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Amy
Amy is a TESOL certified teacher from Canada, but currently lives in Holland. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Sociology.
Amy has been teaching English as a foreign language to students worldwide by internet since 2009. She has experience teaching conversation and business English as well as exam preparation (such as IELTS) courses. Amy can understand how her students feel learning a new language because she has studied French and Dutch. Amy has worked in a variety of businesses, and nonprofit organizations specializing in education, research, and training. She also has worked in sales.
Amy’s wants to make learning enjoyable, and help you to increase your confidence. She is upbeat, personable, and patient. Amy keeps a well organized lesson plan to make sure the student gets the most out of each lesson. In creating her lesson plan she welcomes input and suggestions from her students.
Amy enjoys traveling, interior decorating, spending time in nature, and reading. She is a philanthropist and is an avid dog lover. Amy’s guilty pleasures include shopping and watching comedy shows.
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Amanda
Amanda is a TESOL certified teacher from Missouri (USA). She has a B.A in Spanish so she understands the concerns and aspirations when learning a foreign language. She has TESOL certificates for teaching business English and teaching children.
While studying at the University of Oklahoma in 2007, she was hand selected to help a Korean student improve his English pronunciation. Since then she has taught business and general English to all levels in Uruguay.
Amanda enjoys getting to know her students and pushing them to be confident English speakers and writers. Amanda works to make her students feel comfortable. She recognizes that in a relaxed environment her students can feel free to make mistakes in order to learn how to use the new language they have acquired correctly. She enjoys using different materials to make class as interesting and beneficial as possible, but more than anything she wants her classes to achieve what her students need and want.
Aside from teaching, Amanda is passionate about dancing. She enjoys all kinds of dancing from Irish dancing to flamenco, but nothing blows her away like Russian dancing.
Helen Krystallis
Helen is a certified ESL-EFL teacher from Ireland, who lives in Greece. She holds an honors Degree (B.A.) in English Language & Literature, as well as LCCI International Qualifications (Distinction) in Further Certification for Teachers of Business English.
Helen has been teaching English for more than 35 years. She teaches all components of the English language to a range of ages and educational backgrounds. Helen tailors her lessons to student’s needs with an emphasis on their weaker areas. She is very dedicated to her work and her students and can always motivate students to work towards achieving their goals.
She has also gained accreditation as an English Language Examiner for Major Examination organizations in Greece. Most of her teaching has been preparation for:
- the Cambridge exams (more than 12 years): KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE,
- Michigan Examinations (more than 5 years): BCCE, ECCE, ALCE, and MCPE.
She also has experience preparing for IELTS.
Anthony
Anthony is a qualified and certified English language teacher from Nottingham (UK). He has a part Master’s degree in Customer Services Management and a Bachelor’s in Politics (Hons).
Anthony has been teaching English for 13 years in the UK, Greece and Germany, where he now lives. His teaching experience includes working with beginners to advanced levels of the English language. He has worked in language schools and previously worked with an international outsourcing company and with ‘blue chip’ companies e.g. Siemens, Deutsche Bank, Intel, Cisco and Lufthansa. He has worked with and taught school and university students, employees and senior executives to CEO level.
Anthony, during the time he lived in Greece, was a certified Oral Examiner for the University of London (Edexcel EFL examinations). He has prepared students for the University of Cambridge, University of Michigan and the University of London exams since 2001. Anthony gives General and Business English lessons, prepares for FCE, CAE and CPE.
Anthony has published 2 books of fiction & humour, 2010, he has just begun to learn film making and film editing, and enjoys photography and painting.
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Kate
Kate is a certified TEFL teacher from South Africa who is currently residing in Germany. She has a Bachelor’s in Linguistics, majoring in English and Linguistics, and has been teaching English since 2008. She also has experience working as Financial Broker Assistant.
Kate’s teaching style is learner centered. She keeps lessons interesting by catering to the student’s personal needs. Her friendly, patient and supportive personality helps learners to achieve their goals without getting frustrated or feeling embarrassed about their English skills. Kate has taught a broad spectrum of multicultural students ranging in age from 9 – 55 in South Africa, South Korea and Germany.
In her spare time Kate is an artist and she enjoys reading. Her love of languages has prompted her to learn Spanish in addition to her English and Afrikaans. She loves traveling and learning about different cultures.
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Melissa
Melissa is a TESOL certified teacher from Buffalo, New York (USA). She also has a Bachelor’s of Spanish Secondary Education and a Master’s in Foreign Language Education and before becoming an English teacher she taught Spanish for 10 years.
Melissa has been teaching English to international students and medical and business professionals since 2007. She also taught ESL at the University at Buffalo. While there, she taught courses on listening, speaking, grammar, and writing as well as preparing students for the TOEFL exam.
Melissa’s teaching philosophy is rather eclectic, incorporating numerous methods and procedures. The classes are tailored to suit the needs of the learner. In her classes, students have ample opportunities to practice the target language in a variety of ways. They may, for example, choose to discuss cultural differences, read short passages, practice common English idioms, or read and write poetry.
Melissa enjoys reading and watching foreign language films.
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Bryan
Bryan is a CELTA qualified English language teacher who currently lives in Dublin, Ireland. He has a BA in Business Studies with a post graduate diploma in Stockbroking and Investment. He has over 6 years experience working for a major US Global Investment Bank and has been giving one to one private lessons with adult students for the past year.
Bryan uses the communicative approach to activate newly acquired language. He dedicates time to ensuring that his students come away from each lesson with better English skills. Bryan is a very friendly and patient teacher and believes that more learning takes place in a relaxed and fun environment. He uses the internet widely to source real materials that are relevant to the students needs, level and interest and can formulate lessons to develop skills in the four main areas of reading, writing, listening and speaking. He uses radio podcasts, blog articles, news sites, You Tube clips and other internet material that encourages the student to listen to real native speakers.
