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Forma: A method for professional English
Forma is not a language course. It is a professional development program delivered in English. The language improves because it is being used — continuously, for something that actually matters.
The problem
Traditional language instruction treats English as the subject. Grammar rules, vocabulary lists, translation exercises. The problem is that adults don't acquire language this way — they acquire it through sustained, meaningful engagement with content that matters to them.
Forma starts from the other end. The subject is always something professionally relevant: how to communicate in meetings, how to make better decisions, how to understand complex systems. English is the medium through which that content is delivered. Proficiency rises as a byproduct of genuine engagement — not as a goal pursued in isolation.
Every lesson is built around a professional topic that has real value independent of the language it is delivered in.
Language is carefully calibrated to the student's current level — simple enough to follow, rich enough to stretch. Complexity of idea is never sacrificed for simplicity of language.
Every lesson cycle ends with the student producing language — writing, speaking, or both. Reception and production are treated as equally essential.
Proficiency is not the destination. It is what happens on the way to somewhere more interesting.The Forma Method
The person behind it
I started teaching English in 2012, at eighteen, inside a language school in Campinas. My first private students came from that school — they left when I did, because something in the approach had worked for them. Every student since has arrived the same way: through someone who sent them.
I have never taught grammar as an end in itself. From the beginning, what held a student's attention was always the idea inside the lesson — the thing worth thinking about. The language followed. Forma is the distillation of that observation into a method.
Outside the classroom, I write, build software, and play drums. I work as a developer and product owner at BeNext Solutions, a software house I co-run with two partners. The same disposition that shapes how I teach — precise, structured, interested in how things actually work — runs through everything else I do.
First classes at Wise Up, Campinas. Left in 2016 to teach privately.
Stopped teaching English as a subject. Every lesson became a professional development session conducted in English.
Each student receives a program built around their professional context, their goals, and where they are in the language.
How it works
Each Forma path has 8 topics and lasts 4 months — two topics per month, one topic every two weeks. Every topic follows the same four-step cycle: two weeks of work, two live sessions with Fernando, one topic fully covered. The rhythm is consistent by design — predictable enough to build habits, varied enough to stay alive.
The student receives a short expository text with an audio transcription. They read and listen at their own pace — once, twice, as many times as needed. A vocabulary section draws attention to the language that matters most in this lesson.
We read the text together, discuss the vocabulary, and work through the comprehension questions as a conversation — not a test. The session deepens what the student has already processed independently.
Each lesson includes a dialogue from an ongoing professional narrative — a story that develops across the entire program. The student reads and listens to this episode independently, meeting the topic inside a human situation.
In the second live session, the student steps into the story as its main character and completes a real professional task — writing an email, handling a difficult conversation, running a short meeting. The lesson closes with written reflection.
The paths
A Forma program runs for one year, structured as three sequential paths of four months each. The three paths are chosen together — based on your professional context, your goals, and where you are in the language. No two students follow the same year.
Below is an example of one student's current program, to give you a sense of the kind of topics a Forma path is built around.
How to show up clearly in professional meetings — giving updates, reporting problems, handling disagreement, and running a session from opening to close.
How to act well when information is incomplete — mapping choices, recognizing assumptions, comparing options, and communicating your reasoning to others.
How to see the structure behind complexity — feedback loops, delays, unintended consequences, and the leverage points where intervention actually matters.
Who this is for
You work in English — or you will. You have functional English but it doesn't yet feel natural in professional situations. You want to develop in the language through content that is actually relevant to your career, not through exercises designed for students half your age.
Your team operates internationally or is preparing to. You want professional development that builds both English proficiency and the thinking skills that make people more effective — not a generic language training program that treats all employees the same.
Get in touch
Forma programs are designed individually. Before anything begins, we have a conversation — about where you are, what you need, and whether this method is the right fit for you. There is no enrollment form. There is no standard package. There is a conversation, and then a decision.
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