Peak English - The company and its services

Peak English was founded in 2020 by Liz Jeremy-Ricard. Registered in France under the legal name "Madame Jeremy Elizabeth." The company was formerly known as Engineering English by Liz, being primarily focused on English for Engineers and Project Managers. The company is based at 68 Chemin des Viourds, Chamonix, Haute Savoie, France.

Today in 2024 Peak English helps Engineers and Project Managers advance their English communication skills with dedicated English training programmes delivered online. We help a wide range of business professionals from all sectors to develop English speaking fluency and our professional trainings are all accessible online.

In addition, we provide English lessons and coaching for adults and children based in the Chamonix area, overlooked by the tallest and most majestic peak in Europe: The Mont Blanc.

All of the available Professional trainings can be found on our website pages: Professional English, and Formation CPF (Français) where example programmes can be downloaded. If you have any questions about the content of our training and suitability for your needs, you can contact Liz Jeremy-Ricard by email liz@peakenglish.fr or by phone (Fr +33) 06 3365 02 85.

 About Liz Jeremy Ricard - Peak English Professional English Trainer  

Originally from Robin Hood's Bay, Liz grew up in the North East of England. She left home to study Engineering at Oxford where she graduated with a masters in Engineering in 2005. From university, she left England to work in Procter and Gamble, Belgium firstly as an Project Engineer, and then as a Finance manager. 

After moving to the Geneva area and getting married, Liz chose to retrain as a teacher. She moved to the Basel area where she did a distance Postgraduate teaching certificate with the University of Sunderland in 2017 and worked as a school teacher at Basel Land International School. She gained her French nationality in 2019 in Colmar, France. 

Liz moved to Chamonix in 2020. She gained her T.E.F.L. Certificate to teach English as a Second Language and set up Engineering English, the company which today is Peak English! With a background in Project Engineering she worked with engineers and project managers across Europe, helping them build English fluency and precision. Living in Chamonix, she also learned to ski!

A passionate teacher of English, Liz now helps a growing number of business professionals, adults and children advance their English skills to further their goals; career progression, university entrance, new friends or global travel. Whatever the adventure, English is key! And when not teaching, she'll be out running, skiing or walking with her husband and kids in Chamonix. 

About our Professional Training 

Teaching Methods and E-learning

All training is organised based on a personal initiative, or a company request. We customise every single training based on your specific goals, current challenges, role and critical scenarios. Any specific requirements you have in terms of learning preferences, difficulties or handicaps will also be reviewed, together with your preference for course duration and timings during the week. 

We will always do our best to accommodate specific learning preferences with our customised materials and training sessions.

Our trainings comprise a mix of speaking, listening, reading and writing exercises to promote effective, well-rounded language acquisition. We combine live teaching with homework activities such as e-learning videos, listening comprehension, grammar exercises and speaking projects for maximum engagement and efficient skill-building.

You'll be provided access to e-learning materials on the Zenler platform and we'll keep track of your progress as you progress through the videos and end-of-module quizzes. We use powerpoint presentation slides to guide you through the live sessions and you can access these on Google Drive after the session. You can edit and download materials throughout the course and at the end of the course. Please note that course materials are for your use only and should not be distributed further. Thanks!

Assessment and Tracking

Evaluation, feedback and tracking are fundamental elements of our training, helping us to ensure that you get maximum benefit from our trainings. Throughout the training we will keep you continuously updated on your progress and and improvement focus areas. The evaluation and tracking activities are organised as follows:

a) When you contact Peak English, we will ask you to complete a questionnaire indicating your current level and specific challenges in English. We'll ask you to join an introductory meeting, where the trainer will make a short assessment of your current English level, and identify gaps in grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.

b) Before the start of the training, we will ask you to complete a pre-evaluation and do a few speaking and writing activities (and for 45 hour trainings we'll include the Bright pre-evaluation). We'll give you feedback before you start, pointing out specific focus areas that we'll work on during the course.

c) During the live training sessions, you'll be continuously assessed, with exercises such as vocabulary recall, reading fluency, listening comprehension and role play for spontaneous speaking. You'll benefit from live feedback, tracked for you after the session in a tracking document in Google Drive.

d) At the end of each module, you'll do evaluation in the form of multiple choice questions covering specific vocabulary and grammar points, video projects and role play.

e) At the end of the training, you'll do a final assessment, which takes the form of role play exercises, multiple choice assessment and for 45 hour trainings, you'll also complete a 2 hour Bright assessment.

Accessibility of our Trainings

All our training courses are accessible and adaptable for those with disabilities and we ensure compliance with standard regulations to this effect. For any questions regarding a disability situation, whatever it may be, and to assess and anticipate the arrangements necessary for your participation, please contact Liz Jeremy-Ricard at liz@peakenglish.fr and we will adapt the training to your specific needs. If you are based in France we can also put you in contact with our disability and inclusion partners.