English, taught through ideas worth talking about.
Online English lessons for conversation, work and exams, with Alonso R., a native English and Spanish speaker trained in philosophy and logic. Spanish lessons too, and specialist lessons in philosophy, logic, mathematics and academic writing on request.
How a lesson soundsAn illustration, not a transcript.
The question, in Spanish¿Qué es la verdad, la belleza y la justicia?What is truth, beauty and justice?
The answer, worked out in EnglishThey need three different approaches, because they belong to three different domains: the epistemic, the aesthetic and the moral.
Content and language-integrated learning: the subject carries the lesson, and the English comes with it.
What you can learn
Lessons
Available now
English
The core of my teaching: one-to-one lessons online, planned around what you need English for.
- Conversation and fluency, at every level
- Work: interviews, meetings and presentations
- Exams: SAT and ACT English, AP Language and Literature, IGCSE
- Beginners, with explanations in Spanish where they help
- Literature and close reading
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Spanish
One-to-one Spanish lessons with a native speaker, from first words to fluent conversation.
Spanish lessonsOn request
Philosophy and logic
Reading philosophical texts, building and testing arguments, and formal logic, with a structured philosophy course in Chiron between lessons.
Philosophy and logic lessonsOn request
Mathematics
From algebra and functions to proof, with a structured mathematics course in Chiron between lessons.
Mathematics lessonsOn request
Academic writing
Planning, structuring and revising essays and papers, so the argument is clear and the writing is your own.
Academic writing lessonsOn request
Latin and Ancient Greek
Reading lessons from the first declensions to Plato, Cicero and Seneca, with graded practice in Chiron between lessons.
Ask about lessonsEvery lesson can be taught in English or in Spanish.
Prices and bookingApproach
How I teach
The lesson is about something.
We work on a real subject, such as an article, an argument or a decision you face at work, and the language comes with it. People speak better when they have something to say.
Precision you can use.
Philosophy and logic train you to see exactly where an explanation or an argument goes wrong. In lessons that means clear corrections, with reasons you can apply yourself next time.
You do the thinking.
Explanations are short; most of the time goes on speaking, writing and solving. Between lessons, practice continues in Chiron, where your progress is recorded.
Background
Where this comes from
- Doctoral research in philosophyUniversity of Barcelona · Socratic ignorance and Hellenistic moral epistemologyin progress
- MA in Ancient PhilosophyNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens2025–2026
- BA in Analytic PhilosophyUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2022–2025
Native speaker of English and Spanish. Verified teaching certificate. More about me
How it works
From a first lesson to a plan
Book a first lesson
Choose a time online. Lessons are 50 minutes, by video, on GMT+2 / GMT+3 time, and I am flexible about when.
Assessment and a plan
The first lesson finds out where you are, what you need the subject for and what is getting in the way.
Regular lessons
As often as suits you, adapted to your goals and how you learn rather than to a fixed syllabus.
Practice in Chiron
After the first lesson you get a private code to Chiron, for practice and feedback between lessons.
Start with one lesson.
Bring something you actually need English for: a document, a presentation, an exam date, an argument you keep losing.
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