Teacher Robert

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Teacher Robert

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English

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Spanish

Certified TEFL teacher with over 9 years of ESL teaching experience.

Teaches

English

Native

Speaks

Spanish

Certified TEFL teacher with over 9 years of ESL teaching experience.

About Me

Me as a Teacher

My lessons & teaching style

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From United StatesLiving in Tirane, Albania (13:38 UTC+01:00)

About Me

italki teacher since Jan 2, 2017

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Hi, my name is Robert. I’m from New York where I worked in the information technology industry. Currently, I'm in Europe exploring different countries. I learned Spanish while staying here and have tried to learn other languages like Korean and Vietnamese when traveling in those countries. I have a passion for helping people achieve their English goals. I enjoy outdoor activities such as tennis, cycling and jogging.

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Me as a Teacher

As a teacher, I’m engaging, fun and patient with my students and as a TEFL trainer, I have a solid understanding of grammar and teaching methods. I live in a non-English speaking country, so I understand some of your challenges in learning a foreign language. I can empathize with your struggles. I have a wide range of teaching experience, from beginners to advance. My first job was teaching English for maths and science in a Thai primary school and then I taught Thai university students in a language center. I currently have online students from Germany, Taiwan, China and many other countries. I want my students to speak effective English whether it’s for work or pleasure!

My lessons & teaching style

All classes are customized to the student's needs. For conversation lessons, I prefer to use the test-teach-test method, where we briefly talk about the topic, usually with me asking a question or two about the topic. Then we will perform a conversational role play about the topic. At the end of the role play, I’ll give feedback. After, I may incorporate an exercise to add more relevant language and then redo the role-play. I enjoy conversations and teach through them. My style is to provide constructive corrections and to instill confidence in the students.

My teaching material

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Articles and news
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Certificates

Level 3 Teacher Assessor - The Teacher Trainer Ltd. - 2019It was a self study course with a writing assignment on the theory that underpins the assessment of teacher trainees. It had to be completed in 30 days. It enabled my employer’s program, SEE TEFL, to obtain certification from TQUK, the Training Qualifications for UK organizations and it enabled me to obtain skills to assess new EFL teachers.

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Teaching English as Foreign Language (TEFL) - SEETEFL - Chiang Mai, Thailand - 2014Trainees were required to study for 120 hours of onsite classroom skills training that included 6 observed teaching practices with real students at a range of real schools. It enabled me to be a successful teacher in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. It gave me practical skills training, language awareness training and cultural awareness training.

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Computer Programming Diploma - The Chubb Institute - 1995I was required to be a full time computer programming student for six months. It had 840 hours of classroom instruction. It enabled students to obtain an entry-level position as a COBOL computer language programmer.

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Teaching experience

2017 - 2023

Adult ESL TeacherEF (Education First) - VietnamTeaching online with EF gave me the experience of teaching English to people from all over the world. It also showed me that online teaching can be more effective than some classroom environments. I taught adult learners for both private and group lessons. I was the Service Award winner for August 2021 and earned a supplemental fee every month

2017 - 2019

TEFL Teacher TrainerSEE TEFL - Chiang Mai, ThailandTeaching grammar and learning methods to native speaking trainees gave me much more of an understanding of effective ESL lessons. It also gave me more experience in assessing ESL lessons and providing constructive feedback.

2014 - 2017

Full-time ESL classroom teacherLanna Poly Technical College - Chiang Mai, ThailandThe focus of the curriculum was on speaking skills, so it helped me develop activities to increase fluency. They were young adult students, so it taught me how to improve my teaching to more mature learners.

2013 - 2014

Full-time ESL classroom teacherWachirawit Primary School - Chiang Mai, ThailandThis was my first EFL teaching position, it helped with classroom management and creating productive games for young learners. I taught English for Math and Science to 1st thru 6th grade students. I also was the main English teacher for the 2nd graders which I had to teach reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Education

1988 - 1992

Bachelor’s - PsychologyOhio State University

Work Experience

2002 - 2013

Director of TechnologyIndependentVoting.org - New York City, NY, United StatesMy role gave me an understanding of the information technology industry. I was responsible for supporting the computer and database systems. I also developed and managed websites, social networks, and Google Apps systems. In addition, I hired and trained telemarketers for fundraising campaigns and trained office staff on software. I also made direct fundraising calls, including supporters and cold calls, which led to the development of a base of over 200 contributors annually.

1998 - 2001

QA Software ConsultantIBM Global Services - White Plains, NY, United StatesI was responsible for software quality during function, performance and regression test phases. And I developed data collection systems for end users.

1995 - 1998

QA Software TesterElectronic Data Systems(EDS) - Somerset, NJ, United StatesI was responsible for writing test scripts, developing test cases and analyzing automated test tools. And I assisted in establishing standards and procedures for the quality assurance department.

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384

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Rating

Students

384

Lessons

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English Lessons

Trial Lesson

61 lessons completed

USD 6.00+

Great Conversations!

B1 - C2

Language Essentials

215 lessons completed

USD 10.00+

Package with 8% off

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My creations

Podcast (18)

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31 Reviews

Lara Lee

7 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

Robert is an exceptional English teacher. He consistently and effectively corrects every pronunciation and grammar mistake I make, helping me improve my language skills.

Jul 1, 2023

rene

18 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

I really enjoyed to have lessons with Robert. He brings up my morale for study. Also it’s always interesting to discuss with different topics! Thanks for today!

Mar 2, 2022