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Guided English Conversation for Teenagers and Adults (ONE or TWO per class) from Experienced American Instructor!

Would you like to increase your self-confidence and fluency in English? If so, you have found the right course for you! Hello, dear students! My name is Tina. My husband, Robert, and I run an online English tutoring business in Romania. Both of us have been teaching English for more than 24 years in Canada, South Korea, Thailand, and recently in Romania. We are located in a time zone that allows us to access the entire world within 12 hours of daytime.

We specialize in:
- NON-GUIDED English conversation (through cultural activities such as songs, stories, novels, movies, etc.)
- GUIDED English conversation (through grammar drills and reading)
- AGE GROUPS: teenagers, adults, and seniors
- MATERIALS: We use a variety of print and online materials that we have gathered over the last 20 years.
- METHODS: We offer highly INTERACTIVE lessons by using both the COMMUNICATIVE and TASK methods.
- We focus on ERROR RECOGNITION and CORRECTION in terms of PRONUNCIATION, ENUNCIATION, INTONATION, WORD STRESS, GRAMMAR, SENTENCE STRUCTURE and FLUENCY.

- We offer FULLY online classes for Mid-Beginner to Advanced levels.
- We can also help you with whatever other English language needs you might have.
- We usually use ZOOM to deliver our online classes; however, we can also use SKYPE or Microsoft TEAMS, whenever necessary.

Feel free to contact us if you have any other questions!

Extra information

Have a notepad and a pen or pencil ready just in case you need to jot down some notes. Most of the notes will be sent via the chat system from Zoom.

Location

Online via webcam

General info

suitcase iconSkills:
English as a second language (esl), English for adults, School
Age:
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level:
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration:
30 minutes
45 minutes
60 minutes
90 minutes
120 minutes
The class is taught in:English

About Me

Hello, everyone.

My name is Tina. It is a pleasure to meet you. I am both a teacher and a student of languages.
My husband, Robert, and I have been the owners of an online English tutoring business in Romania for the past 4 years.
We are both PROFESSIONAL English tutors/teachers/instructors/coaches or whatever you would like to call us.
I am in charge of teaching children and professionals from other countries, while my husband is in charge of teaching Romanian professionals.
At the moment, my husband, Robert, is the one who has the free time slots that we posted.
We are both looking forward to hearing from you very soon!

Education

ROBERT K.
* 1987 - 1991: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology and Sociology
=> THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO, New York State, U.S.A.

* 2000 - 2001: CELTA (Certificate of English Language Teaching of Adults)
=> YONSEI UNIVERSITY, Seoul, South Korea

Language Learning Experience: Spanish, Korean, Thai
Traveling Experience: Extensive travels in Europe and Asia.
Topical Knowledge: Able to discuss any topic at great length.

TINA D.
* 1989 - 1993: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Zoology and Physical Sciences
* 1993 - 1996: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with DISTINCTION in English and French Language
& Literature
=> UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
* 2001 - 2004: Master of Arts (M.A.) in Applied Linguistics (online)
=> UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

* 2007 - 2008: BUSINESS CERTIFICATES in the following courses: Business Essentials, Finance Management Fundamentals, Marketing and Sales, Human Resource Management, Business Law and Ethics, and Management Fundamentals
=> ACADEMY OF LEARNING CAREER COLLEGE, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

* May - August 2020: 120-Hour TEFL Certificate, Speech & Language Specialist Level 1 Certificate, Special Educational Needs Certificate, Dyslexia Awareness Certificate, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) - The Psychology of Success Online Certificate
=> INTERNATIONAL OPEN ACADEMY - Online Courses

Language Learning Experience: Romanian (also native), French, Russian, German, Korean, Thai / Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (because of knowledge of Romanian and French)
Loecsen and Duolingo provide me with interesting instruction in many languages that I would like to know more about: Russian, and Mandarin Chinese.
Traveling Experience: Extensive travels in Asia.
Topical Knowledge: Able to discuss any topic at great length.

Experience / Qualifications

ROBERT K. - A total of 26 years teaching English!
- South Korea (15 years - middle school, high school, college, university, private language institutes)
- Thailand (7 years - private tutoring for various age groups and levels)
- Romania (4 years teaching fully online to Romanian professionals, mostly IT and engineering professionals)

TINA D. - A total of 24 years teaching English!
- Canada (2 years - private tutoring of South Korean and Japanese students)
- South Korea (9 years - kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school, college, university, private language institutes)
- Thailand (9 years - university)
- Romania (4 years teaching fully online to various students from around the world: mostly Chinese, Japanese, Western Europeans, Mexicans, Central Americans and South Americans)

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Send a message explaining your needs and Robert & Tina will reply soon:
The more detail, the better.
Ex. "Hi, when are you available to meet for a lesson?"

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