With over 6 years international financial business experience, Bryan can help you with specialist financial business English.
Bryan’s has a passion for adventure sports and the outdoors, he currently gets his thrills from Kite Surfing. He is a Kayak-er and has Snowboarded in top resorts all over Europe. He likes conventional sports such as tennis and football. He is also interested in financial markets, economics and global business.
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John Rice
John is a TEFL certified teacher from Hastings (England). He has a Bachelor’s in Russian Studies and has been teaching English since 1983. John spent several years in Novgorod, St. Petersburg and Moscow as a teacher of English and now he works online from home in England.
His students were from Intermediate to Advanced. He taught general English, Business English and exam preparation (IELTS , TOEFL iBT, GMAT).
John enjoys teaching English and finds it’s important for the students to have fun while learning.
John has travelled around many parts of Europe, to China and to Africa. In China he walked along parts of the Great Wall. In Africa he journeyed through 10 countries, going from Cairo to Cape Town over a period of 4 months – by bicycle!
He likes to read, especially history and historical stories. He enjoys walking and cycling in the countryside near his home.
Adam
Adam is a certified TESOL English teacher from Chicago, Illinois where he currently resides. He has a BA in English and an Associate of Arts degree in Computer Network Management.
Adam has over 3 years of experience teaching English. He has taught students from a wide range of levels and ages. Adam lived and taught English for one year in a public high school in South Korea. He has also taught various subjects and grades in an elementary school in Illinois. Most recently, he has been instructing one-on-one English classes to business professionals and their family members living in Chicago.
Adam loves to travel. He has been to many different countries. In addition to traveling, he especially enjoys reading Charles Dickens novels and other Victorian authors. Other hobbies include playing the guitar and ukulele, cooking, weightlifting and sports. Adam is also conversationally fluent in Spanish.
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Steven
Steven is from London, England, currently living in Vietnam. He is a certified CELTA, TEFL, Business TEFL Instructor. He has been teaching Business English, Technical English, General English/Conversation for more than 26 years and teaching in Asia and Russia for almost 12 years, to students of all levels and ages, including upper high school, university and senior executives. He has more than 8 years experience preparing for IELTS.
Steven is a very passionate teacher, who does his best to get his students motivated, instilling confidence and ensuring the importance of really improving his students English Language skills for their future .
Steven has a diploma in business management and has over 20 years of business and commercial experience. He also had great success having been the Principal/Proprietor of a Business English School in north Thailand, specializing in one – to –one tutoring.
Steven also speaks conversational German & basic Thai. His interests include: English History, Philosophy, English Civil War Society, Travel, Swimming, Music, Dancing & Cooking. Please note that Steven teaches students only with a webcam.
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Gary Jones
Gary is a certified TEFL teacher from Tampa, Florida (USA) who currently lives in Ukraine. He graduated from Towson State University majoring in Business Administration and Marketing. He has a strong business background and conducted seminars in Marketing, Negotiating, Customer Service, Team Building and Sales Training, Business Planning and Time management. Gary wrote articles in National Financial Magazine and he is the author of the book “Mortgage Talk”, New York.
Gary has taught General English, Business English and TOEFL. He has taught a lot of Ukrainians and Russians therefore he understands what they like and do not like in the learning process. He has created a special program to teach the correct pronunciation and articulation. In this method of teaching the student is more of a participant than a spectator.
Gary likes to watch soccer and travel in his free time. He has been very lucky to have been to many places around the world.
David
David is a certified TEFL teacher from Bethlehem, New York who currently lives in Oslo, Norway. He has a BA with Honors in Political Science&Russian. He has been teaching English since 2006.
David strives to tailor lessons to the individual needs and interests of his students, with the overall goal of improving their ability to communicate. As an experienced language student, he is intimately familiar with the challenges of learning a foreign language and how to overcome them. His background is especially helpful for teaching native Russian speakers how to speak English. His teaching style, while serious and comprehensive, is also patient and friendly.
While learning Russian, he lived and studied in St. Petersburg.
In addition to Russian, David has studied Arabic and Norwegian. Aside from languages, he loves reading, music, film, sports, the outdoors, travel, cooking, current events, and conversation. He is always interested in learning about life in other lands.
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Michelle
Michelle is a TEFL certified English teacher from Portland, Oregon in the USA. She has been teaching English for almost 4 years now. Michelle has a Bachelor’s degree in Humanities and is currently pursuing her Master’s in English literature.
Michelle has lived in many places. She is in Germany now and enjoys her teaching career. Most recently she has been teaching general English for all ages including small children; academic English for high-school and university levels; and Business English for employees from diverse fields and employment levels, including IT engineers, doctors, lawyers and vice-presidents of multi-national corporations.
Her hobbies involve hiking in the mountains or bicycling in the beautiful city parks.
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Jan
Jan is an Australian living in the USA. She has a Graduate Diploma in Education (English and Modern Languages) and a Graduate Diploma in TESOL. Jan has a B.A. (Honours) in English and she has been teaching English for about 30 years. She has been working as an IELTS examiner for more than 8 years.
Jan is a very flexible, creative and talented teacher with a very sound understanding of the English language. Her reputation is for being quick to establish rapport with students as well as to identify their needs and respond appropriately.
In Australia, Jan taught English to students preparing to enter Australian Universities and to migrants from a range of cultural backgrounds in the Adult Migrant English Program. Over the past decade, she has taught in schools, language centres and Universities in Hong Kong, mainland China, Thailand and Vietnam. Jan has been teaching online for over three years. She is interested in reading, writing, painiting and swimming.
Jan gives only IELTS speaking lessons, she doesn’t teach General English.
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Hal
Hal is from the state of Michigan (U.S.A.) and currently lives in Thorndike, Massachusetts, U.S. He has MA in ESL, Univ. of Massachusetts; BA in Russian, Univ. of Michigan; three graduate courses in linguistics, Hartford Seminary Foundation.
