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    Written by Steve Ford on Sep 6th, 2009 | Filed under:

    Steve in Vancouver, Canada (2007)

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    Hello! Hello! Hello!  My name is Steve Ford and probably you found me through one of my Youtube videos which have reached more than 10,000,000 people worldwide..

    I have been teaching English for the past 20 years to people all over the world. I was born  in Canada where I  started  my English teaching  career. I also lived and taught for many years in Brazil and France. I speak French and Portuguese fluently and I am conversant in Spanish, Italian and I also speak some Russian.

    .Since I came back to Canada in 2002, I’ve taught at  some of the most prestigious English schools in the country as well as for the Canadian Government as a TOEFL and ESL teacher.  I now live in Vancouver and I  teach online full-time using online conferencing software, my own videos and podcasts as well as the best English learning  books available via screen  sharing.

    I love teaching English and making Youtube videos has given me the opportunity to share my knowledge with you so that you don’t waste time. All of the music and video editing in my videos is work done by myself and my wife, Leda Ford. I consider my students and my Peppy Club community of 12,000 + members like a large  family and many of my online students have been with me for a long time! We learn a lot and laugh a lot together. Please check my testimonials page to see what my students have to say about my classes. I have students that range from company CEOs, doctors, IT specialists, pilots, bankers, dentists, lawyers, sales reps, professors, teachers and students. I also teach the children of many of my students. As you know, I prepare people for difficult tests like the  TOEFL, IELTS, SAT and Cambridge. Some students also require my help for university and immigration application. Last but not least, I prepare people for job interviews and I help people with their C.V.’s.   Please check out what my Test Prep/Business/Immigration Applicant students are saying about my classes. I hope I have made a difference in your lives.

    Where am I located?

    I am based out of lovely Vancouver, Canada. Vancouver has ranked highly in worldwide “livable city” rankings for more than a decade according to business magazine assessments and United Nations’ reports.The city has hosted many international conferences and events, including the most recent 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

    contact e-mail: info@privateenglishportal.com



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    1. Dr Raafat, on February 16th, 2010 at 5:46 am Said:

      Nice to meet you Steve you are very talent teacher, really mean it, because during my academic life lasting for long time Ican say that you one of the best. I'm Intrested to practice languages' skills here in your site. I,m so glad to be here. Dr Raafat

    2. Gabriel, on February 23rd, 2010 at 7:05 pm Said:

      Hello, Steve. My name is Gabriel and I´m from Argentina. I´d like you tell me how difficult Cambridge test is. I´m studying in A.R.I.C.A.N.A here in Rosario, and I´m in the third grade. I expect to finish my 6th grade in 2012 and I´d like to be a translator. By the way, I´m 43 years old. I´d be glad to hear your comments!

    3. Heba, on February 26th, 2010 at 3:29 am Said:

      Hello Steve how are you ?? I hope you are doing well :) By the way you have very beautiful photos. God bless you for your great efforts . Thank you sir :) Have a wonderful day !!

    4. neemalikhan, on March 2nd, 2010 at 11:36 pm Said:

      hello sir ....i want to talk fastest english please guide me ....thanks steve ...

    5. zaygee, on March 3rd, 2010 at 12:37 am Said:

      hello Steve, You are a good teacher.

    6. sandy, on March 4th, 2010 at 10:19 am Said:

      Nice pictures!

    7. loukman, on March 8th, 2010 at 3:14 pm Said:

      ohh very nice and clever man

    8. uma, on March 8th, 2010 at 11:09 pm Said:

      Hi Steve, really really, i'd like to thank god to get you as my online teacher. may you live long!! Steve, your all videos are very useful and very impressive to the students and people all over the world who want to improve their english. And especially ,your all photos are very nice. i hope your Mrs and baby(i don't know abt do u have with baby) they r doing fine. oh! sorry. i forgot to introduce myself. 'm selma from India with luv selma

    9. Neil, on March 11th, 2010 at 6:46 am Said:

      Hi Steve, Just to let you know that I am English but now live in Poland and do a similar job to you. Best regards

    10. alline, on March 17th, 2010 at 12:08 pm Said:

      hi steve how are you? I m enjoying you site . very very good congratulations

    11. shah, on March 19th, 2010 at 12:53 pm Said:

      hi steve how are you? i love the way of ur teaching,your all videos are helpful for me thxx i want to improve my english plz give me some tips for improvment that how i imprive it thx

    12. brunojosafa, on March 22nd, 2010 at 12:03 pm Said:

      Hi Steve, How are you? So... I need your help to improve my English... Please Help me =D thks

    13. Ms Supapan Tokhan, on March 22nd, 2010 at 11:39 pm Said:

      God bless you for your great helpful & kindness.

