During the trial lesson we shall get to know each other and I will explain my coaching method to you as well as evaluate your current language level and thus be able to personalize the class specifically to your needs.

This is an English  session/lesson personalized to each student and focusing on four key parts of oral speech: Pronunciation, Vocabulary, Grammar and Fluency. I will work with you to create a solid foundation from which you will continue to grow in fluency. Our final goal will be for you to feel absolutely confident in reading, writing, listening and speaking in public. We will use my unique, fun and extremely effective teaching and coaching method which I have developed over the past 15+ years of teaching.

Fluent Communication in English

This is a Spanish  session/lesson personalized to each student and focusing on four key parts of oral speech: Pronunciation, Vocabulary, Grammar and Fluency. I will work with you to create a solid foundation from which you will continue to grow in fluency. Our final goal will be for you to feel absolutely confident in reading, writing, listening and speaking in public. We will use my unique, fun and extremely effective teaching and coaching method which I have developed over the past 15+ years of teaching.

NOTE: An UPPER INTERMEDIATE or higher level of English/Thai/German is required in order to study this course if the student wishes to begin to study Spanish from zero. This is because there is a lot of information that must be explained, especially at the beginning of the journey to learn Spanish. 

Esta es una sesión/lección de español personalizada para cada estudiante y que se centra en cuatro partes clave del habla oral: pronunciación, vocabulario, gramática y fluidez. Trabajaré contigo para crear una base sólida a partir de la cual seguirás creciendo en fluidez. Nuestro objetivo final será que te sientas absolutamente seguro al leer, escribir, escuchar y hablar en público. Usaremos mi método de enseñanza y coaching único, divertido y extremadamente efectivo que he desarrollado durante los últimos 15 años de enseñanza.

Fluent Communication in Spanish / Comunicación Fluida en Español

Learn to draw from scratch (or from whatever level you find yourself at). In addition to having been a professional English and Spanish teacher and coach for more than 15 years, I have also been a professional drawing instructor. I've taught drawing in schools and universities for almost as long as I've taught languages.  You are guaranteed to learn to draw within 5 hours. This course is available in English, Spanish (so you can use this as a way to practice your English or Spanish with a native speaker who is also a professional teacher) in Thai or in German (Nicolas is not a native speaker of these, though he speaks these languages fluently).

NOTE: Due to new a Italki policy, I can no longer offer packages of 10 lessons. Apologies!

Learn to Draw in English or Spanish (Learn to draw in 5 lessons or 100% of your money back!)

Post Graduate Certificate in Education (with a specialization in International Education)

60 hour TESOL Certificate, which I studied in person at the Institution's facilities.

Post Graduate Certificate in Education (international) with Merit

I was in charge of hiring of new foreign teachers as well as networking with local consulates and representing the school locally when the Superintendent was not available. I also taught part time in the International Baccalaureate program (in English as this was an international school).

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I taught Daily and Business English to a variety of levels of Chinese students using Hujiang's proprietary online platform. This prepared me uniquely to continue to teach online with italki.

I taught all art classes and a several social studies classes. I also ran the theatre department and other after-school clubs, as well as establishing the Model United Nations Program in the school. This taught me to be an flexible teacher, able to cope with many different situations which in turn makes me uniquely adept at teaching all levels of ESL students (as all of our students were second language learners).

Design and teach my own fine arts curriculum for 11-14 year olds at one of the best international schools in Asia.