Thomas Callis
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Thomas Callis
Professional Teacher![]()
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Portuguese
Spanish
French
Chinese (Mandarin)
Certified CELTA teacher with over 10 years experience
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Portuguese
Spanish
French
Chinese (Mandarin)
Certified CELTA teacher with over 10 years experience
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From United KingdomLiving in Other, United Kingdom (12:43 UTC+00:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Dec 12, 2014Me as a Teacher
I have 10 years experience (7 as a full time English teacher). I've worked at language schools and freelance depending on my circumstances.
My experience has mostly been teaching adults or mature teenagers.
Part of being a teacher is to test the students and choose exercises that are challenging. I want my students to learn something new every class.
As a teacher, I focus on conversations, questions, presentations, description, explanation, & debate. The goal is for my student to produce what they learn in a way that sounds natural.My lessons & teaching style
I use the whiteboard on italki as it helps so much with structure, grammar and examples.
I prefer my students have a goal. Short-term goals are better. Maybe you want to pass a test, get ready for a trip, prepare for full-time education and live in an English-speaking country. A motivated student means a motivated teacher.
A class could:
1) begin with specific grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and expand to other things and topics.
2) begin with a topic and then focus on gram/vocab/pronunciation.
Homework is good, but is the student's choice.
Materials, links and syllabus' provided.My teaching material
- PDF file
- Audio files
- Text Documents
- Image files
- Articles and news
- Video files
- Homework Assignments
- Test templates and examples
- Graphs and charts
Certificates
Celta teaching certificate - University of Cambridge - 2010
Certificate verified
Certification of Celta - New College Nottingham - 2010The place where I studied for the Celta
Certificate verified
Bachelor of arts in contemporary history - university of leicester - 2008
Certificate verified
Education
2005 - 2008
Bachelor’s - Bachelor of contemporary history
Work Experience
2010 - 2012
TeacherThis was my third job as a language teacher, but my first abroad. I stayed for a year and a half, learning the ropes in the process.
2012 - 2014
TeacherFreelance teacher and a student
2014 - Current
TeacherCurrent location.
5.0
Rating
83
Students
1,073
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
88%
Response rate
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
10 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
General English
B1 - C2Language Essentials917 lessons completed
USD 26.00
Package with 10% off
Homework feedback class-PRICE INCLUDES MARKING & REVIEWING TIME OUTSIDE OF CLASS!
A1 - C2Language Essentials1 lessons completed
USD 20.00+
Group class: analysis and discussion
B2 - C2Language Essentials46 lessons completed
USD 35.00+
Availability
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374 Reviews
Alessandro
279 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Excellent
Jul 20, 2017
Marcin
2 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Experienced and well prepared teacher. Thanks for this lesson
May 19, 2017
Einav bernstein
52 English lessons
A great lesson like usual!
Sep 25, 2020
Ivan Neila
50 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Excellent preparation for the CPE exam. Thanks Tom for your time and methodology. See you next week. More expressions in the pipeline...
May 25, 2017
Einav bernstein
52 English lessons
Perfect like usual!!
Nov 9, 2020
Einav bernstein
52 English lessons
Great as usual!
Thanks
Sep 17, 2020
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