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You didn't forget your English. You never let it out.

One-to-one mentorship for adults who have studied English for years, know far more than they think — and still freeze when it's time to speak.

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"Speak crooked. It's okay."

If you see yourself here

If you see yourself in any of these, this place is yours.

We all think it's just us. It isn't.

I understand EVERYTHING people say, but it all locks up when it's my turn to answer.

comprehension

I've taken English courses my whole life and I still feel behind.

time spent

I keep building the perfect sentence in my head, and the conversation has already moved on.

perfectionism

I know that I know it. But when it's time to speak, it all disappears.

memory

I'm embarrassed to speak wrong in front of other people.

judgment

My English feels good on paper, bad out loud.

paper × speech

The manifesto

The problem isn't your English.
It's what you do before you speak.

You're not stuck for lack of vocabulary, or grammar, or another course. You're stuck because you learned that speaking wrong means failing — and ever since childhood, nobody gave you permission to build a sentence live, with pauses, with mistakes, with "uh".

Conversation is not a test. Conversation is construction in real time. English doesn't show up ready-made in your head — it shows up when you speak, even crooked, even ugly, even half in Portuguese.

That exact muscle of letting the sentence out is what we train in here. With me, at your pace, with your story — and nobody correcting you mid-word.

— Adriele

The Adriele Corrêa method

How we get you unstuck: the method.

A methodology built over 17 years of classrooms, two continents and one rare point of view — the person teaching here also writes for a living.

The method blends CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), applied storytelling and guided conversational practice. Instead of learning English as a school subject, you learn English as a living language — talking about things that matter to you, with structure showing up along the way, not as a prerequisite.

Speak first, correct later

You speak. Correction comes at the end — never mid-sentence. Being cut off mid-sentence is what taught you to freeze. Here, we undo that.

02CLIL

Content that matters to you

It isn't "lesson 4: at the restaurant". It's: let's talk about the book you're reading, the problem at work, the trip you're planning. English enters alongside your life.

Storytelling as a muscle

Learning to tell a story — with a beginning, a rhythm, a turn — changes your relationship with the language. You stop stringing words together and start communicating.

One-to-one: your story, your pace

No class, no comparison, no audience. The conversation is about your real work, your real questions, your real life — and English enters what you already want to say.

What's included

What you get when you join.

All of it designed, written and curated by Adriele.

An original practice workbook

Written by Adriele — conversation prompts, storytelling exercises and structures that show up naturally.

Weekly live 1:1 sessions

Just you and me, at a time that fits your schedule. Recorded — rewatch any part whenever you want.

WhatsApp, directly with me

An open channel between sessions — send audio, ask questions, keep your English alive day to day.

A curated content library

Texts, podcasts, series and readings — nothing generic, everything chosen for adults.

Personal written feedback

Each cycle, you get a personal note from Adriele on your strengths and what to unlock next.

Prep for the moments that matter

An interview, a trip, a presentation? We reshape the sessions to get you ready for that specific moment.

A 3-month programme100% onlineSessions recorded

English doesn't show up ready-made in your head.
It shows up when you speak.

That's why nobody here waits for you to "be ready". We start by speaking — the rest comes along the way.

Fig. 01 — Adriele Corrêa

"Speak crooked. It's okay."

Meet Adriele

Hi, I'm Adriele.

I've been teaching English for more than 17 years. I started out teaching at a school in São Paulo, became a pedagogical coordinator, trained teachers — and at some point in the story I packed my bags and moved to Dublin. I took my MBA there, took my IELTS through Frances King London, and spent five years living inside the language — not studying it.

When I came back to Brazil, I noticed something: what adult learners lack isn't technique. It's narrative. It's permission. It's someone saying "speak crooked — it's okay". So I took everything I'd learned as a teacher, a copywriter and a writer, and turned it into a mentorship.

Today I help adults get unstuck using exactly the method I wish I'd found ten years earlier. It's not an English class. It's a place where you finally let out the language that already lives inside you.

Adriele

Credentials

17+ years teaching English
MBA · Dublin Business School
IELTS · Frances King London
CLIL Certified · Primary School
5 years living in Dublin
Copywriter and writer for 14 years

First things first: honesty

This mentorship is for you if…

It's for you if…

You've studied English for years and still freeze when it's time to speak
You understand more than you can produce
You've tried apps, courses, even time abroad — and still feel behind
You want a judgment-free place to practice
You want dedicated attention, not a slice of a crowded class
You're an adult and want to talk about adult things — not 'my hobby is football'

It's not for you if…

You've never had any contact with English (absolute zero)
You want guaranteed fluency in 30 days
You're looking for a big classroom with lots of classmates
You want prep for a specific exam (TOEFL, Cambridge, etc.)
You can't set aside at least 3 hours a week

And that's okay. We'd rather be honest than squeeze you somewhere you don't fit.

Before you ask

Questions everyone has.

This works best for adults from intermediate up — people with a base who understand most of what they hear but freeze when speaking. If you've never had contact with English, this isn't the place yet. If you're already fluent and just want accent work, it isn't either. Anywhere in between — we're good.

It varies, and I won't pretend otherwise. But because we start speaking from day one, most people feel the freeze loosen within the first few weeks. The deeper ease — speaking without rehearsing every sentence in your head first — builds over the three-month arc.

Every session is recorded and stays available to you. Missing one shouldn't knock you off rhythm.

There are a couple of ways in, depending on the cadence that fits your life. The simplest next step is a quick WhatsApp message — tell me where you are with your English and I'll walk you through what fits. No pressure, just a real conversation.

Honestly? No — and I'd be careful with anyone who promises one. What I can offer is this: the first conversation is free, so you can feel whether this is for you before committing anything.

Yes. Everything is 100% online, with students in Lisbon, Berlin, Toronto, Dublin. All that matters is finding a time-zone match for the live sessions.

Tap "Save my spot" — it opens a WhatsApp conversation with me. Because the mentorship is one-to-one, spots are genuinely limited and open in waves. Send a message and I'll tell you exactly where the next one stands.

Next openings · One-to-one

Today, say one crooked sentence in English.
Out loud.

And if you'd like company making that a habit, there's a place for you here.

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