Hal has taughtEnglish for about 20 years. He also worked as a lexicographer, Merriam-Webster editor, and U.S. immigration officer. He was an instructor of ESL grammar & writing at Saginaw Valley State University; tutored and subbed for ESL grammar & writing classes at SVSU.
In spring 2007, Pro Lingua Associates published his “The Idiom Book,” a set of 100 idiom lessons for advanced ESL students.
His hobbies are woodworking, hiking, rock climbing, and identifying wild North American trees and shrubs.
Hal can get along in German and Russian.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth is from the USA, where she now lives in Massachusetts. She has MA in TESOL and BA in elementary education. Elizabeth has done post-graduate work in linguistics at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass, where she also taught business English to international students.
She has over 20 years experience teaching ESL/EFL in the USA and internationally. She has taught at all age levels, from children to adults, including refugees, university students and business and medical professionals. Her style and philosophy is to make students relaxed so they will be comfortable and gain confidence when speaking English. She likes to ask students just exactly what they want to learn and focus on: pronunciation, listening comprehension, idioms or specific technical vocabulary.
Elizabeth has had more than five years experience preparing students for the TOEFL; she has also taught preparation for the TOEIC. She teaches business and medical English and has taught business executives (their wives and children) from several international corporations such as Dow Chemical, Dow Corning, General Motors and Ford.
With her husband, Elizabeth has recently completed writing a book on English idioms.She enjoys life, interacting with international students, walking, gardening and animals, especially cats.
Barry
Barry lives in Dublin, Ireland. He holds a TEFL Diploma with an endorsement for Business English and has also studied English literature at University level. Barry has over 4 years of teaching experience including 2 years of one-to-one online lessons with students from Russia, China and Japan.
Barry has a depth of experience in IELTS preparation particularly with the oral exam, successfully building the confidence of students, improving their fluency, and importantly maximising their abilities and score within the available time. Barry takes real satisfaction in enabling students to achieve their goals with the English language through a communicative approach. Some examples of real and meaningful topics for you to improve your general speaking and listening skills include: global and current affairs, culture, travel, sports and outdoor activities, leisure, music/movies, geography, history, business, politics, food, family and society.
Barry previously worked in Theatre and Film production. He enjoys conventional sports such as tennis and football as well as the more adventurous sports of snowboarding and kayaking. Barry’s greatest passion has to be foreign travel having visited over 20 countries across 4 continents while living and working in many of them.
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Lori
Lori is from Canada. She completed her Masters of Teaching in Australia 4 years ago and is currently working on a JD in Law. Lori also has B.A. in Sociology, minor Political Science.
She has taught English in Canada, Australia and Korea in private and public schools as well as lecturing at a University. Lori has experience in teaching a variety of ages; as well as individuals with a variety of motivations for learning English.
Lori believes that English should be fun and that practise makes perfect. She feels that lessons should be personalized to the individual’s goals and interests.
In her spare time Lori enjoys sports and travelling. Her other interests include dancing (she had experience working as a highland dance teacher), reading, baseball and swimming.
John
John is a TESOL certified native American. He is presently teaching TOEFL level English to university students in Ecuador. Previously, John taught English to high school students, business professionals, and university research staff in Kiev, Ukraine.
Prior to assuming his career as an English teacher, John obtained a Master’s in Oceanography and a Bachelor’s in Biology. Then he served in the U.S. Navy and retired with the rank of Commander. John was involved in the information technology field working as an A+ certified computer repair technician, and a high school network administrator. John also served as the president of the TechAlliance computer cooperative for five years.
John’s hobbies include aerobic running, hiking and foreign travel. He also likes watching meaningful movies, attending music concerts, and testing out food delicacies at various unassuming restaurants. John is very much looking forward to teaching English online where he hopes to pursue topics such as improving pronunciation, enriching vocabulary, building grammar, and sharing cultural experiences.
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Irene
Irene lives in Lincolnshire (county of England). Irene graduated from Chester Teachers Training College Course of Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Irene has been teaching English for more than 15 years.
She also worked as in Interpreter and took part in TACIS training programme teaching language open-university technique.
Irene uses a lot of methods and programms while teaching. Students describe pictures, listen to audiofiles and watch videos.
Her interestes are music, Fine Arts, Applied Arts, and Fine Art Culture History.
She prepares for FCE, CAE, CPE, ESOL.
Shelly
Shelly is from the USA. She has over 12 years teaching English experience. She has her Bachelor’s in Art History and her Master’s in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Shelly is also a certified IELTS examiner and an ibt TOEFL administrator.
Shelly was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She has lived in North Carolina, Indiana, as well as Italy and Hungary. She taught doctors, chemists, and researchers how to speak and interact with their American counterparts.
Shelly truly enjoys working with her students. A good listener, she is patient and curious about her students’ interests and needs. She likes to use humor when teaching because it lowers the stress and anxiety of the learner so that more knowledge and language can easily be attained. Furthermore, she can adapt to her student’s needs well. If a student needs IELTS preparation, she can help him/her with the speaking and writing components by giving them actual topics that are currently on the exam.
She can also give tips on how to get a higher band score and impress your examiner. Whatever the student’s need is, Shelly will do her best to help the student achieve his or her goal.
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Ray
Doctor Ray is an Australian ESL professional who has extensive experience in lecturing in Universities in Vietnam. He conducts General English and Business English classes, and he has experience with IELTS and TOEFL IBT. He is also a TESOL trainer. Before becoming an ESL instructor 9 years ago, Ray operated two very successful businesses in Australia that won prestigeous awards for innovation.
Ray has a very clear British like educated Australian accent. He can help you to improve your speaking ability by his sympathetic pronunciation correction, and he can help you to expand your vocabulary and grammatical structures with his easy to understand intuitive teaching style.
His interests include the playing and composing of music, singing (he was a professional musician and singer in Australia, photography (Member of the Australian Master Photographers Assn-ret.) and travel. Ray speaks German reasonably well, and he can also speak some Chinese and Vietnamese.
