Not just correct. Not just good enough. English that feels like yours: confident, natural, and strong enough to hold up when the conversation gets real.
Santorini, Greece
The approach
Most people who say they can't speak English actually can. You know more than you think. The vocabulary is there. The grammar is mostly there. But the second you have to open your mouth, something jams. The fear of sounding stupid gets louder than everything you know. That's not a language problem. That's a confidence problem.
So my lessons don't start with a textbook. They start with a question: what do you actually care about? Cars? Finance? Politics? Mountains? Something else entirely? Whatever it is, that becomes our material. You learn faster when the topic pulls you in, and you speak more naturally when the conversation feels like a conversation instead of a test.
Then something shifts. As your level grows, you stop wanting easier conversations and start seeking out the harder ones. Philosophy, ethics, dark humour, uncomfortable opinions, the things most people sidestep. There are no taboo subjects in my lessons, because real life doesn't have any either.
Your interests are the curriculum. No fixed syllabus, no recycled lesson plans. We build something that fits your actual life.
Mistakes aren't a problem here. They're the whole point. No judgment, no embarrassment. Just honest feedback and room to try again.
Deep topics. Uncomfortable questions. The things you actually want to be able to say in English without hesitating.
Not just more vocabulary. A different relationship with the language, one where you trust yourself enough to use it.
You already know more English than you think. My job is to help you trust it.
Patryk Korbut
About
English Tutor & Language Consultant
I was born right here in Białystok. Five years old when we moved to Florida, and overnight I was living in two languages. Polish school on Saturdays, church on Sundays, altar boy, the whole deal. The rest of the week was fully American. My father was a carpenter who refused to do anything halfway. He'd tear something apart and start over rather than deliver work he wasn't proud of. I think about that a lot.
English was never a subject to me. It was just life. In my senior year I was voted Outstanding English Student, which felt less like an award and more like confirmation of something I already knew. Then came Finance and Economics, which sounds completely unrelated until you realise it's basically a four-year course in explaining complex things simply. That skill shows up in every single lesson I teach.
I ran cross-country through high school and I still train hard today, long runs and heavy lifting. Sport teaches you something that transfers everywhere: progress has nothing to do with talent and everything to do with showing up when you don't feel like it, and not quitting when it gets uncomfortable. Language learning works exactly the same way. There are no shortcuts. But there is a right approach.
When I came back to Poland I sat the Cambridge CPE, the highest certification Cambridge offers. Grade A, C2. Not because anyone asked me to. Because I wanted to know if what I'd built over a lifetime of living in English could hold up under the most demanding test of all. It did.
After years of teaching, here's what I keep coming back to. The students who improve the most are never the most naturally gifted ones. They're the ones who stopped being scared to be wrong. Getting someone to that place, building the comfort, the ease, the willingness to just say something and trust themselves, that's the work I care about.
Outside of lessons I'm usually under a car or on a trading app. BMW and Porsche if you want a real conversation, dividend-growth investing if you want to see what genuine enthusiasm looks like. Fair warning on both counts.
Services
I run a registered language business. Student, professional, or company, we can work together properly. Lessons, copywriting, consulting. I issue invoices for everything, including EU VAT for B2B clients.
Teaching
Built around your goals, your interests, your schedule. All levels, all topics. Online and in person in Białystok.
Teaching
For professionals who need English that performs when it counts. Meetings, negotiations, presentations, emails. Corporate groups welcome.
Teaching
FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS. Structured, rigorous, guided by someone who sat the CPE and walked away with a Grade A.
Copywriting
Website copy, landing pages, brand voice, product descriptions. Written the way a native speaker thinks, not the way a translator translates.
Copywriting
Your English content, elevated. Grammar, register, tone, flow. The difference between text that communicates and text that lands.
Consulting
For Polish businesses going international. Team coaching, materials auditing, communication strategy. Sound at home in the English-speaking world.
Lesson pricing
Single lesson
One-on-one, full flexibility. Book when you need it.
Starter pack, 4 lessons
Once a week. A month to find your rhythm.
Save 40 zł vs single lessons
Monthly pack, 8 lessons ✦ Best value
Twice a week. Serious commitment, serious progress. Materials and a monthly check-in included.
Save 160 zł vs single lessons
Business English
Individual or corporate groups.
Exam preparation
FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS. Priced by exam and timeline.
The first lesson is always free. Thirty minutes, no agenda. We talk, we get a feel for each other, we figure out what you need. No commitment.
Contact
The first lesson is always free. Thirty minutes, no pressure, no assessment sheet. I want to get a sense of your level, sure. But what I'm really after is understanding you. What you care about, where you get stuck, what you'd love to be able to say in English that you can't quite say yet. If we click, we go from there.
I reply to every message within 24 hours