My name is Ema Wilshaw. I'm an English teacher and private tutor with ten years of experience in Canada and Monaco. I have a passion for literature and learning, both for my students and for myself. I help middle- and high-school students with English language and literature, writing, textual analysis and exam preparation. I also help adults improve their English through learning that's interesting and meaningful to them.

My path to teaching wasn't straightforward, but most of my career choices have been written-word adjacent. In my twenties, I worked as a journalist and then in publishing. I took a decade away from paid work to raise my two sons, who are now teenagers. Midway through that period, I returned to school to qualify as a TESOL teacher. After working with international students at a college in Toronto, helping them prepare for language-proficiency exams, I began teaching in the International Section of a middle school on the Côte d’Azur.

This website has two aims: to help my future students, whatever their age, find me. This website is also a place for me to share my thoughts and musings on learning, and other things I find interesting and hopefully you will too.