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Michelle
Michelle is a certified and experienced English teacher from Portland, Oregon in the USA.
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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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.
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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Scott
Scott is from New Zealand. He is a certified TESOL teacher with 5 years experience working with students in both Italy and Taiwan. He has taught all ages and levels specializing in Cambridge University exams such as FCE and CAE as well as Professional and business English exams BEC and IELTS. Scott has also helped students prepare for TOEFL exams. He also has nealry 2 years of experience as an ESL online teacher, teaching business Englsih to advanced levels in Taiwan.
In New Zealand he worked as a Coaching and Deveoplment Team Leader in a contact centre so has 4 years experience in business and management. He really enjoyed helping people learn new things and grow as individuals so teaching was a natual step for him. In his free time he enjoys everything doing with the outdoors such as surfing, snowboarding, hiking and cycling. He also loves travelling and taking photos of his experiences.
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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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Patricia
Patricia is from San Diego, California (USA). She has a Master’s degree in Psychology and an advanced TEFL certificate. She is a very patient teacher. She is a student of a foreign language too (Spanish) so she knows what it’s like to be a student.
Patricia speaks Spanish and a little French.
In her classes-Patricia uses movies, songs, games, debates, and finds lots of things that are of special interests to her students.Patricia tailors her classes to her students’ interests. She primarily works with medical, legal, and business professionals at this time.
She has extensive experience in Healthcare Administration, Business, Marketing and Public Relations, Psych and Social Sciences. Patricia has worked with non profit organizations and NGOs in Domestic Disaster Relief coordinating emergency relief services, providing teaching and instruction for recovery from wildfires, earthquakes, and hurricanes.
She loves all sorts of animals and participates in wildlife rescue. Patricia currently lives in Spain.
Her hobbies include hiking, gardening, traveling, international cooking, decorating and crafts.
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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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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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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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. She also prepared students for Cambridge Exams (FCE, CAE, CPE).
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 Cambridge exams, she doesn’t teach General English.
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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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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.
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.
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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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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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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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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Jan
Jan is an Australian living in Asia. 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 and Universities in Hong Kong, mainland China and Thailand. 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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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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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.
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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.
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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Lori
Lori is a Canadian currently residing in Australia. 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.
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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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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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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