English Teacher Online — Professional English Coaching France | EnglishCoach.fr
Not an English teacher.
An English coach — for professionals who already speak English.
You already speak English. You read it, write it, use it daily. What you don’t yet have is the authority, precision and Executive Presence in English that your real professional competence deserves. That’s the gap English Coach closes — not by teaching you English, but by coaching you to perform in it.
✓ Qualiopi certified 2019
✓ 2,064 programmes since 2008
📦 Volume pricing from 3 people
Why « English teacher online » is the wrong search — and what you actually need.
If you’re searching for an « English teacher online », there’s a good chance you already know enough English to function professionally. You write emails, follow meetings, understand your anglophone colleagues. What you’re actually looking for — even if you don’t have the exact words for it — is not more English lessons. It’s the ability to perform in English at the level your real professional competence deserves.
An English teacher will give you grammar, vocabulary and comprehension exercises. That’s valuable — for learners. But you are not a learner. You are a B1, B2 or C1 professional who loses authority, precision and impact the moment the conversation switches to English. That’s not a language problem. It’s a performance problem. And a teacher can’t fix a performance problem.
An English coach works differently. Instead of teaching you English, a coach installs the specific communication patterns, vocabulary and reflexes that make the difference in your real professional situations — the board meeting you’re dreading, the negotiation where you know your counterpart is playing on your linguistic hesitation, the Q&A where you have 3 seconds to formulate a precise, authoritative answer. No syllabus. No textbook. Your situations, your blockers, your real professional context.
- →Teaches grammar rules and vocabulary
- →Works from a standardised syllabus
- →Focuses on what you don’t know
- →Measures progress in CEFR level points
- →Impact visible after 18–24 months
- →Designed for language learners
- →Installs performance patterns in real situations
- →Built around your professional context
- →Targets the specific gap between your English and your competence
- →Measures impact in real professional results
- →Perceptible impact in 4–6 weeks
- →Designed for professionals, managers and executives
« I’d had English teachers for years. They were excellent — I could read The Economist, follow any meeting. But I couldn’t project authority in a board meeting in English. My coach at English Coach fixed that in 6 weeks. Not my English — my presence. »
— Managing Director, Paris-based subsidiary of a UK group
Three profiles that benefit most from coaching, not teaching.
English Coach works with professionals whose English already exists but whose performance in English doesn’t yet reflect their real professional competence. These three profiles are the most common — and the most underserved by standard « English teacher online » offerings.
Your English is solid — B2 or above. You function fluently in day-to-day exchanges. But in high-stakes situations — a board presentation, an investor Q&A, a multinational executive committee — you lose authority. You over-prepare and under-deliver. You hedge where you should assert. Your English doesn’t betray your level; it betrays your presence. That’s the FFA problem — and the FFA solution. €4,800 per executive. Démarrage dès confirmation du premier versement (25 %) + engagements récurrents. Starts immediately. No legal delay. No CPF dossier.
Your English works — in writing, in standard exchanges. But it breaks down under pressure: a fast-paced call with native speakers, a meeting where you can’t find the right word at the right moment, an email to your UK stakeholders that takes you 40 minutes to write. You want to improve your operational English — the English that matters in your real daily professional situations. That’s English Booster. €2,220 HT per person. Immediate start upon payment confirmation. No Start14J. Volume pricing from 3 people.
You want an official CEFR-certified English level — recognised by your HR department, visible on your CV or LinkedIn, required by your employer for an international assignment. TOEIC, LEVELTEL RS7399 or CLOE certifications are available via your French CPF (personal training account), with a legal contribution of €103.20–103.60. Start14J: 14-day legal delay after validation on MonCompteFormation.gouv (French internet purchase law — applies to CPF only, not to English Booster or FFA).
Not sure which profile you are? The free 30-minute diagnostic session with an English Coach consultant identifies your profile, your specific blockers, and the programme that delivers the highest ROI for your professional situation. No commitment. 100% online. Available in English or French.
