{"id":25636,"date":"2018-12-06T12:49:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T12:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2022-09-14T11:29:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T11:29:21","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25636\" class=\"elementor elementor-25636\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9690a79 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9690a79\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69d31e9\" data-id=\"69d31e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3f3576 animated-slow elementor-position-top elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"b3f3576\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-content{width:100%}@media (min-width:768px){.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-left .elementor-image-box-wrapper,.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-right .elementor-image-box-wrapper{display:flex}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-right .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:end;flex-direction:row-reverse}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-left .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:start;flex-direction:row}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-top .elementor-image-box-img{margin:auto}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-top .elementor-image-box-wrapper{align-items:flex-start}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-middle .elementor-image-box-wrapper{align-items:center}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-bottom .elementor-image-box-wrapper{align-items:flex-end}}@media (max-width:767px){.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-img{margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-bottom:15px}}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-img{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-title a{color:inherit}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-description{margin:0}<\/style><div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Gerard-S-McCurley-MA-Certificate-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-26377\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h1 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Question: Why choose McCurley Consultancy?<\/h1><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Answer: Because I will be Your Personal Language Advisor.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d334fdf elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d334fdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\">I provide a personal, independent language consultancy service. I am not an employee of another School or Agency. Most of my students are professional people that I have previously taught over the last 15 years who have recently sought me out because they enjoyed and benefitted from my teaching in the past.<\/p><p>Others are people who contacted me on the recommendation of past students. The fact that I have a limited number of students means that I am more personally committed to them, and that means that they get a more friendly, trusted and reliable service.<\/p><p>Many of my present students are self-motivated and can study independently. The may only need one face-to-face meeting every month, just for supervision, feedback, and troubleshooting. They know that they can still call me at short notice for a Zoom meeting to help, if some urgent problem crops up, for example, an important letter or a last-minute \u00a0presentation.<\/p><p>Other students may require intensive online meetings in preparation for an upcoming examination, job interview or presentation. In these cases, I remind them of the importance of &#8216;spaced practice&#8217;, and so we may just schedule 3 or 4 short meetings (60-90 minutes) in a week. This works well for most students and helps build confidence.<\/p><p>This combination of flexibility and approachability inspires confidence and motivation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae393b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae393b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_1103-2-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-25993\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_1103-2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_1103-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_1103-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_1103-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_1103-2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc00030 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc00030\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8dafb70\" data-id=\"8dafb70\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a80437 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"8a80437\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/P1050867-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-26352\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/P1050867-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/P1050867-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/P1050867-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/P1050867-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/P1050867-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/P1050867-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">A little bit about me: growing up in Belfast and moving to K\u00f8benhavn!<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">These pictures were taken from the front door of my childhood home on the Falls Road in 2021. \nBelieve it or not, the images are not filtered. This was the natural colour of the light on that rainy afternoon:)<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d5ae2a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d5ae2a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-890610e\" data-id=\"890610e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd38685 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed 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http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/P1050869-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/P1050869-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/P1050869-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/P1050869-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac39824 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac39824\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dear Reader:<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>This is just a short informal synopsis of my life so far, very informal, definitely not a cv, but I hope it gives you some idea of my background. <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u201cI was born in Ireland a long time ago, in Belfast, the youngest addition to a loving extended family of Granny, mum, dad, uncles and 3 siblings. I was a bit of a nerd, and I always loved science. When I was 10 years old, I joined the Irish Astronomical Society and I dragged my parents along to monthly meetings in the \u2018extra-mural conference room\u2019 at Queen\u2019s University in leafy south Belfast. My dad had bought me a 4\u201d reflecting telescope and I used to love looking at the moon and Saturn\u2019s rings in our back garden, back in the days when the skies were dark and unpolluted. Later, when \u2018the troubles\u2019 started, army helicopters hovering over our houses started to shine their searchlights down on our back gardens almost every night, so my mum said I could no longer use my telescope in case it would be mistaken for a bazooka. My stargazing career was over. Instead, I had to take up the guitar and so I started practising Leonard Cohen songs in the safety of our parlour every evening, while there was rioting and cars burning just down the street. The metamorphosis from Caterpillar\/Astronomer to Butterfly\/Guitarist was not so bad, of course, since guitar-playing was a prized skill among my adolescent peer group, and it meant that I was never bullied and was always invited to parties. But, at heart I was still a science nerd.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>When I was 18, I returned to QUB to read anthropology, English language &amp; literature, and psychology. I continued playing music, but around the time of my 20<sup>th<\/sup> birthday, my musical ambitions were thwarted when I dropped a paving slab on the middle finger of my left hand, causing a hairline fracture. I\u2019m right-handed, so I couldn\u2019t even \u201ctape a plec on\u201d as was suggested by a helpful band member. I was unceremoniously chucked out of our group, Caveat Emptor, and then a week later they replaced me with some hippy keyboardist, and all went down to Dublin to headline a May Ball (supported by a then unknown Dublin band called U2). My father was killed in a road traffic accident around the same time, so it was a sad time for me and my family.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Despite my travails, I went to the USA and even later did fieldwork with the Navajo people at Fort Defiance, Arizona. A truly mind-blowing experience in the beautiful ancient canyons of the southwest. I had lost interest in academia, but I still managed to graduate, despite the nightly shenanigans in the Student Union, lured by cheap scrumpy cider, and the company of other musician ne\u2019er-do-wells, messers all!