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Owen
Owen is South African, and he lives in Cape Town. He has a university degree in Business Science, majoring in Economics and doing his honours in Marketing.
He is TEFL certified and has been teaching English online for more than four years, teaching both General English and Business English. Owen enjoys teaching English because he likes helping people and seeing them make real progress in their English. He strives to make his lessons interesting, challenging, and relevant to the individual student’s interests and English learning needs.
Owen’s interests include surfing, travel and music.
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Ann
Ann is an English for Academic Purposes university lecturer and IELTS teacher with more than 30 years experience. She is a New Zealander who has spent a lot of her life in Australia and England. Ann has Bachelor of Arts: Major in Russian.
Of the last two years IELTS preparation classes she has taught with her programme, all the students have passed, with 2 out of the 14 getting an 8 out of the possible 9, and all the others achieving scores of over 6.5, with most 7 or over. Ann is a caring but exacting teacher who will demand the best from you.
With her careful attention to your individual needs, Ann will enable you to go straight into your degree programme, so that you need only use your valuable resources for that. She really enjoys teaching and hopes you can share this learning experience with her.
Ann enjoys playing the piano, reading, listening to music, swimming, and learning about cultures, history and science. Ann prepares for IELTS and she doesn’t teach General English.
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Dani
Dani is an Australian woman married to a Russian academic. She has a Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language Certificate, a Bachelor of Arts in Russian Language & Philosophy and a Diploma of Multimedia. Dani has been teaching English to foreign students from around the world for more than 11 years.
Dani enjoys tutoring English on a one to one basis because she finds that the students get more confidence and are encouraged to ask more questions this way. Her lessons can be as structured as you like. If you want to practice English conversation more than anything else, then she is happy to do that with an emphasis on growing your vocabulary. If you want more grammar lessons; just let her know your areas of concern and she will do her best for you.
Dani likes to play volleyball, go swimming, take photographs and watch movies.
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Martin
Martin is originally from Guernsey (Great Britain) currently living in the Czech Republic with his Slovak wife. Martin has a TEFL certificate along with nearly 4 years of teaching experience, teaching both teenagers and adults in both General and Business English. Martin has many resources at his disposal and along with his calm and accent free speaking is able to bring many ideas and topics to the lessons.
Martin also has a NEBS Supervisory management certificate – and worked as a department Manager. Before becoming a teacher he worked in the retail trade for over 25 years. This experience has taught him many things to do with business. So Martin is able to teach Business English on many levels.
Martin also has experience in teaching Medical English and is happy to teach any other Specialist Business English. This includes Aviation English as he has a keen interest in flying, and though he does not have a ‘pilot’s licence’, took the controls of an Aerobatic plane with a fully qualified instructor pilot sitting along side him. Before moving to the Czech Republic he was actively involved in the local flying club.
His hobbies include – photography, Do it Yourself – D.I.Y., walking and computers – Macintosh.
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Martin Connole
Martin is a TEFL certified teacher from Devonshire (England). He has a Bachelor’s of Education in English (Hons) from Dorset Institute of Higher Education.
Martin has been working as a TEFL teacher and academic manager for over 25 years. He taught in Spain for 9 years, owning his own school. He has worked as Director of Studies in two very large and prestigious language schools in the UK.
Martin’s has always enjoyed the teaching aspect of his work most, and has considerable experience teaching General English, Business English, and examination work particularly the Cambridge examinations PET, FCE, and CAE. He once worked as an examiner for Cambridge UCLES for the written paper of the CAE exam. Martin has nearly 6 years online tutoring experience and has developed a broad range of his own online English lessons which cover a range of grammar, language functions and vocabulary with a special emphasis on improving oral fluency.
Martin enjoys cycling, walking, swimming and badminton.
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Mallory
Mallory is a TESOL certified teacher from Ohio (USA). She has B.A. in Psychology and Spanish and has been teaching English for more than 6 years.
Mallory has taught English in Costa Rica and Uruguay. She later managed a language school and gave private English lessons in Panama. She’s worked with children and adults of all ages. Mallory has taught business English and she has experience in TOEFL and GMAT preparation.
She believes that building rapport, keeping motivation high through positive reinforcement, and the natural production of English grammar are crucial aspects to a great ESL classroom. Her policy is based upon having less ‘teacher talk time’ and more student involvement; this is the most productive way in which a language can be truly absorbed.
Class with Mallory will revolve completely around your needs, depending on how you want to develop and where your interests lie. She includes a variety of different materials for each aspect of language learning, helps in confidence building, promotes personal growth and strives to make sure that you comprehend everything thoroughly.
Her passions include art, the outdoors, animals and people. She enjoys writing, reading, drawing and being outside every moment that she can. Most importantly, she loves teaching and believes that language should be treated not only as a means of communications, but also a way to share culture and ideas.
Katherine
Katherine is from Bristol (England). She has a TEFL certificate along with 5 years of teaching experience teaching adults both face to face and online.
Katherine has over 10 years experience in the Financial Services Industry having worked for a major bank and several Independent Financial Advisers. She holds a Certificate in Financial Planning and has reached Senior Administrator level within her sector. With her friendly and calm manner is able to communicate and build solid relationships with people of all ages.
Katerine is a patient teacher and enjoys helping people learn. She adapts to her student’s needs by talking about topics relevant to their lifestyle and interests. Katherine particularly enjoys teaching pronunciation and conversation practice, specilizing in colloquialisms and everyday English. She also teaches grammar, listening, reading and writing.
Her interests include music, hiking (she climbed Macchu Picchu in Peru), history, cats and dancing (she trained at a theatre school in North London).
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Heidi
Heidi is from Las Vegas, Nevada (the USA). She has more than 5 years of teaching English experience teaching all ages. Heidi has B.A in Elementary Education and MAED with Distance Learning Specialization.
