Native English speaker with 30+ years' experience teaching professionals, researchers, and adult learners. Specialist in professional, academic, and conversational English.

I studied with Matt several years ago, when I was preparing for a university entrance interview and needed to improve my spoken English quickly. I was nervous about the whole process, but from the first lesson I felt at ease.
What stayed with me was how naturally the lessons flowed. Matt has a way of structuring a conversation so that you are working hard without ever feeling like you are being drilled. We talked about real things — ideas, experiences, situations I might actually face — and the language came out of that, not the other way around.
He is also genuinely interested in his students as people, which makes a difference. I never felt like one of many; I felt like the lesson had been thought about specifically for me.
I would recommend Matt without hesitation to any adult learner who wants to make real progress in spoken English in a relaxed, intelligent, and genuinely supportive environment.

I came to Matthys at 55, feeling that my English — though reasonable for an Italian who had studied it years ago — was not good enough to make the most of the trip abroad I was planning. I had lost confidence speaking it over the years, and I wanted to feel genuinely comfortable in real conversations, not just manage.
What I didn't expect was how enjoyable the lessons would be. Matthys has a gift for finding topics that engage you — we talked about travel, places we'd been, family, life experiences — and before long I realised I was simply having conversations in English rather than studying it. That, I think, is the point.
By the time I left for my trip, I felt ready. Not perfect, but confident — which is exactly what I had needed.