Five professional situations where online English coaching delivers what a teacher never could.
These are the five situations most frequently cited by English Coach clients as the ones where their English lets them down — not because they lack vocabulary or grammar, but because they haven’t drilled the specific performance patterns that make the difference in high-stakes professional English contexts. An English teacher online would give you grammar exercises. English Coach gives you the exact patterns, formulations and reflexes for each of these situations.
You’ve prepared the deck. You know the numbers. But the moment an anglophone board member asks an unexpected question, you buy time with filler phrases, hedge where you should assert, and lose the credibility you built during the presentation. The FFA drills Q&A resilience until the reflex of confident response becomes automatic — not the language, the performance under pressure.
Your counterpart is a native speaker. They’re faster, more assertive, and they know it. You make concessions you hadn’t planned because you couldn’t find the right formulation fast enough. English Booster installs the exact closing formulations, objection-handling patterns and position-holding phrases that make the difference between the margin you wanted and the margin you settled for.
Three native speakers talking over each other on a Teams call. You understand 90% — but by the time you’ve formulated your intervention, the conversation has moved on. English Booster specifically targets this reflex: the ability to interject precisely, claim the floor, and deliver your point before the window closes. 4–6 weeks to automatise.
The email to the London HQ that takes you 45 minutes to write. The contract clause you’re not sure you’ve formulated precisely enough. The stakeholder update that needs to project confidence and control. Email Clarity (Context / Ask / By when) and Precision training reduce this time to under 10 minutes while improving the quality of the output — and the perception it creates.
The executive committee where the French participants gradually cede conversational space to the native English speakers — not because they have less to say, but because they project less authority. The FFA targets this precisely: the posture, register, formulation patterns and Q&A resilience that allow a non-native speaker to command a room of native English speakers. Not performance theatre — genuine executive presence.
The English Coach approach: every session is built around one or more of your real professional situations. No generic exercises. No textbook dialogues. Your actual meetings, your actual stakeholders, your actual industry vocabulary. That’s the difference between an English teacher online and an English coach.
English Booster — operational English impact in 4–6 weeks. Online. No dossier.
For the B1–B2 professional or manager whose English exists but isn’t consistently available under professional pressure. No teacher. No textbook. No grammar syllabus. Your real situations, your real blockers, your real professional context — built into every session by a dedicated coach who understands your industry and your stakeholders. Immediate start upon payment confirmation. No Start14J, no CPF dossier, no waiting, no legal delay of any kind. Volume pricing from 3 people coached simultaneously.
⛔ Before English Booster
- You search for words at the wrong moment
- Your expertise doesn’t come through in English
- You over-prepare and under-deliver
- You concede too quickly under negotiation pressure
- Every important email takes too long to write
- You avoid certain situations because of the language
✅ After English Booster
- You access the right words without delay
- Your authority is visible in English
- You intervene in the windows that matter
- You hold your positions with clarity and precision
- Your emails write in minutes, not hours
- You take the floor when it counts
What English Booster installs — in 4 to 6 weeks
English Booster doesn’t teach you new English. It installs the performance patterns that make your existing English available under pressure. Clarity (precise, structured messages), Precision (the exact word in the right register), Decision Language (shared vocabulary for fast, unambiguous decisions), and Email Clarity (Context / Ask / By when). These four components are built from your real professional situations — not from a textbook.
Structuring your message in English the way anglophones expect — conclusion first, 3 key points, explicit next steps. No more stream-of-consciousness translation from French thought patterns. Reduces misunderstandings by 60% in cross-cultural professional exchanges.
The exact word in the right register — « significant » vs « significatif » (false friend), « push back » vs « object », « table » (UK: put on agenda / US: defer). The register precision that signals professional credibility to native English speakers immediately.
« I’m deciding / I need input / I’m consulting / I’m informing » — a shared decision vocabulary that eliminates the main source of decisions being re-questioned in international teams. One 60-minute team session. Measurable impact from the first week of adoption.