Heidi has had experience teaching higher level business classes for clients, such as Toyota, G&E, and Gemesa. Her clients include business professionals as well as children, young adults and college students. Heidi feels passionately about teaching all aspects of English, including speaking, listening, writing and reading. Her qualifications include teaching for business, travel, medical, academics, or general conversations.
Her goal in every lesson is to encourage confidence in every learner. She truly believes everyone can learn if they are willing to have fun and enjoy the learning process.
Heidi enjoys spending time with her family, reading, yoga, and traveling.
Mark
Mark is from the U.S.A. and lives in his native home of Kentucky. He works (as a pilot) out of Boston, Massachusetts. Mark is TESOL certified and has been teaching English as a Second Language for more than 10 years.
Mark has a Bachelors in Graphic Design and a Masters Degree in Aerospace and is a Captain on the 767 with American Airlines and he flies internationally.
Mark is also a Medical Doctor in practice since 1993. He specializes in pain management (massotherapy and acupuncture). He also has Ph.D. : major in Addiction. Mark also taught Anatomy and Physiology at the University of Kentucky.
He loves to interact with people of all different cultures and enjoys his trips to Europe and he has traveled all over the world. He has taught Aviation English to Commercial Pilots and understands the Language of the Cockpit.
Some of Mark’s interest’s include Mountain Biking, Tennis, Swimming and Travel.
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Alan
Alan is from California (USA) and has over 6 years of experience teaching English. He has Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and has an English teaching credential from California and Texas.
Alan has taught English in public schools in The United States and has also worked internationally in Southeast Asia, Peru, and Brasil. He currently resides in Sao Paulo, Brasil where he teaches private classes in Business English and International Test Preparation. In addition to Business English and Individualized conversation classes, Alan is qualified to help students prepare for IELTS, TOEFL and GRE.
Alan speaks Spanish fluently and is currently studying Brazilian Portuguese. He has worked with several international NGOs throughout Latin America and truly understands the importance of connecting language instruction to real world situations.
Alan understands that his students take their language learning seriously, and as a result, he dedicates the time necessary to ensure that students meet their goals and come away from class feeling completely satisfied with their experience.
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Ross
Ross is a certified TEFL teacher from Minehead, Somerset ( the UK). He has B.A. (Hons) in Modern History from university of London, as well as Postgraduate Diplomas in Law and Legal Practice from University of the West of England. He has extensive commercial experience, including running his own business. Most recently, he worked for a management consultancy company specialising in IT, working for major international companies.
Ross believes that lessons should reflect the interests of the individual student, and aims to include topics relevant to the student’s needs and level of English, as well as appropriate source materials. Ross encourages his students to use language that is as precise as possible and free from jargon. Ross is an enthusiastic conversationalist, easy to get on with and very friendly.
Ross’ interests include good food and wine, classical music and good films. He loves the countryside and believes the best way to see it is from the back of a horse. He is able to instruct students in good manners, correct professional and social etiquette and English traditions. Ross also has a particular interest in Russian history and culture, and is always enthusiastic to discuss these topics with his students. He also speaks some French, and is currently trying to teach himself Russian.
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Annette
Annette presently lives in Maryland in the USA although she has lived in 7 countries on 4
continents. Annette is TESOL certified and she has been teaching ESL for over 5 years in Malaysia, the US and Costa Rica and in that time has taught all ages from 3-65 at every level of ability from Basic to Business English.
Her extensive expatriate and travel experience have given her great insight into cultural and learning styles. She places strong emphasis on the practical use of English and incorporates pronunciation and conversation in every lesson.
You will find that Annette is a caring and nurturing teacher who is sensitive to your individual needs. Her creativity and adaptability as a teacher ensure that your lessons will be taught in a fun and supportive manner. Annette will be with you during each step of your English learning journey. There are no mistakes when speaking English, only opportunities to learn!
Annette has training in the travel and hospitality business. She has also owned and operated a wine and gourmet food business. Her interests are international travel, photography, reading, cooking and art.
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Jehane
Jehane is originally from Bristol (England) but she has lived in Spain the last four years. She is a qualified TESOL teacher and has been teaching English for over 6 years.
Jehane’s English lessons are planned to suit individual students’ needs and abilities. She uses a variety of material to make the lessons interesting including, grammar exercises, internet articles, general articles focussing on specific areas (for example; business, travel, education, applying for a job, moving to England). The trial lesson enables Jehane to assess your level of English and your objectives. She will work out a plan to suit your requirements and ensure you learn English and, importantly, enjoy the lessons!
Jehane has a business background and especially enjoys teaching business English (before becoming a freelance language teacher she was a marketing manager in England for a major British retailer). Whether you want to improve your English skills for leisure or business purposes, Jehane would be delighted to help you with: pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary, reading and listening skills, writing and editing documents (business or general).
Jehane loves languages (she speaks fluent Spanish and some French and German) and helping others to learn English. Her work also includes copywriting, editing and translating. In her spare time Jehane loves to spend time with her children relaxing in the beautiful area of Spain they live in.
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Nathaniel
Nathaniel is a CELTA qualified teacher from England with more than 6 years of teaching English experience. He has taught all levels of English from beginner to advanced, including IELTS and CAE exam classes. He also has a BA Hons in Drama and Theatre Arts from the University of Birmingham.
Because of his theatrical background Nathaniel has massive success with students who struggle with their English pronunciation. Nathaniel’s teaching style is energetic and motivating. He is a patient and supportive teacher who will work with you to devise a syllabus which focuses on your individual needs. Nathaniel is interested in keeping you enthusiastic about your English studies by providing challenging and varied classes. His lessons take advantage of what the internet has to offer by incorporating ‘you tube’ and other online tools.
Nathaniel is passionate about the arts. He loves theatre, film and galleries. He is a film maker himself and has written and directed comedy and documentary series broadcast on television in the UK. He also loves travelling having travelled all around the globe from Argentina to Australia. He loves trying different and interesting foods from all around the world and he also loves cooking.