    14. HUGO BERMEJO, on March 23rd, 2010 at 8:06 am Said:

      HI: I live in CHILE, I`d like you tell me,how to get to you to study, I don`t have credic card, May I pay by other mean? H U G O

    15. Steve Ford, on March 23rd, 2010 at 3:01 pm Said:

      Hi Hugo, You can alternately sign up for an account with paypal. You can associate your bank account with a new paypal account. This usually takes around 3 or 4 days to complete. Regards, Steve

    16. Helio Fernandez de Lima, on March 28th, 2010 at 11:44 am Said:

      Hai Steve I'm a new comer on ur site, so hopefuly u can teach me more and be better how to speak english well...God bless u !!!

    17. Fernando, on March 29th, 2010 at 5:35 am Said:

      Hi Steve how you doing???good i hoope.I just want to let you know that i am enjoying so much these english videos at youtube. Thank you so much, Fernando. PS:If some day you come to visit Brasilia let me know.

    18. Núria, on April 26th, 2010 at 5:36 am Said:

      Hi Steve¡¡ how are u? I'm Spanish, and i need Englishman's classes cause my English is so bad, and I need it. And just now, I found your classes...Your classes are so lovelies...and I want ask you about that. How the classes work? Would not it matter if I am in Spain? Thak's a million¡¡¡ Many greetings¡¡¡¡¡ Núria.

    19. Laura D, on May 3rd, 2010 at 2:17 am Said:

      Hello, Steve! I'm very nice meeting you and your wonderful lessons. Yesterday I have seen your videolessons on YouTube and I was very happy of that. I hope its will be helpful for my learning. Thank you very much for your time and caring of us. Laura from Ukraine.

    20. viqor, on May 5th, 2010 at 11:35 pm Said:

      Great job. Thank you very much...

    21. viqor, on May 5th, 2010 at 11:37 pm Said:

      Hello Steve I am from Azerbaijan. How i can learn English well? What is the simply way of to learn English, Please help! Regards,

    22. federico ossa, on May 14th, 2010 at 7:55 am Said:

      hello, hello,hello,i am federico,greetings steve i knew you on youtube four months ago and i learnt too much because you have an excellent methodology.now on this portal.thank you.have a nice day. congatuelations.

    23. federico ossa, on May 15th, 2010 at 1:23 pm Said:

      has logrado que pueda querer el ingles

    24. NEWHERMITS_64, on May 28th, 2010 at 9:09 am Said:

      HELLO MR.FORD: THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS VERY IMPORTANT AROUND THE WORLD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE VIDEOS .THAT IS THE WAY THAT I WILL LEARN ENGLISH. OF COURSE I NEED TO LEARN THE WRITING MORE. BEST WISHES.

    25. federico ossa marulanda, on June 7th, 2010 at 2:36 pm Said:

      hello,hello,steve greetings for you and for your family i hope you are teaching to many people aroud the world ,allowing us to know our planet

    26. federico ossa marulanda, on June 23rd, 2010 at 7:24 pm Said:

      hello mr steve I hope you are well,and congratuelations for all your achievements.My name is federico from colombia, I'm 13 years old. excuse me I know that I'm not paying but need more information of the MOUTH IDIOMS ,please type me something at FEDERICOSSA@HOTMAIL.COM.thank you very much. really I want to learn more this beautiful language.. I wait.

    27. masha, on June 25th, 2010 at 12:44 am Said:

      Steve, hello. You're super man:). Thank you for your video lessons, it's very interesting. I hope, I improve my English with you and all users. I got to know about you in EF school. And now, I'm your new student. A'm glad to be here:)!!! Best regards, MashaRu

    28. Sanjaykumar, on June 29th, 2010 at 6:28 am Said:

      Congratulations for your great success. How can you help us in getting foreign accent? We Indian people are generally not used to British/American pronunciation. Mr. Sanjaykumar Mengar Director Vidya English Classes, India. Ph: +91-98250 38159

    29. Alex Sander Dias Rodrigues, on July 17th, 2010 at 7:25 am Said:

      Nice to meet you Steve I really enjoyed your website and your way of teaching. I hope to learn a lot with you! Best wishes!

    30. marioquijada, on July 26th, 2010 at 9:33 am Said:

      Hi Steve, nice to meet you. I hope to learn a lot of you. Regards!

    31. ahmed mostafa, on July 27th, 2010 at 2:42 am Said:

      hi steve im very happy about ur good efforts that u did 4 us thank you i m ahmed mostafa from egypt i want to get ur yahoo massenger what i shall to do ?

