Hi! My name is Maria. I was born and bred in Belarus. I moved to South of England in 2021 and still live there. I'm a software engineer with background in law. I would like to improve my english and be more confident when I speak, especially when I am in a group of english native speakers. Quite often I find myself unable to pop in a conversation, so I'm just stay quite until I'm well prepared to speak. That makes me feel nervous and as if I'm not fit in. I don't know a lot of grammar rules, so I speak as I feel so to speak. I would like to learn more phrasal verbs and slang and make my pronunciation and accent easier and nicer for native speakers ears. From a teacher I expect be supportive and friendly but be truthful, direct and demanding. I would like to be corrected as much as possible and receive short written after lesson recommendations or feedbacks on main areas for my development, my weaknesses and major mistakes.