David holds a First Class Honours degree in French Language and Linguistics and began his professional career with LEGO as a Product Specialist within the European Contact Centre, where he developed strong communication and intercultural skills. He subsequently worked as a Production Editor for academic journals, before completing a CELTA qualification and training as an ESL teacher. Following this, David undertook teacher training in French with a primary specialism, including a term teaching in Strasbourg, and spent two years teaching in the primary sector before specialising fully in French. Since 2015, he has been teaching at Pilgrims’, where he continues to cultivate a dynamic and engaging approach to language learning.
David is deeply committed to fostering a love of languages in his students, underpinned by both academic rigour and creativity. Music plays a central role in his teaching: he regularly incorporate the ukulele and original songs into his curriculum to support language acquisition and grammatical understanding and retention. A sense of humour is also integral to David’s practice, creating a classroom environment in which pupils feel confident to experiment with language and develop memorable, often inventive ways of mastering vocabulary and grammatical structures. Through this approach, his aim to inspire curiosity, confidence, and a lasting enthusiasm for language learning.