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Helen
Helen is an experienced university lecturer and English teacher from the UK. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics and a Master’s degree in Business Administration. She has a post-graduate certificate in Teaching from Derby University. Her industry background is in the Information Technology and Telecommunications sector.
Helen has been teaching English for more than 15 years. She is particularly experienced at helping people who need English for their business or study. She encourages them to practice difficult situations such as interviews and examinations through role-play.
Helen’s TOEFL, IELTS and EIKEN students have a 100% pass rate and even report enjoying the examination. Helen uses the internet widely to find real learning materials that are relevant to the student’s needs, level and interests.
Helen encourages students to listen to real natives speaking in natural situations, as soon as they can, using radio podcasts, blog articles, news sites, YouTube clips and so on. Her gentle, calm approach makes her a very supportive and friendly teacher for those new to study, out of practice with English, and those who are downright scared of speaking with foreigners.
Helen knows Russian, German, French and a little Japanese. She also writes humorous stories about time travel, the post-living community and dodo-keeping. These stories are fictional.
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Carmine
Carmine is from the USA (New York City and Miami, Florida). He has Bachelor’s of Graphic Arts and experience working as a web designer and a fashion stylist in New York. Carmine has over 6 years of English teaching experience. Now he lives in Prague, Czech Republic. Carmine is TEFL certified and has extensive experience teaching one-to-one privately, Business English courses and online via Skype. He is qualified to teach English in all areas of conversation ranging from sports, culture, arts, nature, politics, business and whatever else may interest and suit his students. Carmine very much enjoys working with people to help them build their knowledge through the use of the English language.
Carmine also works as a golf instructor and a television actor in Prague. He loves nature and dogs (all animals). Carmine enjoys his experience living in Europe traveling and exploring the array of culture surrounding his home in the Czech Republic.
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Karen
Karen is from the USA (the state of Alabama). Karen has a B.S. in Language Arts/Secondary Education, a Master’s level certificate in TESOL, and more than 10 years experience teaching ESL. She has taught several university ESL classes, but prefers teaching one-to-one because this allows her to tailor the classes to each student’s individual needs and goals.
Karen has experience in teaching all aspects of English (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) and is qualified to teach English for a variety of purposes such as general conversation, cultural education, academics, and business communication.
Karen is an avid reader. Her interests include history, travel, politics, and pop culture. Her hobbies are enjoying the outdoors, watching movies, trying new restaurants, knitting stuffed animals, and talking with friends.
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Catherine
Catherine is a Canadian native. She currently resides in Warsaw Indiana, USA. She has a Masters of Business Administration and Bachelors with Honors in International Business Relations and Development and a Minor with Honors in Political Science. She has experience acting as an Adult Business English Consultant to a wide array of Asians.
Catherine has her teaching license from the State of Indiana and over 11 years teaching experience. Catherine tries to diversify her teaching methods to better meet the needs and desires of each individual client. She uses numerous teaching methods such as: internet, newspapers, articles, songs, video and audio clips that relate to the clients education, background and working experience.
Catherine’s professional experience consists of a Professional Day Trader, Director and Officer Underwriter for a Capital Risk Management Group, an Intermediate Accountant, and a Manager of Operations. She has a solid knowledge of Financial Management, Financial Planning, Accounting, Market Analysis, Customer Relations, and Business Planning and Development.
Catherine has a love for animals and spends a lot of her free time with her own two dogs. She also enjoys playing tennis, volleyball and ice skating. She can speak French and Danish at an intermediate level.
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Wayne
Wayne thinks of himself as an Australian after 30 years there, but was actually born in Manchester in England. His qualifications include an MBA, B.A. of Education, Trintity Cert TESOL and a wide range of business qualifications.
He can speak in a wide variety of dialects, including British, Australian and American English.
Wayne has lived in Prague since 2007 and teaches at a high school there and has successfully prepared dozens of students for entry to prestigious American and British universities. He also has a strong reputation in the city as a skilled teacher of Business English and is an active member of Rotary International.In Australia, he taught conversational English to foreign taxi drivers as well as providing career advice to military men and women leaving the defence forces.
What can you expect from a lesson from Wayne? Your syntax, grammar and pronunciation will be corrected, but just as importantly, you’ll participate in lessons that are interesting, challenging and relevant to your needs. Wayne will set homework for you, and will extend your knowledge and vocabulary.
If you need English for Special Purposes, he is experienced in developing your vocabulary and understanding in Business English, Medical, Aviation, Accounting and Financial English, Law, Marketing, Drama, Acting, Poetry and other areas.
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Erin
Erin is from Arizona in the USA and currently lives in Montevideo, Uruguay. She has been teaching English since 2007. Erin has a B.A. in Spanish and Political Science. While working towards her degrees, she was privileged to teach Political Science at Arizona State University, as well as worked part time teaching English to Spanish native children with speech and hearing problems.
After graduating, Erin served as Rotary International’s ambassador to Montevideo, Uruguay and worked towards her Master’s in International Relations at the Universidad de la República. During her ambassadorial year, she volunteered teaching English and when the year ended she earned her TEFL certification and was offered a job at a private English institute. There she prepared students for their FCE and Proficiency exams as well as taught Business English courses and a range of other levels and conversation classes.
Her experience in learning other languages helps her understand the struggles and frustrations students experience and she works with students to develop lessons that cater to their needs, interests and goals. Erin has a friendly, outgoing personality and incorporates her enthusiasm and creativity into her lessons so students have fun and learn.
Erin loves to run long distances, dance and travel. She also loves to learn which is why she enjoys teaching because students have so much to share.
Cynthia
Cynthia is a TEFL certified teacher from New Orleans (USA), but spends a lot of time in Dublin, Ireland. She has a Bachelor’s in Kinesiology (Minor in Psychology).
