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Montenegrin
Italian
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From United KingdomLiving in Brighton, United Kingdom (00:13 UTC+00:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Mar 25, 2020Me as a Teacher
My aim is to help you build your confidence to speak, perfect your accuracy and fluency, and get into the spirit of the language. I'm able to utilise all my academic and business expertise to help you communicate more effectively and prepare for studying or working in English-speaking countries.
While I offer structured courses (A2-C1) and conversational practice, I mostly work with professionals from a variety of industries - medicine, pharmacology, marketing, social work, life sciences, engineering, human resources, finance and others - as well as college/university students.
I also provide presentation skills and essay writing lessons to both native and non-native English speakers. My lessons & teaching style
During your first lesson, we'll discuss your goals and set learning objectives. We'll then follow a programme of learning using textbooks, video/audio materials, magazine articles & other relevant resources. Learning is student-led, which means that you learn by actively engaging with the materials designed to stimulate visual, auditory & kinaesthetic learning modalities.
The most important thing to know before taking lessons with me is that you shouldn't worry about making mistakes - that's the only way to learn!
For academic writing support, we'll work together on your project.
For students who are preparing for IELTS & other formal assessments, we'll follow the standardised curriculum.My teaching material
- PDF file
- Audio files
- Test templates and examples
- Text Documents
- Image files
- Articles and news
- Graphs and charts
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Video files
- Quizzes
- Homework Assignments
Certificates
CELTA - Cambridge Assessment - 2019
Certificate verified
Certificate of Proficiency in English - University of Cambridge - 1995
Certificate verified
Certificate in Advanced English - University of Cambridge - 1995
Certificate verified
Education
1996 - 1999
Bachelor’s - Experimental Psychology
1999 - 2004
Doctorate - Experimental PsychologyPsychopharmacology research project funded by the Overseas Research Student Award (Universities UK) and the Graduate Teaching Assistantship (University of Sussex).
Doctoral thesis title:
An investigation into the effects of stress and hostility trait on alcohol-related behaviours in social drinkers.
Work Experience
2019 - 2021
ESL tutorTeaching online lessons to children and adults.
2019 - 2020
Teaching assistantProviding support and leading sessions with groups of adult ESL learners, ranging from elementary (A2) to upper intermediate (B2).
2015 - 2020
Programme DirectorWorking with client organisations in commercial and not-for-profit sectors, assessing the wellbeing needs of their employees, designing workplace wellbeing programmes, facilitating workshops and trainings, and evaluating programme effectiveness. In this role I also manage a team of associate facilitators and trainers.
2019 - 2019
School tutorLeading Research Skills in Psychology module practicals for first year undergraduate students. In addition to providing one-to-one support to students to help them write clear, concise and informative reports, I was also required to provide guidance and feedback to tutors to help them improve their presentation and classroom management skills.
2009 - 2016
Associate tutorTeaching seminars and facilitating practicals on four undergraduate modules (Brain & Behaviour, Cognition in Clinical Contexts, Psychobiology and Clinical & Abnormal Psychology), including essay and practical report marking. I was also required to run Essay Marking & Feedback sessions and provide guidance to new tutors.
2013 - 2013
Visiting lecturerPreparing and delivering a lecture on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to Cognitive Rehabilitation MSc students.
2012 - 2013
Visiting lecturerConvenor of the Psychopharmacology 3rd year BSc module; this included developing module guide, preparing and delivering lectures, essay marking, setting exam questions and marking exam papers.
2010 - 2012
Research psychologistWorking on a National Institute of Health Research-funded project.
2008 - 2010
Visiting lecturerPreparing and delivering lectures and tutorials on four undergraduate modules (Biological Basis of Behaviour, Introduction to Biological and Cognitive Psychology, Issues in Empirical Psychology and Research Methods), including essay, practical report and exam marking.
2005 - 2008
Research fellowWorking on a Wellcome Trust-funded project investigating the role of the glutamate system in nicotine addiction.
2006 - 2007
Visiting lecturerPreparing and delivering lectures on the Applied Cognitive Neuroscience (MSc) & Neuropharmacology of Cognition (3rd Year BSc) modules.
2004 - 2004
Associate tutorTeaching seminars as part of the Neuroscience of Behaviour (2nd Year undergraduate module).
5.0
Rating
69
Students
633
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
45 lessons completed
USD 14.00+
Academic Writing Skills - for secondary school, college & university students (undergraduate and postgraduate)
B2 - C2Language Essentials106 lessons completed
USD 30.00+
Package with 10% off
General conversation, Elementary (A1-A2) and Intermediate (B1-B2) courses
A2 - C1Language Essentials245 lessons completed
USD 25.00+
Package with 10% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
57 Reviews
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2 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Thank you so much for your effective session. I had her help on my personal statement and she had a look at my work before our session which smoothed our discussion even much better. I will have another session with her on my CV as well. Thanks again :)
Oct 5, 2020
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13 English lessons
👍👍👍
May 27, 2021
83fb9a
4 English lessons
A very great lesson. I learnt a lot. Thank you very much.
May 14, 2021
ebba64
6 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Very useful lesson! We discussed an example of writing a summary (abstract) for a real scientific article. Jelena helped me to choose the right terms and definitions and correctly building the logical construction of the abstract. I did not expected that Jelena understands so good quite specific professional terminology. Thank you so much.
May 15, 2020
83fb9a
4 English lessons
Very great lesson !
May 18, 2021
83fb9a
4 English lessons
Great conversation !
May 9, 2021
Trial Lesson
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