Teacher Jeff
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Teacher Jeff
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Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Chinese (Mandarin)
Other
Linguistics degree holder with over 10 years of English-teaching experience
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Chinese (Mandarin)
Other
Linguistics degree holder with over 10 years of English-teaching experience
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From United StatesLiving in Salt Lake City, United States (11:15 UTC-06:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Mar 13, 2020InterestsTechTravelMedical & Healthcare
(请使用Italki聊天窗口或Skype预订课程。 微信没有屏幕共享功能。 谢谢！) Growing up, I'd always been fascinated with the natural world, space travel, psychology, and all of the sciences. Linguistics was a good fit for those interests. From my teens into college I enjoyed break dancing, martial arts, and meditation. I've lived most of my adult life up to this point in China. Fortunately, I actually enjoy my work as an English teacher. I'm excited to see some of my old students joining me for online sessions, as well as to meet new students and help them to acquire English.Me as a Teacher
I'm a career language educator and have taught English in China for over 10 years. I Studied linguistics (language science) and I'm always on the look out for tools and techniques that work in the classroom. I'm very motivated to work with my students to figure out the best path to their English proficiency goals. I see these online lessons as a great opportunity to apply what I've learned at university and in the language-teaching field. I tend to be more effective without a big bureaucracy telling me what works best for them. I want us to use what works best for us!My lessons & teaching style
The Input Method is what gets the best results out there, so that's what I've used to sculpt my teaching style, and that's what we'll use together. You may feel like your shyness is holding you back, but most often, I've found, students' don't get enough compelling, comprehensible input. Once you get enough, then you'll naturally start to volunteer more and more in conversations. One of the best sources of input is reading for pleasure. An hour with a good novel is more effective than two hours in an ESL grammar class. If you're not quite up to book club level, going through picture books while asking and answering questions and using lots of TPR can work wonders in getting you there.My teaching material
- Audio files
- Flashcards
- Text Documents
- Image files
- Articles and news
- Graphs and charts
- Video files
Certificates
TEFL 120-hour Certificate - Bridge Linguatec Online - 2020This course taught the basics of the composition of the English language and how to teach it in the Communicative Method. I passed their course, but I'm still an Input Method educator.
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Education
2009 - 2012
Bachelor’s - Linguisticsgeneral, theoretical track
Work Experience
2007 - 2008
Volunteer English TeacherA group of about 15 volunteers left the U.S. (mostly Utah) together to experience teaching in the countryside about 50km outside of Kunming for about 4 months.
2010 - 2011
English TeacherTaught for private English franchise. All levels and ages from 4-14 years old.
2012 - 2014
Kindergarten Teachers and Teacher TrainerI brought what I'd learned about babies and language to small classrooms in Sichuan. The goal was to get the babies comfortable listening to and playing in English, so they'd be more receptive to the language when starting school and reading. We were very successful with the babies and families willing to try.
2014 - 2016
English Teacher and Teacher TrainerThis was a pilot program for very young learners. My goal was to do it first and do it right.
2016 - 2019
English TeacherI developed my technique, an app, a children's puzzle book, and several other tools to supplement my private lessons. This was also the time I prepped the 2018 4th/5th/6th grade English contest winner for her winning performance in Beijing!
5.0
Rating
1,114
Students
6,582
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
99%
Response rate
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
818 lessons completed
USD 8.00+
English from Stories and News
B1 - C2Language Essentials1,117 lessons completed
USD 21.00
Package with 10% off
English Input Game
A2 - C2Conversation4,482 lessons completed
USD 14.00+
Package with 10% off
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361 Reviews
Dan Dan
2 English lessons
很舒服的上课方式，让我没有压力。会继续约老师的课，谢谢！
Feb 28, 2025
Dan Dan
2 English lessons
老师人很好，让人很放松，谢谢！The teacher is very nice! He helped me relax , thanks a lot!
Feb 18, 2025
Sherry Chou
2 English lessons
It's fascinating to talk about sth really future like post-labor economics!
Nov 20, 2024
zhe2025
2 English lessons
my son said the class very chill and insteresting
Feb 23, 2025
长安老张
1 English lesson
Big thanks to Teacher Jeff for answering many questions that have confused me for years. He truly understands the pain points and struggles of Chinese-speaking learners, as he has extensive teaching experience in China. Highly recommended!
Dec 31, 2024
yezzon
1 English lesson
老师很有耐心 真的很棒
Oct 26, 2024
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