Cynthia has more than 8 years teaching English experience and a lot of TEFL certificates (Teaching Business English, Pronunciation and Grammar, TEFL for Young Learners – are only some of them). Cynthia has taught absolute beginners to advanced learners. She taught general and Business English, management, finance, marketing and accounting. In addition she has also prepared students for TOEFL, IELTS, FCE, CAE and CPE. She believes learning English should be fun, but serious.
Cynthia is a young, motivated and well-traveled teacher that enjoys watching students learn and understand the language. She will tailor a lesson around the students’ objectives and goals. She likes to use various course books, newspapers, magazines and podcasts and have conversations about current affairs and world topics.
Cynthia loves not only watching football (Liverpool and the Saints) but likes to play too. She loves to cook Creole, Chinese, and Vietnamese cuisine. Cynthia also likes to go trekking and scuba diving whenever possible.
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Ewa
Ewa is an experienced English teacher and attorney admitted to practice in Arizona, USA. She has been teaching English for over 16 years. Ewa has a Bachelor’s with Honors in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and a Master’s with Honors in English and American Literature. Ewa also holds a J.D. in Law from the GGU University in San Francisco.
Ewa worked as an attorney in Arizona and has taught numerous ESL classes both in Europe and in the United States, including all language skills. Ewa worked as a member of the examination committee in a private college as well as a marketing and business school in Poland.
Ewa likes using a variety of teaching tools and creates personalized courses and programs for each student, according to one’s needs and aspirations. An avid language learner herself, Ewa enjoys helping others learn. Through her own learning-teaching experience she has developed an array of methods and techniques that she has found to be most effective. In addition to teaching all levels of General English, Ewa teaches Business and Legal English. She prepares for TOEFL, PET, FCE, CAE and CPE.
Additionally, Ewa is also fluent in Polish and can speak some German and Russian. She currently lives in Germany where she works as an English teacher, translator and editor.
Ewa enjoys hiking with her dog, drawing, crafts, reading, learning foreign languages and writing. She has published several essays dealing with social and political issues.
Mystique
Mystique is a TEFL certified Canadian living in Mexico. She has been teaching English for almost 3 years now. Mystique has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a Spanish minor from the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada.
She also holds an accounting diploma and teaches University English at ITESO University in Guadalajara, Mexico. Mystique also teaches Business English and has taught in several international companies such as Hewlett Packart, Siemens Electronics, and Flextronics.
Mystique has prepared students for many international exams such as TOEFL and GMAT.
She likes to focus on all the four skills of learning a new language: speaking, reading, listening, and writing and help incorporate different learning techniques and strategies.
Mystique knows Spanish and some French. She loves the sun, beach, snowboarding, and all kinds of animals.
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Jessica
Jessica is from England and has been teaching English as a Foreign and Second Language for 18 years. She has a Post-Graduate Diploma in TEFL from the University of Wales College, Cardiff. She also has a Bilingual Diploma in Travel and Tourism.
Jessica has taught all levels from Beginner to Advanced and exam preparation such as PET, KET, FCE, CAE and Proficiency. She has also taught IELTS and TOEFL. Jessica also has experience teaching both ESP, Business English and Conversation classes. She enjoys teaching exam classes in particular, but is happy to cater for students’ specific study requirements.
Jessica has travelled extensively throughout her teaching career and has lived and taught in countries such as Japan, China, Pakistan and much of The Middle East. Most recently she taught for two years in Saudi Arabia at the only all ladies’ university in the capital city of Riyadh.
Jessica loves travelling, and has also spent a lot of time in North America, where she has relatives. She also loves keeping fit and does yoga and swims.
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Donna
Donna is a certified TESOL and TEFL teacher from the UK (Edinburgh, Scotland) and is now living in Italy. She has been teaching English for more than 7 years in public and private education.
She has also worked in the Tourism industry and has a strong background in Tourism Management. Donna has a Master’s in Tourism and Languages and N.E.B.S. Certificate in Tourism Management.
Donna specializes in Travel English as well as General and business English. She also prepares students for Cambridge exams (KET, PET, FCE, CAE) and BEC.
Donna understands the importance of learning a language and makes her lessons fun and interesting. She is fluent in Italian and knows some Spanish and French. She enjoys reading, swimming, horse riding and travelling.
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Marie-Ann
Marie-Ann is from Australia. She worked in the Middle East and is now living in Hungary. Marie-Ann got her BA in English Literature from Sydney University and her MA in Teaching English for International Business from the University of Central Lancashire in the UK.
Marie-Ann has been teaching English for more than 20 years and has covered a wide range of courses from General English for beginners, Academic English at universities, to in-company Business English for business professionals. She has prepared students for IELTS and for Business English exams. She sees the teacher’s role as one of stimulating and enabling interest. Learning is the student’s role and cannot be done by anyone else.
Marie-Ann is fluent in German and has worked as a freelance translator as well as teaching German to migrants and their families. Marie-Ann loves literature, music (she used to sing), experiencing new places, tasting new food and is at present trying to master the art of growing vegetables, which she regards as a serious challenge. She’s never been keen on sport, but likes going for long walks and being outside in nature.
Maya
Maya is originally from South Africa, but has been living and working in England since 2002. Maya has a BA (Hons) degree in History of Art and an MA in Fine Art as well as a TEFL qualification.
She has over 8 years of teaching English experience. Maya also worked in an international secondary school teaching students from all over the world. She enjoys bringing relevant contemporary and historical issues and ideas into her classes and aims to keep her students engaged by offering them a personalized approach to their language learning. Having worked with secondary school students she has also had experience in preparing students for university degrees and vocational courses.
Maya has experience in preparing students for IELTS and advanced English qualifications.
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Dave
Dave is from Massachusetts (USA) but currently lives in Ecuador. He has perfected his teaching technique working as a full-time teacher over the past 14 years. Dave also holds a college level degree in IT, specializing in telecommunications technology – that’s why he especially likes to work with students from IT sphere.
