Tutor Desmond

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Tutor Desmond

Professional Teacher

Teaches

English

Native

Speaks

Akan Twi

Native

Russian

French

IELTS Prep Specialist// General English teacher// Business and Engineering background.

Teaches

English

Native

Speaks

Akan Twi

Native

Russian

French

IELTS Prep Specialist// General English teacher// Business and Engineering background.

About Me

Me as a Teacher

My lessons & teaching style

Resume

From GhanaLiving in Kharkiv, Ukraine (20:36 UTC+00:00)

About Me

italki teacher since May 18, 2020

Hello!! My name is Desmond and I'm an enthusiastic and charismatic teacher. I have an Engineering background(Masters in Petroleum Engineering). I 'm a sociologist so I'm always up to talk and to have interesting conversations as this supports my researcher's curiosity. In the meantime, I'm working as an English teacher in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania including having kindergarten and ESL classes as well. This profession showed me how interesting and exciting teaching really is. I'm fluent in English, Russian and a little French. I was born in Ghana but my family migrated to the UK when I was 6 years old. I'm also in the current process of learning Swahili!

Me as a Teacher

I am a certified English Tutor (TESOL); specifically teaching English to speakers of other Languages. I specialize in IELTS, Business English, Conversational and others. I have also taught science-related subjects at University level where i hold a Masters degree in Petroleum Engineering. I have close to 10 years in both traditional classroom settings and on the internet. I have prepared students for IELTS, TOEFL, FCE, and CAE.

My lessons & teaching style

- Business and Professional English. ( Improving Oral Communication in Business settings) - In each lesson, Grammar and Vocabulary building sections are tackled. Topical lessons help students to remember vocabulary, phrases and expressions quite easily. - Audio and video files are played and examined to aid Student's listening, pronunciation and intonation skill development - Modern methods like mind mapping and Ben Franklin exercises for improving accent are incorporated. - I define student's language level and set time-bound goals and actually ACHIEVE them. - English Literature is incorporated to the plan as well as writing sections for Professionals

My teaching material

PDF file
Text Documents
Presentation slides/PPT
Audio files
Image files
Video files
Flashcards
Articles and news
Quizzes
Test templates and examples
Graphs and charts
Homework Assignments

Certificates

Teaching Certificate - Preply.com - 2020

Certificate verified

English teaching certificate - Verbling - 2020

Certificate verified

TESOL - iTTT - 2018Certificate for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.

Certificate verified

Education

2015 - 2017

Master's - Msc Petroleum EngineeringKharkiv National Technical UniversityFocus on Energy systems and Business

Work Experience

2017 - 2018

English TeacherABC Language School - Pokrovsk, Ukraine

2019 - 2020

ESL TutorVerbling - California, United StatesOnline ESL Tutor

2018 - 2020

ESL TutorPreply.com - Massachusetts, United States

4.9

Rating

346

Students

1,165

Lessons

98%

Attendance rate

100%

Response rate

4.9

Rating

346

Students

1165

Lessons

98%

Attendance rate

100%

Response rate

English Lessons

Trial Lesson

175 lessons completed

USD 5.00+

General English Lessons from Beginner to Advanced

A1 - C2

Language Essentials

212 lessons completed

USD 10.00+

Package with 4% off

English for Russian Speakers (Emphasis on General Conversations, Pronunciations and Vocabulary Building)

A1 - C2

Language Essentials

56 lessons completed

USD 10.00+

Package with 4% off

Conversational English

A2 - C2

Conversation

52 lessons completed

USD 10.00+

Package with 1% off

Availability

Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)

51 Reviews

Engin akülke

16 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

One of the best tutors you can choose on italki thank you!

Oct 9, 2024

Сабина Мансурова

78 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

Desmond is a really good teacher, he takes into account individual needs, selects the required difficalty of the tasks and increases it. I am very comfortable with him.

Jul 21, 2021

Ahmed

4 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

Desmond in a helpful and engaging teacher. I highly recommend him for every body, who wants to learn and improve their English or even to prepare for taking tests.

Jun 2, 2020