Context / Ask / By when — the 3-element email structure that reduces clarification back-and-forth by 50% within the first week of adoption. Your stakeholders read once. They understand immediately. They respond to what you actually asked.
The most direct intervention to recover the impact you’re losing in English — online, from anywhere.
Coaching 1:1 on your real professional situations. Dedicated coach from start to finish. Immediate start. Impact in 4–6 weeks. Volume pricing from 3 people.
excl. VAT · per person · 1:1 coaching · 100% online · no hidden fees · dedicated coach
Using your French CPF (personal training account) for English certification online.
If you are based in France and have a CPF account (Compte Personnel de Formation), you can use it to finance a certified English language qualification — TOEIC, LEVELTEL RS7399 or CLOE. These are CEFR-certified qualifications recognised by French HR departments, Qualiopi-quality-labelled, and available 100% online from anywhere in France. Start14J: 14-day legal delay after validation on MonCompteFormation.gouv (French internet purchase law) — applies to CPF programmes only. English Booster and FFA start immediately.
4 skills · Most recognised by French HR · 20h · €103.60 legal contribution · Start14J
Speaking only · From 15h · €103.20 legal · Start14J
Oral + Written · From 20h · €103.20 legal · Start14J
💡 Insufficient CPF balance? Sectoral OPCOs (Atlas, Afdas, Akto, Santé) or France Travail can top up your account to 100%.
How English coaching online works — and why it’s not online English teaching.
The difference between an English teacher online and an English coach online starts before the first session. A teacher sends you a course calendar, a syllabus, and a textbook. A coach asks you: what is your next high-stakes situation in English? When is it? What exactly breaks down when it happens? The entire programme is built backwards from that answer. Every session is a rehearsal for a real situation, not a lesson in language.
All English Coach sessions are 100% online via video conference — Teams, Zoom or Google Meet, according to your preference. 8:30am to 8:00pm, Monday to Friday. No commute, no classroom, no fixed timetable. A dedicated coach from start to finish — not a rotation of anonymous tutors, not a different teacher each week, not a platform algorithm. The coach who runs your diagnostic session is the coach who designs your programme and runs every session from start to finish. One relationship. One coach. One programme built entirely around your professional reality.
English Coach is a family business, founded in Marseille in 2008 by Richard Forward. It is not a marketplace of freelance tutors. Not a language platform with AI-driven lessons. Not a group class with standardised content. Every client is accompanied individually. Every programme is unique. The 5/5 MCF 2026 rating — the maximum rating on Mon Compte Formation, France’s official CPF platform — is built on 2,064 individual programmes completed since 2008. Verifiable before any commitment at MonCompteFormation.gouv, SIRET 50248930500016.
Free diagnostic — 30 minutes
A 30-minute session (in English or French, your choice) to map your current English level, identify the specific situations where it breaks down, and determine the right programme — FFA (€4,800 per executive), English Booster (€2,220 per person) or CPF certification. No commitment. No sales pressure. A real conversation with a real coach. Available immediately on Calendly.
Bespoke programme design
Your programme is built around your real professional situations — your industry, your stakeholders, your real blockers. Not a generic syllabus. Not a « Business English » textbook. The situations you’ll face in your next 3 months of professional life. Volume pricing from 3 people coached simultaneously.
Start immediately
FFA: starts upon first payment confirmation (25%) + ongoing engagements — no legal delay, no CPF, no Start14J. English Booster: starts upon payment confirmation — no legal delay. CPF certifications (TOEIC, LEVELTEL, CLOE): Start14J — 14-day legal delay after validation on MonCompteFormation.gouv (French internet purchase law). Sessions 8:30am–8pm, Monday to Friday. 100% online.
5/5 MCF 2026. Not a teacher marketplace. A coaching firm since 2008.
The « English teacher online » market is fragmented — platforms aggregate thousands of freelance tutors, AI-powered tools offer automated lessons, language schools offer group classes with standardised content. English Coach is none of these. It is a coaching firm — a family business, founded by Richard Forward in Marseille in 2008, specialised exclusively in professional English coaching for executives, managers and professionals.