Dave prides himself in helping students perfect their fluency. He has had experience successfully helping a wide variety of students from over 15 different countries reach their English goals. Dave enjoys teaching business English and prepare for job interviews. He is friendly, energetic, tech savvy, and very enthusiastic. You will find Dave to be very patient and encouraging while he maintains very high standards, motivating you to achieve success.
What are your English goals? By stimulating your motivation and driving you to new levels, Dave will help you reach them. Dave is also 100% fluent in Spanish, so he has gone through the pain-staking process of learning another language. This personal learning experience has greatly benefited his teaching style.
Erik
Erik is a TEFL certified teacher from the UK living in the Philippines. He also has a BA Hons in History. Erik has 6 years teaching English experience.
Erik likes to make his lessons challenging and fun at the same time. Erik also worked for IBM for 12 years as a senior consultant and International Project Manager which involved handling projects in thirty eight different countries so he is quite experienced for teaching business English, English for IT and English for Project Management. Recently he has been involved in preparing students for job interviews in English and assisting in the writing of student’s resumes and IELTS.
Erik is a former professional squash player and international squash coach. He is also a former British Army captain. He plays tennis, basket ball and loves chess, reading, classical music, hifi and photography. He is currently the chief editor for a small publishing company specialising in the publication of books which explore the overlaps between Quantum Theory and Buddhist philosophy.
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Michelle Alison
Michelle is from the UK (London). She has a B.A. with Honours in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. She also has a TEFL Certificate from Trinity College, London. Michelle has over 15 years of English teaching experience in total, 10 years of which were spent in London teaching a wide range of students of different nationalities and very different cultures. The last 5 years, Michelle has been teaching English in Argentina.
Michelle has prepared many students for PET, KET, FCE, CAE and CPE. She has also taught business English. Part of her teaching duties in London was to prepare students for the English they needed for their chosen careers, such as hair-dressing, business communication and computers.
Michelle enjoys teaching all English skills including reading, writing, listening, speaking and grammar. She is an avid reader and is interested in world events and enjoys discussing current news issues and different cultures.
When Michelle is not working, she enjoys dancing tango, walking along the coast and relaxing with her children and cats.
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Helen Knights
Helen is from Kent (England) and lives in France. She has a Certificate of Education from the University of Birmingham and has been teaching for over 30 years. Helen worked a great deal with children who had learning difficulties which required patience and understanding, two qualities that she feels are very important when teaching English as a Second Language.
Since 2005, she has been teaching English as a Second Language in France and Belgium. She has taught General English and Business English, particularly, Telephone skills, Meetings and Presentations.
Helen believes that learning should be fun whatever the age of the student. She uses the Communicative Approach and tailors her lessons to meet the student’s needs. Her lessons are interactive using stimulating and interesting topics with the emphasis on student speaking time and building confidence to use English in real life situations.
When she is not working, Helen enjoys walking, gardening, socialising, cooking and of course eating! She is an avid reader and a passionate rugby fan.
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Sarah
Sarah is a TESOL-certified teacher from Florida (USA). She holds a B.A. and a Masters in Elementary Education, with a Technology Specialization, from the University of Florida. Sarah has experience teaching ages 2 to adult, most recently as an English teacher in Inner Mongolia, China.
Throughout her teaching career, Sarah has taught in a wide variety of environments: from one-on-one lessons with 3 year olds to 70-student middle school classes. She has taught business English to employees of international companies, and led seminars for Chinese teachers. Sarah has taught IELTS and TOEFL courses to teenagers and adults, and has helped prepare students for emigration to the USA, UK, Canada, and Australia.
Sarah’s teaching style is very student-centered. She wants the student to be comfortable in the lesson, and is at ease talking about any subject. She believes that her role as a teacher is to assist the student as they develop an understanding of the language, and to help foster a desire to learn English to a fluent level.
Sarah enjoys traveling and anything that has to do with the ocean. She has enjoyed almost every book she has ever read, or movie she has ever seen. She loves to play sports in her free time, especially American football.
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Jamie
Jamie is a TESOL certified teacher from Esher, England. He also has MSc in Computer Science and before becoming an English teacher he taught Computer Science at colleges and university in England and Scotland for 14 years.
Jamie has been teaching English since 2003 and has experience of teaching in Thailand, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. He taught general English at college, TOEFL on a university foundation course; employability skills (which includes business English) at university, business English in the petroleum and banking sectors as well as IELTS preparation. He also taught English to trainee English teachers at university in Kazakhstan.
Jamie enjoys driving into the mountains and spending his free time away from the hussle and bussle of city life. He also enjoys computers and meeting people on the internet.
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George
George is an American language instructor from New York, with over 20 years’ experience. He has also taught French, Spanish and Italian. He holds a Bsc from Columbia University, and an Msc and a PhD from New York University. George has various trainer certifications for teaching English for Business. He has taught at all levels and to all types of audiences, from High School to university level, as well as to business executives, professional people and politicians. He also teaches English for specific purposes such as Legal, Medical, Technical, as well as preparation to the Cambridge Examinations (KET, PET, First and Advanced Certificates, Proficiency), TOEFL and GMAT.
In his teaching, George prefers the oral communicative approach – setting specific objectives and actively using different types of media to practice speaking at a natural and dynamic pace in order to help the student function in the new language and perform naturally and with ease. He also puts emphasis on accent reduction and phonetics.
Besides languages, George has also taught and is a specialist in the area of Cross-Cultural Communication, which includes Cross-Cultural Presentations, Negotiations, Team-building, Diversity in the workplace, etc. in many countries around the world. He has also published several multi-media language methods.
Besides being fluent in Italian, French and Spanish, he also speaks Danish, Norwegian and Swedish and can get by in German. He is an avid follower of world events, likes and practises several sports (tennis, skiing, swimming, etc.), enjoys reading and is a fan of good food and wines.
