✔ Trial lesson: general conversation for ADULTS: 17 or older.
✔ Why are you learning English?
✔ What do you do for a living (What is your job)?
✔ How do you use English day-to-day? Online? Offline (face-to-face)?
✔ What language skill - speaking, reading, listening, or writing - do you need the most help with?

⚠ Caution ⚠
❌ I don't provide therapy: I’m not qualified.
❌ I don't tolerate self-pity: I think it’s a sad self-betrayal.
❌ I am confused by sajiao (撒娇) and aegyo (애교)  and amae (甘え) and kawaii (かわいい).
           --> I work with mature adults only. Manipulation won't be tolerated.

General conversation for learners (aged 17+) at level B1-C2 with a clear-speaking mature Canadian man.
Skills: speaking, listening, and reading through short and interesting TED Talks.  :-)
Recommended teaching method: 10-15 minutes free talk ---> 20-25 minutes TED Talk sheet (pdf).
You can choose the topic / subject for free talk; I choose and prepare TED Talk tasks/sheets.
I am familiar with common topics in ESL and many topics used in TOEFL/IELTS tests.

** I take iTalki's standard five-minute breaks between classes. These prices are for 55- and 40-minute actual sessions.  **  :-)

General conversation (free talk): CEF B1 --> C2

Engineers, technicians, and operators in many industries require English skills.

If you want to learn more technical English, or if you just want to practice your technical English - I can help!

I am experienced with:

English for commercial and military aviation (flying/airplanes)
English for the petroleum industry (both field-work, and in-the-office accounting)
English in general business (speaking and writing in business)
English for petroleum joint venture accounting
English for the IT industry
English for the social sciences (organizational theory; organizational behaviour, psychology, sociology)

** I take iTalki's standard five-minute breaks between classes. These prices are for 55- and 40-minute actual sessions.  **  :-)

Technical English: for engineers, accountants, pilots, and other technical professionals

1. Book a session.
2. Send me your ENGLISH resume / CV (IN ENGLISH and as a word document, MAX. 2 pages) a minimum of 36 hours BEFORE your pre-booked iTalki session.
3. I will edit/amend/make suggestions and send your resume back to you at least 12 hours  BEFORE your booked session.
4. We meet on iTalki --> discuss the changes --> have a PRACTICE INTERVIEW using your resume!

Editing ONLY? : one hour for $20
Practice interview ONLY? ; one hour for $20

Ace your interview !!    ENGLISH Resume (CV) review ---> Practice Interview.

Do you need another set of eyes to look over your academic or technical writing? We can work together to proofread, edit, or amend your written work before you submit it. 🙂

WRITING: Need a second pair of eyes? Proofreading and editing service.

Do you need some mock-testing and guidance on the speaking portion of your upcoming IELTS or TOEFL test? I have experience prepping learners for both the IELTS and the TOEFL test in general, and specific IELTS timed  test simulation.

Speaking Test Prep (IELTS, TOEFL, ICAO Level 4)

Via Lingua's TEFL Certification requires over 120 hours of instruction, including over six (6) hours og observed and graded teaching practice.

My concentration or core area in my Business Administration degree is: <I>organisations</I>.

EduGuide Educational Services Inc. @ The Institute of Public Administration (government-operated institute for civil service entrants).

Courses taught: mostly academic writing, and one section of listening.

Al Hussan Education @ King Saud University:  Common First Year Program.

Courses taught: mostly English writing and speaking utilizing the Oxford Q-Skills course book series.

EIE @ Shandong Technological and Business University, Shandong Province (Sept 2016-June 2017).

IELTS-oriented writing, speaking (public speaking), and reading.

Trinity Language Centers, Taipei, Zhongli, Neihu, and New Taipei City (Mch 2016-Sept 2016)
•	TOEFL: Longman, Barron's Practice Exercises course book: all four components

Time International Language Centers (Oct 2015-Feb 2016; Banqiao and Dunhua branches)

•	TEOFL Instructor (Barron's): Listening and Speaking components
•	Conversational English Instructor (American Headway, Interchange: E6A, E6B, sub in E8A)

American Eagle, Luzhou District, New Taipei (Sep 2015-Feb 2016): ESL Instructor

•	 Immersion 4C for 11 year-old advanced students: Reading, Writing, Spelling, Phonics, and Language Arts

writing

science

history

finance

travel

Time International Language Centers offer English test preparation courses, among other products. I taught the U.S.-based TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) intensive program.
https://www-tilc-tw.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=zh-TW&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc#

My university degree - Bachelor of Administration in Organisations - is a business degree. Verified degree parchment attached.

• 6,100+ lessons completed; both my Attendance and Response Ratings are 100%

• favorable lesson-to-student (retention) ratio (I cultivate stable relationships with my learners) . ✓

Shabaka @ King Faisal University (KFU) Preparatory Year Program (PYP) 

    • Online teaching Q1  Q3 of 2020 academic year; Levels Three, Four, and Five of KFU’s PYP (18 hrs/wk)

    • BlackBoard; Moodle; MS Excel and Word; Zoom; Google Hangouts and Google Currents

    • comply with a very deadline-driven administration reporting system for grading and attendance

Common First Year Program.

Courses taught: mostly English writing and speaking utilizing the Oxford Q-Skills course book series.

EIE @ Shandong Technological and Business University, Shandong Province (Sept 2016-June 2017). IELTS-oriented writing, speaking (public speaking), and reading.

@ Time LC:
Banqiao and Dunhua branches)  TEOFL Instructor (Barron's): Listening and Speaking components  Conversational English Instructor (American Headway, Interchange: E6A, E6B, sub in E8A)
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@ Trinity LC:
Taipei, Zhongli, Neihu, and New Taipei City (Mch 2016-Sept 2016)  TOEFL: Longman, Barron's Practice Exercises course book: all four components

ESL Instructor  Immersion 4C for 11 year-old advanced students: Reading, Writing, Spelling, Phonics, and Language Arts

The Institute of Public Administration is a federal government-operated institute for the education of Saudi civil service entrants.

English Language School at IPA (full time): writing and listening (18-25 hrs/wk)

National Geographic ESL textbook series; SmartBoard; in-house attendance and grading software