This will be a great opportunity for us to meet each other and get to know each other better. I can establish your level of English and assess your strengths, weaknesses and together we can establish some future goals for us to work towards. You can tell me what you are hoping to achieve from your lessons as well as your interests so I can tailor make lessons to suit your needs. This way we can both be sure you are getting the most from your English lessons.

The best way to learn and retain a language is through practice. Pick a topic of your choice or I can pick one for you and we will have a conversation. We can use visual aids to stimulate ideas and flow. As well as writing our sentences so we can identify mistakes and self correct. Everybody makes mistakes, that's how we learn.

Conversation Practice

Whether your interview be for a job or for a school or University placement I can help ensure that you feel comfortable and confident in order to secure that role! Drawing on my degree in Business and my breadth of experience in the workplace we can tailor a lesson to suit your needs regardless of the sector. We will run through practice questions as well as tips and tricks to help you make a good impression on the interviewer and portray yourself in the best possible way. We will then finish with a role play so you can practice everything you have learnt and so that you feel fully prepared when the interview date arrives.

Interview Practice

The English for Beginners courses focus on teaching a wide range of vocabulary using PowerPoint presentations, flashcards, images and games. Students will learn vocabulary relating to a variety of topics as well as high frequency/ sight words. We then learn to construct sentences and express our ideas independently. 
Each lesson will begin with conversation practice where students will practice greetings as well as talking about themselves and their day. They will  learn to ask conversational questions too, this will benefit them in their everyday lives. 
We will then move on to phonics practice where students will learn how to blend, segment and decode. They will also learn to identify and pronounce blends, digraphs and diphthongs to aid them on their reading journey.
Next, the students will read a story independently. They will be encouraged to answer comprehension questions about the story to ensure they understand what they are reading. Students will learn about the 5ws and will construct their own questions about the story too.
Throughout the lesson, students  pronunciation, grammar, sentence construction and vocabulary will be refined, perfected and corrected. Before long students will be talking and reading fluently and naturally. 
These courses are for all ages and abilities but are particularly effective for children.

English for Beginners

Help children become excited about learning a new language with these specially designed lessons! Using lots of games, reward systems, energy and images children will learn lots of new vocabulary about a variety of topics. Children will practice phonics and begin to read and decode independently and fluently with beautiful pronunciation and a neutral accent. 
Each lesson will begin with circle time where children will practice days of the week, months of the year, seasons and the weather.
We then move onto phonics practice, blending, segmenting and decoding. We will learn all about vowels, their sounds and especially magic Ee!
Children will then read independently, each lesson providing a new and interesting story to capture their imaginations. They will learn to ask and answer comprehension questions, practicing their sentence construction, creative thinking and ability to think critically and independently.
Throughout the lesson we will play games to cement their new words and knowledge and ensure that they look forward to and love their English classes!

English for children

In 2017 I obtained my 120 hour TEFL certificate which provided me with the skills and knowledge so that I can efficiently teach English as a second language.

I obtained my Bachelors degree with honours from the University of Worcester where I majored in Business Management and had combined minors in Human Resource Management, Public Relations and Economics.

For the past two years I have been teaching students based in China English via an online platform. For students, learning online can be a very different experience compared to in class learning and they may feel distracted or struggle to engage. During my time teaching online I have developed skills and a teaching style that helps keep students focused, engaged and help them get the most from their lessons.

I Can Read is an English language centre focused on providing supplementary English classes to young learners outside of school hours. Whilst working for I Can Read I developed lesson structures and routines that help young or new learners with their expectations and creating a safe environment for their learning and growth. I focused heavily on phonics and decoding and the main aim of the curriculum was to guide students with their reading and pronunciation alongside learning new vocabulary.

At CIK I taught the Junior Kindergarten (JK) class of Vietnamese students. I taught lessons in maths, science, art, STEM activities as well as PE and English. I was their full time teacher and responsible for their health, safety, well being and happiness and supervised throughout break, lunch and nap time. I also taught the nursery class twice a day where we focused on learning the alphabet and key words then reinforced this learning in the afternoon with an art and craft session.

Cleverlearn is an English centre focused on teaching students the Everybody Up! curriculum. I taught a variety of students of varying ages but of similar ability. We covered topics from playground vocabulary to school supplies whilst playing games and practicing conversational English and how to use our new learned vocabulary.