    32. Fabio, on July 30th, 2010 at 8:19 am Said:

      Hi Steve I'm so glad, because exists people like you that be welling to teach english for people like me, here in Brazil, there are many english schools, however, they charge too expensive for teaching english,I realized that yours lessons has helped me greatly in learning this wonderful language. Congratulations,

    33. Kamran, on August 2nd, 2010 at 12:02 pm Said:

      Dear Steve I'm from Pakistan and have seen you on you tube, Gone through your some lectures and quite contended that I found a right man now. I wanna get high score in IELTS that's why joined your community. Hope this will serve me well as to others. Best of Luck Kamran

    34. rachida, on August 6th, 2010 at 1:54 am Said:

      Hello steve i'm from marocco and i have seen you on tube,gone through your lectures are very intresting and right . i'm going to take toefl pretty soon and i'm very nervous about it,because i have problems on writing . please if you can give me some suggestion on writing saction . thank you

    35. Abdul Rauf, on August 8th, 2010 at 10:11 pm Said:

      Thanks Sir, Steve your site is helping me in great way to improve my English as a second language.

    36. anu, on August 25th, 2010 at 6:31 am Said:

      heyy steve, I wanna to do voice chat with you if you wish, well i have to appear for an IELTS exam next month but I am lacking in speaking section. If you wish, could you help me in this regard. If yes, then my Email id is - anu_rajput2004@yahoo.co.in I would like to do voice chat with you so that i would be able to improve my speaking skills as well.. Regards anu

    37. ALCARAZ, on September 4th, 2010 at 9:56 am Said:

      helo!! I like so much your lessons and I'd like to pratice more with you!!. I have been watching your videos on internet so intersting!! I hope to learm more with you!! tnks

    38. Eduardo, on September 8th, 2010 at 6:56 pm Said:

      Hello Steve! You are a very good teacher and I like so much your job. Pep's videos are very creative and helps us a lot to learn English. Thank you for your good job!

    39. bona, on September 10th, 2010 at 6:54 am Said:

      Thank you so much ^^ I love your classes.

    40. André, on September 14th, 2010 at 1:53 pm Said:

      You´re the best!

    41. mustafa, on September 16th, 2010 at 12:54 am Said:

      my dear i am from iraq and i would like to establish a institute for teaching English so i wanna expand my ability in american accent i have enough money for this work so how you can help me and i wanna share my profit saman

    42. mostafa, on September 18th, 2010 at 9:01 am Said:

      hello my name is mostafa.i am iranian.i saw one of your video clips last night.that was fantastic!i do not have enough money for ....!i just want to say:I LOVE YOU STEVE!JUST THIS.HAVE A GOOD LIFE!

    43. CarmenE, on October 5th, 2010 at 1:29 pm Said:

      Hello, Hello, Hello! and thank you for this great site and amazing help, I've been watching all your videos and I've been practicing every lesson!

    44. Marina, on November 13th, 2010 at 5:37 am Said:

      Hi Steve, i have to lern english because of my job. Thanks for supporting me ! Greetings Marina from Germany

    45. Jamari, on November 24th, 2010 at 6:56 am Said:

      Sono così felice, perché esiste gente come te che essere zampilla per insegnare l'inglese per le persone come me, qui in Brasile, ci sono molte scuole di inglese, comunque, fanno pagare troppo caro per l'insegnamento della lingua inglese, mi sono reso conto che le lezioni il tuo mi ha aiutato notevolmente a imparare questa lingua meravigliosa.Congratulazioni,

    46. emrah, on December 2nd, 2010 at 2:36 am Said:

      Hi Mr.Steve. My name is Emrah, i am from Turkey but i live and work in Azerbaijan.I am an engineer and this language is tremendously necessary for me.It's why i looked for some alternative ways and at the end i met with you about 2 mounths ago.I have just finished your peppy videos (totaly 28 parts) and these were very funny and instructive. Shortly i want to learn english very well and i will contunue with you in this way. I want to know which videos can i watch after now? Can you say to me please? I will be waiting for your help... See you...

    47. alya, on December 5th, 2010 at 4:04 am Said:

      Hi sir i relly relly need to emprove my english skill & i think studing online is good way is fit to my life style since am mother & wife too so plz giud me what to do ???? best regards, Alya

    48. ANDRES MAURICIO GALLO, on December 15th, 2010 at 9:50 pm Said:

      my dear Steve your wonderfull, you are excellent, see you later.......dear friend thanks you so much

    49. junaid jatoi, on December 25th, 2010 at 10:15 pm Said:

      hi my name is junaid.i m from pakistan n mrs.steve i want to do preparation for EILTS test so what can i do sir suggest me.