<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>After graduation, I lived and worked in the USA for a couple of years, touring the west and playing guitar, and then worked for a geophysical exploration company, before returning to Ireland. When I went back it wasn\u2019t the same as it had been in my student days. My friends had left and work was hard to find. I was bored and wanted to do something new and worthwhile, so I moved to London and found work with various NHS hospitals. The hospital for Neurology, The Great Ormond Street Children\u2019s Hospital, The Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital&#8230;The pay wasn\u2019t great, but I was living in the centre of London, working towards the greater good, and I was meeting great people ( including my lovely wife) \u00a0and having a ball.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Eventually I started working for University College London Hospital in the Bloomsbury area WC1 and I stayed there for around 10 years, and it was during this time I started my master\u2019s degree in Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck, University of London. It was a reputable college just around the corner, and I could study in the evenings. I loved the subject, and I was learning about phonetics, neuroscience, language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and all the nerdy scientific stuff I had loved as child. And\u2026 I was playing keyboards with all my best friends from Belfast in a band every Friday night. Halcyon days! I took my studies more seriously this time and was awarded an MA with distinction.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>But then just before the old century faded out, my circumstances had changed again and so I had to return to Belfast. I started to play guitar and teach English once again. Then I decided then that I should consolidate my language studies, so I did my Cambridge CELTA Certification, which meant that I now had the proper TESOL accreditation to teach English in the world\u2019s best language schools.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>The most recent chapter of my life started when I arrived in Denmark in May 2005, two hours before my daughter was born. I have been living here in H\u00f8rsholm with my wife and daughter ever since, and I have been teaching here for all that time. During the period 2006 until 2019, I must have taught 1000+ students in all types of professional subject areas. Last year, I finally decided that it would be better to work for myself, because the teacher\/student relationship is one based on trust and friendship, and does not rely on the interventions of a \u2018middle-man\u2019 or\u00a0 third party. Now I can confidently say that I have the requisite skill set and experience to teach English at the highest professional and technical level. I hope that you will give me the chance to show you. Thanks for your kind attention. All the best, Gerard McCurley\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dec71c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dec71c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e4c351\" data-id=\"0e4c351\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83185a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83185a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Some Students Have to Say...<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-74e41f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74e41f5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c22488c\" data-id=\"c22488c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ef46f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"0ef46f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-testimonial-wrapper{overflow:hidden;text-align:center}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-content{font-size:1.3em;margin-bottom:20px}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-name{line-height:1.5;display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-job{font-size:.85em;display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta{width:100%;line-height:1}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta-inner{display:inline-block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta .elementor-testimonial-details,.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta .elementor-testimonial-image{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta .elementor-testimonial-image img{width:60px;height:60px;border-radius:50%;-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover;max-width:none}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside .elementor-testimonial-image{padding-inline-end:15px}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside .elementor-testimonial-details{text-align:start}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-details,.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-image{display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-image{margin-bottom:20px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">\"Gerard was a great help when I was panicking about a huge presentation I had to do at the Company Christmas Party a few years back. We are a young, trendy company and I had to make the presentation fun as well as informative. He helped me rewrite it and then I rehearsed it and he filmed it many times, until I was able to do it in my sleep! I was so confident on the evening and it was a big success when everyone told me it was really professional\"<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/testimonial4-free-img.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-25174\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/testimonial4-free-img.jpg 250w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/testimonial4-free-img-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/testimonial4-free-img-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Kelvin <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">From Malaga, Spain<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-353c43f\" data-id=\"353c43f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2522023 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"2522023\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">\n\u201c Gerard is an extremely brilliant teacher. I recently had to give a presentation in English and I was very nervous about everything, but he put me at ease and helped me with my pronunciation, vocabulary, phrasing\u2026everything. I rehearsed it and felt very confident when the day came that I had to present. It was a great success, so I can recommend Gerard to anyone who needs a solid, reliable and fun teacher.\u201d \n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"490\" src=\"http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Billede-Lisa-Duus-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-26420\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Billede-Lisa-Duus-1.jpg 376w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Billede-Lisa-Duus-1-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Lisa Duus -Konsulent \/Sundhed for etniske minoriteter <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">From K\u00f8benhavn, Danmark<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6439cae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6439cae\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d887313\" data-id=\"d887313\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f00f54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"1f00f54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">I learned English in school in Japan and I am knowledgeable about grammar, but I never learned proper pronunciation until I started taking private lessons with Gerard. He is an expert teacher and can explain very precisely how to enunciate like a native speaker. I also learned all the vocabulary I needed for my business studies here in Europe. Highly recommended.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/testimonial3-free-img.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1524\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/testimonial3-free-img.jpg 250w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/testimonial3-free-img-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/testimonial3-free-img-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Taiga Suzuki<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">From Fukushima, Japan<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-82951c8\" data-id=\"82951c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4c566b elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"c4c566b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">\u201cIt was a great pleasure to have Gerard as my teacher to a brush up. Gerard is highly skilled and really good at explaining how and why in an easy and understandable way. A really good mediator. Besides being a super good teacher, Gerard has a great personality and I really looked forward to the sessions in a nice atmosphere and a lot of fun\u201d.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/download.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-26344\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/download.jpg 225w, http:\/\/gerardmccurley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/download-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Birgit Skibsted- Senior HR Specialist<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">From K\u00f8benhavn, Danmark <br><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1051526 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1051526\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0645c88\" data-id=\"0645c88\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a718273 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a718273\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">And Here are Some Wise Words in English...<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fd363d elementor-pagination-position-inside elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"2fd363d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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