We are an OET Preparation Provider and IELTS Training Centre. We offer general and academic courses, as well as English for specific purposes (medical, business etc.)
Enrol with us and get ready for your GCSE and A-level exams. We offer general and academic courses, as well as French for specific purposes (medical, business etc.)
From beginner to advanced. Get ready for your citizenship exam. We offer general and academic courses, as well as preparation for the citizenship exam.
Study at your own pace
We work exclusively online. We offer both face-to-face and recorded classes. You can now study whenever (day or night) and from any device (mobile, tablet, PC).
We prepare students for international exams, such as OET and IELTS, and Uk national exams, such as GCSE and A-levels.
We are an international team formed of native and non-native teachers from the UK, Ireland, Romania, Italy and the Czech Republic.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018 up to present : Manger, DOS, Language Teacher & Coach - VP Empower & VP Modern Foreign Languages
2019 up to present : OET Preparation Provider
2009 - 2018 : Manger, DOS, Language Teacher & Coach - DAGMAR D.V. & Intel Training
2007 - 2009 : Interim Team-Leader, JOUVE International, Romania / France
2003 - 2007 : Volunteer : Interpreter & Translator for various organisations, Romania
QUALIFICATIONS
2023 : OSCE Train the Trainer, IELTS Medical, London
2022 : Classroom activities, interaction and motivation (refresher course), NILE, Norwich
2022 : From Teacher to Trainer, NILE, Norwich
2019 up to present : Coaching within Education, Coaching Academy, UK
2019 : OET Preparation Provider, OET, Australia
2014 : CELTA (Pass A), Kaplan, Ireland
2011 : Management in ELT, Nile, Norwich
2007 : Translation and Interpreting - English and French, Bachelor's Degree, University of Craiova, Romania
2005-2006 : ERASMUS Scholarship, Universite Lille 3, France
2003 : Intensive Mathematics and IT&C, High-school Diploma
Valentina has always been passionate about languages, starting taking regular private classes for both English and French since she was 9. However, she then went on to study IT before going back to her passion, languages.
Forward to 2009, she spent two years working for a French multinational company and the European Union, when she discovered a passion for teaching and qualified as a teacher trainer. She then owned and ran her own language school in her home country for 8 years.
In 2014, her journey as an international teacher began when she succeeded in obtaining her teaching qualification for adult students in Dublin, Ireland. That same year, she worked for Kaplan International in Kent, and the next year, returned to work for them in Brighton.
In December 2017, Valentina opened her online Modern Foreign Languages School for adults in England.
At present, Valentina runs two businesses in the United Kingdom, with headquarters in Royal Leamington Spa.
VP Empower, a coaching, mentoring and training academy, and VP Languages, an online language school for adults, collaborating with a great team of OET and IELTS expert teachers.
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