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Daniel Leach 李洋峰
Professional Teacher
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Spanish
Norwegian
Portuguese
Chinese (Mandarin)
French
German
TESOL certified teacher with over 2 years experience teaching adults and kids.
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Spanish
Norwegian
Portuguese
Chinese (Mandarin)
French
German
TESOL certified teacher with over 2 years experience teaching adults and kids.
From United StatesLiving in Providence, United States (07:27 UTC-04:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Oct 26, 2021Interest topic
I am a Linguist and foreign language learner in addition to teaching English to others. I grew up in Washington State near Seattle and I enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, and parkour! I grew up learning Spanish and making friends with the Mexican kids at my school. My parents also hosted students from China and Vietnam. I learned a lot about other languages and cultures through them and became interested in making more international friends. I'm also an old school gamer. If you like Nintendo games, we will get along. I can't wait to meet you.Me as a Teacher
My passion for teaching started in high school when I was a science tutor for underclassmen. I knew I wanted to help people in this way, but I didn't know how until I discovered the TESOL program at my University. I was familiar with making international friends and the language concepts came easy to me because I had studied languages myself. After I taught adult immigrants at a local community college, I decided to teach foreign learners in Mexico and the experience was life-changing. I taught middle school students in Taiwan both online and in person for two years afterwards and I learned a lot about teaching from all of that experience. I can't wait to continue my journey with you!My lessons & teaching style
My teaching style incorporates what I have learned about acquiring languages in my University Linguistics program. I like to focus on comprehensible input (speaking in a way that you understand, yet introducing new grammar or vocabulary in context). Comprehensible input allows you to naturally learn a language. I think it is important to find your motivations as well. I want to know why it is that you are learning English and what it is that you would like to discuss in our lessons. Some students prefer rigorous grammar drilling and practicing in role-playing style dialogue, others would rather have a free conversation where I might talk about grammar here and there. What works for you?My teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Audio files
- Image files
- Video files
- Flashcards
- Articles and news
Work Experience
2018 - 2018
English Teacher (Practicum) OléI taught 40 hours of classes to locals in the tourism industry and 40 hours of classes to students from local primary, preparatory, high school, and universities in the state of Querétaro.
2017 - 2018
Volunteer ESL Teacher Whatcom Community CollegeI taught English to groups of adult immigrants for a state-run program which followed a curriculum and taught to a test. I taught them work English as well as English for every day situations. I was in charge of teaching the pre-literate students as they could not read or write in Spanish or English so I would occasionally speak Spanish to scaffold their learning process.
2018 - 2020
Native English Co-teacher National Taiwan Normal UniversityI developed lessons and taught them with Taiwanese middle school teachers both online and in person for the month of December. We taught for a total of 104 hours online and 120 hours in person.
Education
2017 - 2020
Bachelor's - LinguisticsLinguistics Major
Concentration in TESOL
Spanish Minor
File uploaded
Certificates
Certificate of Participation Olé Instituto de Educación 2018Proof of completion for my seminar and practicum in Mexico.
Certificate uploaded
TESOL Certificate Western Washington University 2018I chose to volunteer much of my time abroad and after classes during my TESOL education; so, I received over 200 hours of both individual and observed classroom experience.
Certificate uploaded
5.0
Rating
6
Students
11
Lessons
100%
Attendance
96%
Response
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
6 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
General English Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation (A1-C1)
A1 - C1General2 lessons completed
USD 17.00+
Package with 16% off
English Conversation Practice (A2-C2)
A2 - C2General3 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
Package with 14% off
Kid's English All Levels
A1 - C2Kids0 lessons completed
USD 17.00+
Package with 16% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
3 Reviews
Koji shimizo
4 English lessons
the best teacher i ever had
Nov 17, 2021
Paulo Almeida
2 English lessons
Amazing!!! :)
Nov 13, 2021
Jose Pablo
1 English lesson
Really cool guy, he's so focus on helping you to improve.
Nov 12, 2021
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