The 5/5 MCF 2026 rating — the maximum on Mon Compte Formation, France’s official CPF quality platform — is built on 2,064 programmes completed since 2008, with a 99.83% attendance rate and 92.86% client recommendation rate. These numbers are public, verifiable at MonCompteFormation.gouv (SIRET 50248930500016), and cannot be purchased or artificially inflated. They are the direct result of 17 years of individual coaching quality maintained on every programme.
✓ 35,775h delivered since 2008
✓ SIRET 50248930500016
✓ 100% online · 8h30–20h · Mon–Fri · France & international
Who English Coach online is not for — and why that matters.
English Coach is not the right solution for everyone searching for an « English teacher online ». The clarity about who we don’t serve is as important as the clarity about who we do. If you are a complete beginner in English — A1 or A2 level — you need a teacher, not a coach. English Coach works with professionals who already have a functional foundation in English (B1 or above) and whose challenge is performance, not acquisition.
If you want group classes, a standardised syllabus, grammar workbooks, or a flexible « conversation exchange » with a native speaker, English Coach is also not the right choice. Our programmes are individual, intensive, and built around your specific professional blockers. They require commitment, active participation in real-situation rehearsal, and the willingness to work on the specific patterns that are limiting your English performance.
- →You are A1/A2 — you need a teacher first
- →You want a group class or standardised programme
- →You want casual conversation practice
- →You’re looking for the lowest possible hourly rate
- →Your English is B1+ and underperforms under pressure
- →You need individual, targeted, bespoke coaching
- →You want impact in 4–6 weeks, not 18 months
- →You’re investing in professional performance, not language
« I’d been taking English lessons for three years with an excellent teacher. My grammar was perfect. My vocabulary was rich. But I still lost authority every time the conversation got fast or high-stakes. Six weeks of English Booster fixed what three years of teaching hadn’t touched. »
— Director of Business Development, multinational FMCG group, Paris
Why the numbers behind English Coach matter — and what they mean for you.
The « English teacher online » market is crowded with platforms, marketplaces and language schools whose quality metrics are either opaque or gameable. English Coach’s quality record is neither. The 5/5 MCF 2026 rating on Mon Compte Formation — France’s official CPF quality platform — is built exclusively on reviews submitted directly by programme participants after programme completion. It cannot be purchased, boosted artificially or manipulated by the training organisation. It can only be built, one programme at a time, by consistently delivering results that participants choose to rate at the maximum level.
The 2,064 programmes completed since 2008 represent a broad cross-section of French professional life — finance executives in Paris, logistics managers in Lille, pharmaceutical directors in Lyon, aeronautics engineers in Toulouse, shipping professionals in Marseille, tech founders in Nantes, civil servants in Strasbourg. The 99.83% attendance rate across all programmes is a direct consequence of the coaching model: clients attend because sessions are built around their real situations and deliver tangible, immediate value — not because they have a contractual obligation to a language school.
Richard Forward, the founder of English Coach, has spent 17 years refusing to scale the firm in ways that would compromise this individual quality standard. English Coach is not a marketplace. Not a franchise. Not a platform. It is a coaching firm, with a dedicated coach on every programme, a bespoke programme for every client, and a quality commitment on every session. That is what 5/5 MCF 2026 reflects — and it is the standard against which every English teacher online, every English tutor online and every English coaching platform available in France can now be publicly measured and compared.
Not French? Based in France? English Coach works with international professionals too.
English Coach works with international professionals and expats based in France who want to refine their professional English for high-stakes situations — not learn French, not improve general English, but sharpen the Executive Presence and precision that makes the difference in their professional context. The coaching sessions are delivered in English. The programmes (FFA and English Booster) start immediately without CPF or French administrative process. The diagnostic session is available in English.
