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.
我的教學經歷
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.
我的課程內容與教學風格
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.
證書
Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics and TESOL - University of Leicester - 2002
證照已驗證
學歷
1999 - 2002
碩士 - Applied Linguistics and TESOLUniversity of LeicesterMA
工作經驗
2001 - 2015
TeacherKinjo Gakuin University - Nagoya, 日本
2005 - 2015
TeacherNagoya University of Foreign Studies - Nagoya, 日本
2015 - 當前
TeacherUniversity of Glasgow - Glasgow, 英國Via Veritas Vita
4.9
評分
585
學生
2,374
課程
100%
到課率
100%
回覆
4.9
評分
585
學生
2374
課程
100%
到課率
100%
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英語課程
試聽課程
395 節課已完成
USD 5.00+
English for Studying at an English-speaking University
A1 - C2335 節課已完成
USD 10.00+
享有 12% 折扣套裝方案
English Conversation with help on pronunciation and grammar
A1 - C2會話練習915 節課已完成
USD 10.00+
享有 12% 折扣套裝方案
Proofreading/Essay Correction
A1 - C2語言必要元素136 節課已完成
USD 12.00+
享有 9% 折扣套裝方案
Japanese for beginners
A1 - A2會話練習1 節課已完成
USD 8.00+
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520 個評價
dbeb19
3 英語 課程
老師的選擇
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.
2019年1月25日
652209
13 英語 課程
老師的選擇
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!!!
2017年9月7日
806a45
1 英語 課程
Thank you so much for the lesson!
2021年5月25日
29c89e
16 英語 課程
老師的選擇
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!
2019年1月18日
27058d
2 英語 課程
Great lesson!
2021年5月26日
ad518b
15 英語 課程
Excellent as always. Simon is very smart and easy to talk to. I’m always looking forward to the next lesson.