Instructor
Toby Soenen
Expert in Language Education & E-Learning Development
About me
Toby is a seasoned e-learning developer and linguist with extensive experience in language acquisition and curriculum design. With a deep-rooted passion for languages and cultures, he has dedicated years to developing high-quality, research-backed language courses tailored for learners worldwide.
Having grown up in Belgium, a country with both Dutch (Flemish) and French as official languages, Toby developed an early appreciation for linguistic diversity. Later, he worked in an English-Greek bilingual environment and has lived in Greece for many years, where he shared daily life with expats from all over the world. This constant exposure to a wide range of languages and cultures has given him a unique, firsthand understanding of how languages function across different linguistic backgrounds.
Believing that language learning should be practical, immersive, and accessible, Toby takes a different approach from traditional methods. Instead of spending years memorizing vocabulary without real communication skills, learners in his courses gain the ability to understand, feel, and construct the language from the very start.
Rather than relying on expensive, time-limited lessons or costly private tutors, Toby provides a comprehensive learning experience at an affordable price with lifetime access. His courses cover everything needed to achieve conversational proficiency, combining essential grammar, vocabulary, and real-world communication strategies in a structured yet engaging way.
His method has proven highly effective, with a 94% satisfaction rate based on over 1,400 reviews and more than 6,000 students who have benefited from his courses so far.
To ensure the highest quality, Toby collaborates with linguistic researchers, educators, and native speakers, developing academically grounded yet practical courses. His mission is to bridge the gap between theory and real communication, empowering learners with the tools to master a language efficiently and with confidence.
Through Udemy, he provides accessible and structured language education to a global audience. He currently offers courses in Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Lingala, Modern Greek, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Turkmen, and Uzbek, with continuous expansion based on linguistic research and learner demand.