Individual
The plan follows your work, your goals and your week.
- One or more 55-minute lessons a week
- The same Cambridge CELTA-qualified tutor
- Your plan and materials in MyMEI
- A progress test every two months
- Month by month, no packages
Individual lessons
Private English lessons online, same tutor, same time, every week.
One Cambridge CELTA-qualified tutor who knows your goals, at a time that is yours every week. 55-minute lessons, month by month.
Free call. In English, Italian, Spanish or Russian. Camera optional. No sales pitch.
The format
One tutor, one student.
Your lesson, or lessons, on the same day and at the same time every week. You pay per lesson, month by month.
We take on new students after a first call.
MyMEI
Your student area, and what it keeps.
Everything about your lessons in one place, followed by your tutor and a supervisor.
- Every past lesson, with its materials
- Homework and reminders
- Your lesson credits
- Book, move or cancel a lesson from the app
- Progress by skill
- Continuous assessment with MEI's own adaptive test
- Followed by your tutor and a supervisor
Reviews
What students write.
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All reviewsIs it right for you?
Your level doesn't matter. Your calendar does.
Not for you if
- You want to tell your tutor how to teach you.
- You want to book a lesson only when you feel like it.
- You want an exam crash course in two weeks.
- You want big group classes.
What a private English lesson at MEI looks like
Each lesson lasts 55 minutes, online, with the same Cambridge CELTA-qualified tutor. You meet on the same day and at the same time every week: Tuesday at 7 pm, for example. Many students take one lesson a week, others take two or three. The day and time don't move, so English stops being something you fit in when you can.
Your tutor works from a plan built on what you need English for: meetings, calls, presentations, travel, or just speaking without translating in your head first. The lesson is built around you speaking: your tutor asks, listens and gets the English out of you, instead of giving you a lecture. Grammar, vocabulary and how you build a sentence are worked on as they come up in what you say. After each lesson, the materials, notes and homework go into MyMEI, your student area. You can see how the plan and the progress tests work step by step.
Why the same tutor, at the same time
Most adults who stop learning English don't stop because it's too hard. They stop because nothing in their week depends on it. A fixed appointment with a person who expects you changes that. You don't decide every week whether to study: the decision is already in your calendar.
The same tutor also means nobody starts from zero. Your tutor knows your job, your goals and your usual mistakes, and is in a position to tell you when you're wrong. That's the part of a private lesson that an app or an AI tutor can't give you: a real conversation, with a real person waiting for you.
Who your tutor is
Your tutor is an MEI tutor, from our small team. Cambridge CELTA-qualified, with at least 10 years of teaching, and part of the school, not a freelancer passing through. An experienced professional, with a career in teaching behind them.
MEI tutors work with professionals who use English in meetings, calls and emails, and with people who simply want to travel and live better in English. Expect serious work, done with energy and a positive attitude: the lesson is the hour of your week when you speak English, not the hour you listen to someone else speak it.
A private tutor, with a school behind
With a freelance tutor from a marketplace (e.g. Preply, italki, Classgap), you choose from profiles, and the schedule is as flexible as you both want. Flexibility sounds good. In practice, weeks get skipped and the plan gets longer and longer. At MEI you keep the relationship with one tutor, and you get the organisation of a school:
- A supervisor who follows your plan and your tutor.
- A progress test every 2 months: progress, gaps and how you're changing, skill by skill.
- Continuous assessment with MEI's own adaptive test.
- MyMEI, with every past lesson, its materials, homework, reminders and your lesson credits.
- Lessons you can manage and cancel from the app.
You won't find a catalogue of tutors on this site. That's a policy: you don't choose from a list, we match you, after a first call. If something isn't working, we change it.
Price: €35 per lesson, month by month
An individual lesson costs €35 for 55 minutes. There are no packages and no long contracts: you go month by month. With one lesson a week, a month usually has four or five lessons; with two lessons a week, eight to ten. The pricing page shows how a month adds up.
You pay for the calendar month in advance, at the start of the month, with a regular invoice. The month includes the lessons of your weekly rhythm: a month with five Tuesdays has five Tuesday lessons. You can start mid-month and pay only for the lessons left. To stop, one line by email within 3 days of the end of the month is enough.
How to start
Book 15 minutes with Marcus, MEI's founder and Director of Studies. The call is free, in English, Italian, Spanish or Russian, camera optional, with no level test. Marcus asks what you need English for and when you're usually free. Then he matches you with your MEI tutor and a weekly slot, or slots. If the call goes well for both of us, you can start the following week. Prefer to write first? Message Marcus: two questions and your email, and he answers you himself.
Your lesson, or lessons, in the calendar.
Start with a free 15-minute call with Marcus. No level test, no sales pitch.
Free call. In English, Italian, Spanish or Russian. Camera optional. No sales pitch.
Questions about individual lessons
Do I need a certain level to start?
No. Your level doesn't matter: your calendar does. There's no level test in the first call. Your tutor starts from where you are, and the progress test every two months shows how you're changing.
Can I choose my tutor?
No, we match you. We all choose the people we like, but a tutor chosen that way tends to do what you want, not always what you need. Every MEI tutor is Cambridge CELTA-qualified, with at least 10 years of teaching. Marcus matches you after the first call, based on your goals and your week. You can hear MEI tutors on the About page.
How many lessons a week can I take?
One or more. Many students start with one lesson a week; with a deadline, two or three make sense. Whatever the number, each lesson keeps the same day and time every week.
What if I need to cancel a lesson?
Cancel at least 24 hours before the lesson, from the MyMEI app. You can then reschedule it on any other day or at any other time within 45 days.
Is there a contract or a package?
No. You pay per lesson, month by month, at the start of the month, with no packages. To stop, send one line by email within 3 days of the end of the month.
Who are the lessons for?
Adults, 21 and older. Mostly professionals who have tried to learn English before and stopped, and want a rhythm they can keep.