English teacher Steven from Scotland

Steven from Scotland

Professional Teacher
Teaches
English
Native
Gaelic (Scottish)
Speaks
French
Japanese
Gaelic (Irish)
Other
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From United KingdomLiving in Other, United Kingdom (19:28 UTC+00:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Nov 25, 2013
Interest topicReadingWritingFood
To teach is to learn. I am a curious person. Curious about culture and language, and all their expressions. I love writing, creative and non-fiction, creating language courses and adapting authentic material. I'm a translator, an advocate for Gaelic (Scotland) and Scots to be re-integrated more widely into Scotland's society, and supportive of other minority languages, such as Irish, Welsh, Breton, Basque, Ryukyuan (Okinawa), etc. I also support variety in English, and all its diverse accents and forms, including my own variety, which is SSE (Standard Scottish English).
5.0
Rating
373
Students
2786
Lessons
100%
Attendance
99%
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English Lessons

English
Gaelic (Scottish)
Trial Lesson
140 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
Boost your conversation skills in English, 1 on 1
B1 -  C2

Conversation

19 lessons completed
USD 20.00+
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English Reading and Discussion Lesson
B1 -  C1

Language Essentials

0 lessons completed
USD 30.00+
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English Group Lesson (Zoom) for 4+ students
A1 -  B2

Language Essentials

0 lessons completed
USD 55.00+
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English Group Lesson for 3 students (Zoom)
A1 -  B2

Language Essentials

0 lessons completed
USD 45.00+
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English lesson for 2 students (Zoom)
A1 -  B2

Language Essentials

0 lessons completed
USD 35.00+
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822 Reviews

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English
Gaelic (Scottish)
Student Marta Richards
Marta Richards
227 Gaelic (Scottish) lessons
Teacher’s pick
Is fior thoil leam na leasanan Gaidhlig agam le Steaphan! 'S e tidsear air leth a th' ann! (I love my Gaelic lessons with Steven. He is an exceptional teacher. Do not hesitate if you want to learn to speak Gaelic. That's what I love about our lessons--he MAKES me speak by asking questions he knows I can somewhat understand and makes me push my limits.)
Mar 19, 2024
Student Andrew Fillery
Andrew Fillery
44 Gaelic (Scottish) lessons
Teacher’s pick
Steven provided a series of pictures for me to describe and encouraged me to practise using a variety of verbs in the past tense. It was a really useful lesson in trying to be more ambitious with verb choices and use different types of sentence for descriptions.
Jan 31, 2024
Student Manuel Metz
Manuel Metz
6 Gaelic (Scottish) lessons
Teacher’s pick
Nice teacher very adaptable who has clear educational goal for each lesson but is ready to make room to answer questions that are not part of the lesson and explain grammatiacal and/or custom issue behind each student's question. A very enjoyable learning experience
Jan 20, 2024
Student Madeline
Madeline
4 Gaelic (Scottish) lessons
Steven is such a great Gaelic teacher! I feel very comfortable making mistakes and learning from them in his classroom. I highly recommend Steven to beginners in the Scottish Gaelic language - he gives me plenty of time to speak and explains in detail the "why" behind grammar and pronunciation :)
Nov 2, 2024
Student Andrew Fillery
Andrew Fillery
44 Gaelic (Scottish) lessons
Steven's lessons are always enjoyable and informative, encompassing practice of a range of language skills. Recently, a focus on reading and idioms has been improving my comprehension as well as confidence in production.
Nov 2, 2024
Student Mara Reed
Mara Reed
5 Gaelic (Scottish) lessons
He taught me some words and phrases that were interesting to me. 'Dia an thoiseach' (God be willing) ' 'S E Bheatha' (Your Wellcom) As well as teaching me the more literal meaning of these phrases 'Dia an thoiseach' Witch mean's something along the lines of God is in front I belive. and ' 'S E Bheatha' It's His life, His meaning God's. I love that he taught me the more literal meaning of the phrases I think that language and language differences are really interesting and I'm looking forward to the next lesson!
Oct 22, 2024
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