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Uit Verenigd KoninkrijkWoont in Other, Frankrijk (08:44 UTC+01:00)

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italki leerkracht sinds 13 Oct 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.

Ik als leerkracht

I have been teaching English for 26 years and I have a Certificate in TEFLA (CELTA), an Advanced Certificate in TESOL and an MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. I was the editor of a Teacher Education journal in Japan for eight years and I taught at universities there for 15 years. I have been teaching pre-sessional courses at the University of Glasgow since 2015 so I have a lot of experience in preparing students for the cultural and academic expectations in an English-speaking university setting. The goal of the pre-sessional courses is for the students to attain an IELTS-equivalent score of 6.5 or 7. In addition, I have been teaching scuba diving and first aid since 2002.

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It is difficult to describe a specific style as each student is different and one of the greatest strengths of the Italki platform is the one-to-one nature of the classes. Consequently, I adapt my style to suit the situation and the student, and I like to use humour and fun when at all possible.

Certificaten

Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics and TESOL - University of Leicester - 2002

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Opleiding

1999 - 2002

Master - Applied Linguistics and TESOLUniversity of LeicesterMA

Werkervaring

2001 - 2015

TeacherKinjo Gakuin University - Nagoya, Japan

2005 - 2015

TeacherNagoya University of Foreign Studies - Nagoya, Japan

2015 - Huidige

TeacherUniversity of Glasgow - Glasgow, Verenigd KoninkrijkVia Veritas Vita

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Keuze van de leerkracht

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.

25 jan. 2019

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Keuze van de leerkracht

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!!!

7 sep. 2017

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1 Engels les

Thank you so much for the lesson!

25 mei 2021

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Keuze van de leerkracht

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!

18 jan. 2019