    50. maryam, on December 30th, 2010 at 6:28 am Said:

      hello my dear teacher. im maryam rahimi from iran im very intrested in your teaching method. i will take a site for ielts in new month . how can use this website best regards maryam

    51. simone, on January 7th, 2011 at 4:47 pm Said:

      Hello Steve, Congratulations for the website and for your initiative. I'm from Brazil but living in Sherbrooke/Ca, French side of Canada since 2006. I've been spend more time learning French, simple reason of need. Even loving English for me learn two languages at same time, is quite difficult. My chanllenger about English is to be more confident and spontaneous because vocabulary we get by the time. Anyway nice to meet you. Happy new year!

    52. Miguel, on February 7th, 2011 at 7:48 pm Said:

      Hello Steve. My name is Miguel. At the present I am living in Brampton.ON. and I want to give you to many thanks for your portal and your youtube videos that they have helped me a lot. In the other hand, I did not know that you play the guitar, since watching some of your video I saw you doing some interesting chords, that nice. Well I just wanted to say that.. I love your English classes. Honestly thank a lot for your teaching because what you got (teaching) is gift. Truly Miguel.

    53. Samar, on March 12th, 2011 at 7:53 am Said:

      Hello Mr.Steve I'm Samar from Egypt I'm EFL teacher I finished my MA degree in Education and now I prepare myself for the doctorate so I want to pass the TOEFL exam with high score at least 500. I know that you're very talented teacher so I want you to tell me what can I do for achieving that? THANKS ALOT

    54. ZAID, on March 12th, 2011 at 10:37 am Said:

      Thank you Steve I would like development my skills with other people in this site . thank you again zaid

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    56. Leonardo Dantas da Silva, on March 16th, 2011 at 3:00 pm Said:

      Hello Steve, I'm Leonardo from Rio De Janeiro- Brazil. I love watching your videos. I've learnt too much with them! I've been looking for online classes and finally I have found out one and I am very happy for that because you are an excellent teacher. Thank you very much!

    57. Luis Oliveira, on April 27th, 2011 at 10:34 pm Said:

      hey Steve I'm Luis, 21 years old, Brazilian I'm so glad to found your videos! You are an excelent English teacher! Thank you so much best wishes

    58. thanhthuy, on June 13th, 2011 at 3:11 pm Said:

      Dear, Mr Ford I am very like your website and you are very good teacher. I have just ask you how can I learn English live with you on Skye and it's free or I need spend money with that. please let me know. I'm very forward to hear from you.Thanks!

    59. Viet Q Phan, on June 21st, 2011 at 9:15 am Said:

      Hi Mr Steve, I'm Viet, 25 years old. I have watched your videos on youtube. I'm interested. Now, I want to improve my English. Can you help me how I learn English well. Thank you so much. Best regards!

    60. Teerawat Buathong, on September 28th, 2011 at 10:57 am Said:

      You are the man.

    61. sam, on February 3rd, 2012 at 7:14 pm Said:

      hello steve you are very handsome, i like the ways that you have taught us, thanks

    62. abeer, on February 13th, 2012 at 5:23 am Said:

      hello Mr Steve, happy to join your nice site, i really liked the way you are teaching English. YOU ARE FANTASTIC!

    63. Musab, on February 27th, 2012 at 11:00 am Said:

      Sir, you're awesome.

    64. Marilac, on April 7th, 2012 at 3:57 pm Said:

      He lived in Recife. I'm from there!! What a intelligent man! He loves his job..it's so great!! Congratulations!! Bye bye!!

    65. manoos, on June 26th, 2012 at 2:17 pm Said:

      Hello Sir... I really enjoying your presence. I am a new one in your site. but I feel you are very familiar with me. your mission is very very helpful to me and others, who want to speak English.... Really enjoying... Heartiest wishes for your journey......... Manoos

    66. Do thi Viet Nga, on July 22nd, 2012 at 9:23 pm Said:

      I am very happy to have you as my teacher . All Your lesson make together with your wife are very usefull and funny. It's so great and really enjoying Best regards from Hochiminh City , Vietnam

    67. ann, on February 5th, 2013 at 1:49 am Said:

      hello steve ..u r the best. ur taking good effort.. may god bless u...

    68. sofia, on February 13th, 2013 at 11:09 am Said:

      hi steve can you please send me skp for women teacher only. i rather learn just with women. thank you very much

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