English teacher 19c25f

19c25f

Professional Teacher
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
French
Japanese
Spanish
From United KingdomLiving in Other, France (08:42 UTC+01:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Oct 13, 2015
Hi, my name’s Simon! I am British and I like travelling! I have been to around 40 countries and I lived in Japan for 20 years. Now I live in France so I can understand what people learning a language are going through as I learned Japanese and I am currently studying French and Spanish. I like hiking, camping and bushcraft. When I was younger I spent two years backpacking in Asia so I have tramped the Annapurna Circuit twice and climbed Mount Kinabalu twice! During that journey, I came across scuba diving and yoga, two pursuits I continue to this day. I have been a scuba diving instructor since 2002. Also, I dabble with writing, meditation, poetry, chess and other things besides.
4.9
Rating
585
Students
2374
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate

English Lessons

Trial Lesson
395 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
English for Studying at an English-speaking University
A1 -  C2

335 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 12% off
English Conversation with help on pronunciation and grammar
A1 -  C2

Conversation

915 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 12% off
Proofreading/Essay Correction
A1 -  C2

Language Essentials

136 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Package with 9% off
Japanese for beginners
A1 -  A2

Conversation

1 lessons completed
USD 8.00+

Availability

Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)

520 Reviews

dbeb19
3 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Super premier contact avec ce professeur. Il vous mets tout de suite à l’aise et sait entretenir une conversation. J’ai hâte de passer aux cours suivants.
Jan 25, 2019
Student 652209
652209
13 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
For an immigration purpose, I had to get IELTS 7.0 (each band), and looked for the qualified English teacher who has many years of experience in teaching. Now that I got my desired scores (actually higher than that - L 9, R 8.5 S&W 7), I feel so grateful that I met Simon! He helped me a lot during my IELTS journey especially for my writing score to increase from 6.5 to 7. For the last three months, he motivated me to write more essays and gave me excellent feedbacks and estimated my possible score for every writing piece that I produced. The classes always went smooth, in an interactive and fun way, so I never got bored. I really admired his long teaching experience and ability to attend in details! Apart from that, he has collected very useful and hands-on information about IELTS and how the scoring system work, and he never minded sharing this valuable information with me. If you need IELTS score and find a qualified teacher, I do recommend Simon as your English teacher!!!
Sep 7, 2017
806a45
1 English lesson
Thank you so much for the lesson!
May 25, 2021
29c89e
16 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
In our lessons, we have combined both interview preparation and general conversations. Simon is an excellent teacher and an amazing person. He is confident, intelligent, knowledgeable and capable to listen to me as a student. He has reacted to my needs, be they help, guidance or further explanation, adopting a supportive and an encouraging approach. He always gives honest feedback and challenges with (unexpected) questions that make me think. Being a linguist, he understands what intercultural communication is. Last but not least, he has a good sense of humor, which adds to the whole experience. Although I still can't articulate my thoughts in English as fluently as I would like to, I feel I've been making some progress. Thank you for that, Simon! And let me highly recommend you!
Jan 18, 2019
Student 27058d
27058d
2 English lessons
Great lesson!
May 26, 2021
Student ad518b
ad518b
15 English lessons
Excellent as always. Simon is very smart and easy to talk to. I’m always looking forward to the next lesson.
May 21, 2021
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