You test well. Your grammar is solid. But put you on the spot in a meeting — a question you didn't see coming, a design decision you have to defend right now — and something breaks down.
That's not an English problem. That's a communication problem. And it's completely fixable.
This episode of English for Engineers is for non-native English speakers in technical and engineering roles who feel fluent on paper but still freeze under pressure. I'm talking to Camilla Walton, founder of Cultivate English and English communication coach for international landscape architects and designers. Like me, Camilla built her whole business on one premise: generic English training doesn't work for technical professionals. You need someone who knows your world.
We get into why non-native professionals always self-diagnose the wrong problem, what's actually happening in the brain when your English confidence breaks down under pressure, and why AI tools — however useful for writing — will never replace the reps you need for real human communication.
Plus: the rapid-fire round makes its debut on the show. Camilla's answer to question one is very, very on-brand.
CONNECT WITH CAMILLA WALTONCamilla Walton is an English communication coach for international landscape architects and garden designers, and the founder of Cultivate English. She helps designers close the gap between what they know and how it sounds in English.LinkedIn | Website | Freedom to Communicate programme
CONNECT WITH OLIVIA AUGUSTINOlivia Augustin is a civil engineer and certified English as a 2nd language and Business English teacher. With her one-on-one lessons and group courses, she teaches non-native English-speaking engineers the kind of English that gets the job done.
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