From United StatesLiving in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (12:26 UTC+08:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Nov 4, 2019
Hello! My name is Michael and I'm an experienced English teacher teaching Academic, Business and even Conversational English to students of different ages. I have a passion for education and have been dedicated to teaching students for more than 10 years now. I also have a background in photojournalism and majored in History.
Me as a Teacher
Overall, my purpose is to help learners of English to better themselves in the use of the language, to inspire learning and helping learners become citizens of society. Being able to make confident and appropriate decisions and adapt to situations with learners gleamed for my many years of interactions with people of all walks of life.
My lessons & teaching style
As a skilful teacher, I believe in co-operative learning. Modelling my style with Bloom's Taxonomy of learning with my lessons reflecting Bloom's six segments of learning, i.e, knowledge, comprehension, application, analyse, synthesis and evaluation.
Certificates
TESL - Seattle Central Community College - 1993
Certificate verified
4.9
Rating
132
Students
926
Lessons
100%
Attendance
98%
Response
4.9
Rating
132
Students
926
Lessons
100%
Attendance
98%
Response
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
52 lessons completed
USD 8.00+
Academic Writing, Editing & Proofreading
A1 - C2Language Essentials91 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Package with 5% off
Conversation Practice
A1 - C2Conversation590 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 6% off
Business English
A1 - C2Business193 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 6% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
186 Reviews
Nalva
1 English lesson
Teacher’s pick
Michael is an attentive, empathetic and super kind teacher. I recommend his classes to everyone.
Jul 23, 2020
Johannes Franz Roger Grimme
6 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Having had my first speaking-based lesson (as agreed upon prior to the conversation) with Michael, I'm happy to say that he is a great teacher who listens carefully, keeps the conversation going and points mistakes out if necessary. That is exactly what I was looking for. Therefore I'm happy to work further with him.
Highly recommended.
Jul 18, 2020
SULTAN
1 English lesson
Teacher’s pick
Professional teacher with academic background, patient and starts with the basics and hear from you to point out the weakness in your english and how to work on them. If you look for a native speaking teacher that you feel comfortable with and helps you then you are in the right page.
Mar 23, 2020
Andrea Longhi
73 English lessons
This was another memorable lesson with Mike. We started with a conversation and then moved to a reading session to improve my pronunciation.
Jul 5, 2024
Anton
1 English lesson
this guy is not a tutor. complete waste of time. without letting me say a couple of words to understand my level he started requiring a clear American pronunciation as a was born in the problem is that this guy mambles himself sounding like he is one hundred years old guy having no teeth.
Jun 6, 2024
Andrea Longhi
73 English lessons
Thanks Mike for all your invaluable feedback, your pronunciation corrections are much appreciated!