Super-experienced ESL teacher (MA in Linguistics, university professor, experienced, multi-lingual) offers individual, customized ESL classes (tutoring) to individual clients at any level.

Nancy was so helpful and precise with editing and making suggestions for a college application essay. Highly recommend!

I found Nancy through the excellent reviews on Superprof, and I am so glad I did. Nancy is an exceptional English teacher with extensive experience and professionalism. Her ability to understand and cater to each student's unique personality and needs sets her apart.
Nancy doesn't just teach English; she helps correct mistakes accumulated over years of language learning, allowing her students to communicate more confidently in English. Her personalized approach and dedication have significantly improved my language skills. I highly recommend Nancy to anyone seeking a skilled and insightful English teacher.

Nancy is the BEST English tutor! She is an exceptionally knowledgeable tutor and brings many years of experience, tailoring each lesson to a student's unique needs. Nancy assigns homework for independent learning (upon request), takes notes during class to share afterward, and consistently goes above and beyond to meet your learning needs. Nancy is a genuinely kind and nice person, making each weekly lesson a pleasure. If you are considering finding an English tutor, I HIGHLY recommend Nancy.

Nancy teaches English in a very nice way to understand, I highly recommend taking classes with her, her way of teaching is really great, I am very grateful to have met Nancy and that she helped me with my English. She is a great teacher

She is very kind and teaches well
I really recommend it

Nancy is just excellent! She is amazingly talented in editing and careful in her job. She is my to-go when I need any editing.

Nancy is an excellent teacher, extremely dedicated and her method made me improve a lot in a few weeks.

Nancy is a very patient, very professional and methodical teacher. I am very happy to say that it is an honor to meet her and be your student. I remember the first time I communicated with her in class, I could hardly understand it, but the teacher said something I deeply engraved it in my heart, the teacher said: "A little progress every day, as long as you don't give up your efforts, then you will improve more than a little in a year:" So insisting on memorizing even one word every day is progressing, thank my teacher Nancy, I grew up because of meeting you, I will work hard!

I am very honored to be her student. Her patience and sense of responsibility in teaching make me more and more like to learn. This is that a good teacher is worth more than ten thousand volumes of books! Nancy thank you!

I started working with Nancy to improve my English several months ago and I enjoyed every single session with her. We were able to adjust the lesson format to better suit my need. Nancy always encourages me and sends information that she finds helpful. I would 120% recommend Nancy.

Nancy is an extremely knowledgeable, personable, and highly experienced writing/ESL professional I wholeheartedly recommend her!

I found Nancy through Carnegie Mellon University’s Intercultural Communication Center, and had worked with her for about a year to improve my English language skill, with an emphasis on intonation and variations of language use in different settings. She used teaching-by-doing method (perhaps she might have a better way to describe her own method) that uses non-textbook and topic-based practice sessions. After each session, she would prepare notes and exercises around specific skills that I needed to work on. I find these notes very helpful because, as a learner, I often wasn’t aware of my own mistakes, weaknesses and strengths. I recommend that anyone who want to improve their English language skill and especially to try out her new method of teaching, should work with her.

I've known Nancy since 2008: first, as her student at an ESL program in Pittsburgh, PA; then as a private student for face-to-face instruction; and currently as a private student working on conversation skills via Skype. I have been able to succeed beyond my expectations in all of these periods, thanks to Nancy's patience, creativity, and teaching competence. Nancy has a solid and remarkable understanding of how to teach ESL to adult students.
S.Carneiro, M.D.

Throughout my time with Teacher Nancy, she has been reliable, well-prepared, understanding of my deficiencies, and highly organized. I've never had any need that she hasn't met, and she's always been there when I've needed help. Highly recommend if you're looking to improve quickly, with tailor-made classes to suit your needs.

I met Nancy at our local coffeeshop, and I am truly blessed to know her. She is loyal, compassionate and able to hold conversation with anyone, truly anyone. She is a force, has a determined work ethic and never stops learning. I highly recommend working with her.

You can’t possibly find a better teacher than Nancy! With ideal credentials in English, linguistics, languages and writing, Nancy approaches teaching from a highly informed perspective. Having worked with Nancy, I know that she plans individualized lessons with a deep understanding of how language works and the best techniques to promote language learning. Couple that with many years of successful teaching experience and she’s just the person you want to guide your learning. in addition, Nancy is culturally sensitive, empathetic, kind, warm and funny. She is highly organized and very responsible. Interacting with her is a delight. I recommend Nancy wholeheartedly.

Nancy is very experienced in teaching. She cares about her students and their progress. I have known Nancy for about four years, and she has always tutored students of all ages. Also, she has a Master's degree and is multilingual. I highly endorse her to be one of your tutors. Sincerely, Andrea DiBello

Nancy is my sister, but also my professional colleague. I'm a college prof., and we've worked together frequently on projects involving teaching. Nancy's smart as heck yet gets along with everyone, determined yet amazingly pleasant and accommodating. She's worked with a wide variety of clients from all over the US and the world. You'll love learning with her!

I have known Nancy Downes for many years. Her thoughtfulness, creativity in approaching issues and dealing with problems, and energetic curiosity have always been very apparent to me! Nancy responds quickly and really tries to see different peoples' perspectives. I would highly recommend Nancy as a teacher!

Nancy is extremely knowledgeable and fantastically dedicated to her work and her students. She is friendly, helpful and a model teacher.

Nancy is very committed to her work. In addition, she is very knowledgeable (she has a Master in Linguistics) about the difficulties international students face when writing in English (their non-native language). I recommend her without hesitation!