Workplace English
Emails, reports, meetings, presentations and stakeholder communication built around real professional tasks.
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Understand more.
Communicate better.
I help professionals and organisations communicate clearly and confidently in specialist, regulated and technical environments.
Melbourne, Australia
Online & in person
LANGUAGEESPWORKPLACE
Where language teaching, learning design and senior communication experience meet.
Science & EnvironmentFinance & RegulationEducation & Professional practicePublic health
The proposition
Complex work.
Clearer communication.
Generic English training rarely addresses the technical vocabulary, professional genres, institutional expectations and high-stakes interactions that shape real work.
I combine TESOL, vocational language and literacy support, learning design and more than 20 years of senior communication experience.
Services
Practical support built around what people genuinely need to understand, produce and use at work.
Sector-specific ESP
Custom programs shaped by the terminology, genres, interactions and expectations of a profession or industry.
Explore this serviceLanguage audits
Evidence-based analysis of workplace communication demands, barriers and development priorities.
Explore this serviceLearning-resource design
Plain-English documents and contextualised resources that preserve specialist meaning.
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Domain fluency
without the jargon.
I work with technical specialists to identify the language demands of their field, preserve integrity and make professional communication more learnable and usable.
Health & forensic mental health
✔️Finance & regulation
✔️Education & professional practice
✔️Public health
✔️Legal & community services
✔️Government & public policy
✔️Science & environment
✔️Telecommunications & service
✔️The approach
Start with
the work.
Then design the language support.
- 1
Discover
Clarify the objective, people, context and constraints.
- 2
Analyse
Examine authentic tasks, texts, terminology and interactions.
- 3
Design
Create targeted learning, coaching, resources or recommendations.
- 4
Deliver
Use modelling, guided practice, authentic scenarios and feedback.
- 5
Refine
Evaluate application, confidence and progress.
Selected work
Evidence in practice.
Vocational language support
Making specialist community-services content accessible
Task analysis • glossaries • sentence scaffolds • targeted mini-lessons
Professional writing
Designing a repeatable process for high-stakes workplace emails
Audience • purpose • structure • tone • review
Technical translation
Turning regulated information into usable professional guidance
Finance • health • education • government • science
DG20+
About David
Where specialist communication meets adult learning.
I am a Melbourne-based ESP practitioner, adult educator, learning designer and senior professional communicator.
My experience spans health, financial regulation, education, public health, legal and community services, government, telecommunications, science and the environment.
TESOL qualifiedTAE40122 in progressEmbedded LND practice
Start a conversation
What does the work
need people to do?
Tell me about the context, the people involved and the communication challenge. I’ll suggest a practical starting point.
davidmgrant@me.com ↗