Maxim Achkasov is a Business English teacher, who offers online one-to-one courses for professional purposes to individual clients.

He has two degrees (B.A., M.A.) from the University of Manchester. He has also earned the Certificate of Educational Studies in the Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages, INTESOL WORLDWIDE LTD (Great Britain), and the Diploma in the Methods of Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language, Moscow M.V. Lomonosov State University (Russia). Besides that, he successfully passed three modules of Teacher Knowledge Test and Business English Certificate: Higher (Cambridge ESOL Examinations). He has also completed the course of International Business English Training (Cert IBET). He is a member of both International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) and Business English Special Interest Group (BESIG).

Education and Qualifications
March 2012, obtained postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Counselling; Institute of positive technologies and consulting, Moscow, Russia;
March 2011, International English Language Testing System (IELTS), Listening 7.0, Reading 7.5, Writing 6.5, Speaking 8.0, Overall Band Score 7.5; University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations;
29 November 2010 – 26 February 2011, obtained Certificate with Distinction, Primary English Teacher Training (Primary ETTO); British Council Ukraine;
March 2010 - January 2012, Diploma in TESOL, INTESOL WORLDWIDE LTD, England;
October 2010 - April 2011, obtained Certificate, International Business English Training (Cert IBET); by BESIG, Trinity College London, English UK and The Consultants-E;
13th July 2009, obtained Business English Certificate: Higher, University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations;
26th December 2008, obtained Diploma in Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language, Moscow M.V. Lomonosov State University;
26th July 2008, obtained Certificates from Teaching Knowledge Tests, (1) Language and background to language learning and teaching, (2) Lesson planning and use of resources for language teaching, (3) Managing the teaching and learning process, University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations;
July 2001 to January 2005, obtained INTESOL Certificate, INTESOL WORLDWIDE LTD, England;
July 2001 to October 2005, Master of Arts in the Issues of Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies, The University of Manchester, Regents Theological College, England;
August 2000 to June 2001, Bachelor of Arts in Applied Theology (degree with honors), The University of Manchester, Regents Theological College, England;
August 1998 to July 2000, First year of studies is finished with distinction, was awarded with scholarship for the following year; Second year was completed with the distinction in academic and practical spheres, was offered to continue studies in Regents Theological College, Great Britain, Ukrainian Evangelical Theological Seminary, Ukraine;
September 1996 to December 1999, obtained Diploma, Accounting Specialist, The Kharkov Institute of Economics and Finances, Ukraine.

Experience
From April 2007 till now, Teacher of Business English at english4real, Kyiv;
From January 2012 to January 2013, Co-ordinator of Business English Special Interest group at IATEFL Ukraine;
From June 2007 to June 2010, Director at INTESOL Ukraine (franchise), INTESOL WORLDWIDE LTD, England;
From July 2005 to April 2007, Freelance / Part-time ESL teacher at a number of private Language Schools and for corporate clients in Kyiv;
September 2002 to August 2005, Teacher of Systematic Theology, Ukrainian Evangelical Theological Seminary, Kyiv.