Jean (IELTS & more)

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Jean (IELTS & more)

Professional Teacher

Teaches

English

Native

Speaks

Spanish

Specialties

Test Preparation

Kids

Business

Native speaker ~ TEFL & TESOL Certified ~ All ages - All levels

Teaches

English

Native

Speaks

Spanish

Specialties

Test Preparation

Kids

Business

Native speaker ~ TEFL & TESOL Certified ~ All ages - All levels

About Me

Me as a Teacher

My lessons & teaching style

Resume

From United KingdomLiving in Santa Marta, Colombia (10:26 UTC-05:00)

About Me

italki teacher since Apr 13, 2022

Interest topicFoodFilms & TV SeriesTravelReadingWriting

I'm Jean, a native English speaker from the United Kingdom. I have 3 teaching qualifications. I started in the classroom in 2007, teaching English, French and Geography in Malawi, I then continued to teach English in Italy, Wales and Colombia and have been privately tutoring students online since early 2020. In between this teaching, I graduated in International Tourism Management and subsequently owned, operated and then sold three tourism-related businesses.

Me as a Teacher

I have been teaching one-to-one online since early 2020. I can help with: pronunciation, conversation, general English, business English, IELTS preparation, reading, writing, and listening skills, academic English, and English to support your kids with their homework, grammar and useful phrases.

My lessons & teaching style

My lessons start with a chat or warm-up, which allows us to communicate naturally, have a laugh, get to know each other, apply vocabulary and grammar that you already know, and also bring up and use lots of new vocabulary, phrases, grammatical elements and improve pronunciation too. After that, we focus on a certain skill: e.g reading, writing, listening or speaking, or an area of grammar that you find challenging. To finish off, I’ll set an activity or activities for you to do outside of class to keep your momentum. In my lessons, we will use a range of activities such as exercises, realia, videos, games, flash cards, actions, sounds etc.

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

120-hour Premier TEFL course - The TEFL Org - 2021Incorporating 50-hr TEFL, 30-hr Grammar & Language Awareness, 20-hr Video Observation, 10-hr Telephone Teaching and 10-hr Teaching Large Classes Courses

Certificate verified

IELTS Tutor Contract of Employment - Kirsty Tutors - 2020To land this position I provided references from my IELTS students who achieved the band they required, I also evidenced 175 hours of TEFL and Teacher training. I had to demonstrate: • The principle stages of a lesson and relevant activity types • Lesson planning • Correction techniques • Specific techniques that encourage active learning

Certificate verified

Contract of Employment - Baby Lou International - 2011English teacher position to children up to 17 years of age in Italy and Wales. https://www.babylou.it/umbria-english/

Certificate verified

Bachelor of Arts - Robert Gordon University - 20113 years of study at Aberdeen Business School and 1 year work placement in industry

Certificate verified

TEFL & TESOL - i-to-i - 200920-hour intensive course: developed techniques for teaching grammar, vocabulary and skills-based lessons.

Certificate verified

Teaching Skills Training Course - Saxoncourt Teacher Training - 2006The principle stages of a lesson and relevant activity types. Lesson planning. Teaching skills in the context of relevant subjects and teaching situations, e.g TEFL. Specific techniques that encourage active learning. Teaching different age groups. Evaluating and exploiting available teaching materials. Correction techniques. Group management and motivating different types of student.

Certificate verified

Teaching experience

2006 - 2007

Classroom TeacherChaminade Boys School - Karonga, Malawi

2011 - 2012

English TutorBabylou - Perugia, Italy

2011 - 2012

Senior English TutorBabylou - Cardiff, United Kingdom

2012 - 2013

Lead InstructorYambalo - Bogota, Colombia

2020 - Current

English TutorTeacher Jean UK

Education

2007 - 2011

Bachelor’s - International Tourism ManagementRobert Gordon UniversityComplementing the specific tourism focus, the course also emphasised a strong understanding of the key management disciplines.

Work Experience

2013 - 2017

Owner OperatorCasa Elemento - Colombia

2017 - 2018

Owner OperatorTayrona Sailing - Colombia

2018 - 2022

Owner OperatorHotel Beyonda - Colombia

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Rating

243

Students

1,633

Lessons

100%

Attendance

100%

Response

5.0

Rating

243

Students

1633

Lessons

100%

Attendance

100%

Response

English Lessons

Trial Lesson

131 lessons completed

USD 14.00+

Beginner General English

A1 - A2

Language Essentials

122 lessons completed

USD 20.00+

Package with 10% off

Intermediate General English

B1 - B2

Language Essentials

464 lessons completed

USD 20.00+

Package with 10% off

Advanced General English

C1 - C2

Language Essentials

146 lessons completed

USD 20.00+

Package with 10% off

Informal Tutoring

A1 - C2

Conversation

212 lessons completed

USD 15.00+

Package with 10% off

IELTS Preparation

A1 - C2

Test Preparation

360 lessons completed

USD 20.00+

Package with 10% off

Business English

A1 - C2

Business

198 lessons completed

USD 20.00+

Package with 10% off

Availability

Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)

35 Reviews

Davide Pigozzi

51 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

Jean is an extraordinary teacher, both in terms of grammar knowledge and in terms of availability and attention. We had detailed lessons, extended exercises and useful homework to train on grammar topics (my requirement). I would definitely recommend her for your English improvement journey!

Aug 29, 2023

Kate Vi

4 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

Jean is a great teacher! She pays attention to details and builds classes according to my needs. Also, she is easy and pleasant to communicate with =)

Jun 19, 2023