might happen, what could have been and what you wish were different, said without the grammar freezing mid-sentence.

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Word at the bar

The Regulars

What students say after a few rounds of lessons.

  • It’s like going to an English school and taking all the courses, even extracurricular ones in a single lesson, without you having to move from your home.

    GiulianaBologna · Individual lessons

  • Your teaching style is friendly, engaging and well-structured, which makes learning enjoyable and helps you feel comfortable speaking without worrying too much about making mistakes.

    BerengarioVienna · Individual lessons

  • Anthony is well prepared, patient and knows how to motivate you. I started out knowing next to nothing of the language, but I’m enjoying it more and more!

    OresteLodi · Individual lessons

  • Since I started studying with Anthony my ability to speak and understand English has improved tremendously, even though I had tried other schools.

    Anna LauraRome · Individual lessons

GiulianaBologna · Individual lessons

I met Anthony through Instagram, watching his smart and funny reels. I liked I could take online individual lessons without wasting time travelling, because it would have been difficult for me between work and daughters.

What I couldn’t know was how brilliant and multifaceted is his mind and his method. You can’t get bored. He helps you to develop your language skill in the deepest and smartest way you can.

It’s like going to an English school and taking all the courses, even extracurricular ones in a single lesson, without you having to move from your home. You can explore grammar and philosophy and contemporary art and deep and existential questions but also history and current issues all in the same lesson.

He’s patient and always cheerful and helpful. He calibrates the exercise to your level, pushing you to take a step further, and encourages even the smallest improvement.

All I can suggest is to have a lesson with him. He is worthy.

BerengarioVienna · Individual lessons

I really enjoyed my lessons with you. Your teaching style is friendly, engaging and well-structured, which makes learning enjoyable and helps you feel comfortable speaking without worrying too much about making mistakes.

I particularly appreciated your patience and the way you adapt the lessons to my needs and level.

Overall, a very positive experience, and I would definitely recommend you to anyone looking for a supportive and effective teacher!

OresteLodi · Individual lessons

I’m having lessons with Anthony and I’m very happy with them. I don’t have much time, but his method is fantastic because it brings together three things: conversation, which helped me loosen up and speak with more confidence; analysing videos, with summaries to prepare between lessons; and grammar, explained clearly and never boringly. Anthony is well prepared, patient and knows how to motivate you. I’d recommend him to anyone who wants to improve their English in a practical way… I started out knowing next to nothing of the language, but I’m enjoying it more and more!

Translated from Italian

Anna LauraRome · Individual lessons

Since I started studying with Anthony my ability to speak and understand English has improved tremendously, even though I had tried other schools.

Beyond the expertise and teaching method Anthony also has the sympathy, simplicity and ability to range from one topic to another allowing for a very fluid and pleasant conversation, without forgetting the educational aspect.

Phrase of the week

Every session ends with a phrase you’ll actually use.

In a British pub, your pint sits on a beer mat: a little cardboard coaster that gets flipped, doodled on and pocketed. Ours have a phrase on the front and the meaning on the back, so tap one to turn it over. The ones on the bar are this week’s phrasal verbs.

New on Instagram

Fresh off the tap.

My three newest reels: quick sips of real British English, explained for Italian speakers. Every new one lands here by itself.

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Word of the day

Today

gobsmacked

adjective

In Italian: a bocca aperta

“I was gobsmacked when they offered me the job on the spot.”

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