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 (06:25 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
4.9
Rating
334
Students
1,085
Lessons
98%
Attendance
100%
Response
4.9
Rating
334
Students
1085
Lessons
98%
Attendance
100%
Response
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
168 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
Professional English for Careers.(IT Workers/ Developers/Engineers/Sales&Purchasing/Medicine, etc)
A2 - C2Business293 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 2% off
IETLS, TOEFL & Cambridge Examinations
A1 - C2Test Preparation341 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 9% off
General English Lessons from Beginner to Advanced
A1 - C2Language Essentials187 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 4% off
English for Russian Speakers (Emphasis on General Conversations, Pronunciations and Vocabulary Building)
A1 - C2Language Essentials53 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 4% off
Conversational English
A2 - C2Conversation43 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 1% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
48 Reviews
Adriano Dani
1 English lesson
Teacher’s pick
I really liked the teacher, I felt confident, patient and explained questions well.
Nov 28, 2023
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
Asma
6 English lessons
Thank you for the good lesson
Jul 20, 2024
Sebastian Ponce
2 English lessons
El profesor no estuvo enfocado en la clase, por momentos estaba chaeando y no fue un espacio en el de disfrutar la experiencia de aprender.
En algunos momentos si realizo preguntas interesantes y se pudo continuar con la clase,