For bilingual professionals or dual nationals based in France who function in both English and French, English Coach offers a specific analysis of where the switch between the two languages creates performance gaps — situations where thinking in French while communicating in English generates precisely the authority and precision losses that the FFA and English Booster programmes are designed to correct. This bilingual performance gap is one of the most common — and most underdiagnosed — sources of professional underperformance in English among French executives operating in international organisations. The diagnostic session maps this gap precisely, identifying which situations trigger the code-switching problem and which specific interventions (FFA or English Booster, or both in combination for larger teams with volume pricing from 3 people) will close it most efficiently.
→ FFA and English Booster available without CPF
→ Immediate start, no French administrative process
→ Diagnostic available in English
→ FFA, English Booster or CPF certification
→ CPF: Start14J after MonCompteFormation.gouv validation
→ Free diagnostic in English or French, your choice
The method: performance engineering, not language teaching.
The English Coach approach is built on a single insight: the gap between a B2 professional’s English level and their English performance in high-stakes situations is not a language gap. It’s a performance gap. And closing a performance gap requires performance engineering — not more vocabulary, not grammar revision, not listening exercises. It requires identifying the exact moments where the performance breaks down, reverse-engineering the patterns that make the difference, and drilling those patterns until they become automatic reflexes available under professional pressure.
This approach — developed by Richard Forward over 17 years of individual coaching — operates on three levels simultaneously. First, Clarity: the structural patterns of anglophone professional communication that are fundamentally different from French thought-organisation patterns. Second, Precision: the lexical and register choices that signal professional credibility to native English speakers. Third — for FFA clients — Executive Presence: the posture, formulation patterns and Q&A resilience that allow a non-native speaker to project genuine authority in a room of native speakers.
The practical consequence of this method is that English Coach sessions look nothing like English lessons. No textbook. No grammar explanation. No vocabulary list. Instead: role-play of your actual upcoming board presentation, drilling of your response to the three most likely hostile Q&A questions, identification of the three formulations in your last stakeholder email that signalled hesitation rather than confidence, and construction of the exact phrasing that signals authority in your industry register. Real situations. Real patterns. Real reflexes.
Every programme starts from a precise map of the professional situations where your English underperforms — not a generic CEFR assessment, but a performance diagnostic of your specific high-stakes moments.
The specific formulations, structures and reflexes that close the performance gap are identified, rehearsed and drilled until they become automatic — available without cognitive effort when professional pressure is highest.
Progress is measured against real professional situations, not CEFR level tests. The question is never « can you conjugate this verb? » — it’s « do you now command that board meeting the way your competence deserves? »
Why most professionals waste years of English lessons before finding coaching.
The « English teacher online » market is built on a series of assumptions that are genuinely useful for language learners — but counterproductive for B1+ professionals who already know enough English to function professionally. Understanding these myths is the fastest way to understand why coaching delivers results that 18 months of English lessons couldn’t.
Most B2 professionals already know between 8,000 and 12,000 English words — more than enough for any professional context. The problem is not access to vocabulary; it’s the speed and precision of access under pressure. Coaching installs retrieval automatisms. Learning more words does not.
Speaking more English without targeted feedback reinforces existing patterns — including the performance-limiting ones. A manager who has had 200 hours of « conversation practice » and still hedges under Q&A pressure has been practising hedging, not authority. Coaching identifies and replaces the limiting patterns specifically.
Professional English performance does not improve naturally through use — it consolidates. The patterns you’ve developed over years of professional English use are the patterns you’ll use under pressure. Replacing them requires deliberate, targeted coaching work — not more time using the same patterns.
English Booster clients report perceptible operational impact in 4–6 weeks — on the specific situations that were previously causing friction. FFA clients see the first meaningful changes in executive presence within 4–8 weeks. The right coaching intervention, targeting the right performance gap, produces results that years of English lessons couldn’t approach.
Frequently asked questions — online English coaching.
What is the difference between an English teacher online and an English coach?
An English teacher focuses on language acquisition — grammar, vocabulary, comprehension. An English coach focuses on performance — your specific professional situations, your real blockers, your ability to project authority and precision in high-stakes contexts. English Coach works exclusively with professionals and executives whose English already exists (B1 or above) but doesn’t yet deliver the impact their real professional competence deserves. If you need to learn English from scratch, you need a teacher. If your English exists but underperforms, you need a coach.
How does an online English coaching session work?
100% video conference — Teams, Zoom or Google Meet, according to your preference. Sessions are built around your real professional situations: an upcoming board presentation, a negotiation with a UK counterpart, a fast-paced team call with native speakers. No textbook, no grammar exercises. Your situations, your vocabulary, your blockers. A dedicated coach from start to finish — not a rotation of anonymous tutors. 8:30am to 8:00pm, Monday to Friday, from anywhere with an internet connection.
Can I use my French CPF account for English coaching online?
Yes, for certified English qualifications: TOEIC (€1,500, €103.60 legal contribution), LEVELTEL RS7399 (€1,230–4,200, €103.20 legal) and CLOE (€1,560–4,200, €103.20 legal). Start14J: 14-day legal delay after validation on MonCompteFormation.gouv (French internet purchase law) — applies to CPF programmes only. English Booster (€2,220 per person) and FFA (€4,800 per executive) are not CPF programmes: they start immediately upon payment confirmation, with no legal delay and no Start14J.
Is English Coach available for non-French professionals based in France?
Yes. English Coach works with international professionals, expats and dual nationals based in France. Coaching sessions are delivered in English. FFA (€4,800 per executive) and English Booster (€2,220 per person) are available without CPF account — immediate start upon payment confirmation. The diagnostic session is available in English. No French administrative process required for non-CPF programmes.
How long does it take to see results from online English coaching?
English Booster clients typically report perceptible operational impact within 4–6 weeks — on specific situations (calls, emails, negotiations) that were previously causing friction. FFA clients see the first meaningful changes in executive presence and authority within 4–8 weeks, with full installation of Executive Presence patterns over 3–6 months. CPF certification programmes (TOEIC, LEVELTEL, CLOE) depend on the level targeted and the starting point — the diagnostic establishes a realistic timeline.
What is Start14J and does it apply to all English coaching programmes?
Start14J is the 14-day legal delay imposed by French internet purchase law (loi achats internet) that applies to all CPF (personal training account) programmes after validation on MonCompteFormation.gouv. It does NOT apply to English Booster or the Faster Forward Academy — these are not CPF programmes and start immediately upon payment confirmation. Start14J applies exclusively to TOEIC, LEVELTEL RS7399 and CLOE certifications financed via CPF.
Can a team or company book English coaching for several employees at once?
Yes. English Coach offers volume pricing from 3 people coached simultaneously (English Booster at €2,220 per person, FFA at €4,800 per executive). For larger teams, Communication Leverage Systems™ deploys shared communication protocols (Meeting Protocol, Decision Language, Email Clarity, Handover Structure) at the organisation level — on a custom quote. The free 30-minute diagnostic identifies the optimal configuration for your team.
How do I get started with English Coach online?
In 3 steps: (1) Book the free 30-minute diagnostic on Calendly — available in English or French. (2) Receive your programme recommendation — FFA, English Booster or CPF, with pricing and start conditions. (3) Start: FFA upon first payment (25%) + engagements, English Booster upon payment confirmation, CPF after Start14J legal delay. Sessions 8:30am–8pm, Monday to Friday. 100% online.
Online English coaching — all programmes and resources.
English teacher online · FFA (€4,800 per executive) · English Booster (€2,220 per person) · TOEIC · LEVELTEL · CLOE · Start14J · Decision Language · Executive Presence · Volume pricing from 3 · 5/5 MCF 2026 · Qualiopi · 100% online · 8:30am–8pm · Mon–Fri.
Your English underperforms relative to your professional competence.
That’s fixable — online, immediately.
Free 30-minute diagnostic to identify the right programme — FFA, Booster or CPF. Pricing per person. Volume pricing from 3. No commitment.
