From United StatesLiving in Other, Turkey (13:05 UTC+03:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Nov 18, 2021
My name is Mister Mike. I am a native of the North Eastern United States, Southern New Jersey. This is the most popular accent you hear in American movies. I have taught ESL for over 15 years; over 8 in Shanghai, China. My students have won English competitions twice in Shanghai. From ages 3-9 for English basics. Public speaking and teaching over 30 years. Also Business English for International trade both private and corporate groups. I am fluent in Oral Chinese. I can read hanzi intermediately.
Me as a Teacher
Humor and the skillful use of questions. How to make the student feel good is important. For little kids, animated storytelling, with laughter. Character building for them in appreciation of building focus in learning. For adults its relaxed and educational. Appropriate humor with balanced focus, according to the individual. Lessons progress by the students individual pace. Every student progresses at a different pace.
My lessons & teaching style
For the very beginning young child…ages 3-5. Its largely hear and copy. The style must be charged and animated. 5 years of age writing can be added because of brain development. A unique blend of the alphabet is taught with basic oral English foundation. Young children need a 10 minute break if you do an hour or more. After letter understanding comes phonics with my own unique pointers. Oral English for entry into an International Schools is blended into reading…..it alternates. Business English is all about each context and the vocabulary. Cultural understanding and is crucial for communication. I teach many tree talk topics. Euphemism-graceful disagreement are more expensive.
My teaching material
Articles and news
Graphs and charts
Test templates and examples
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English Lessons
Trial Lesson
852 lessons completed
USD 8.00+
Accent reduction;….easy when you know this simple trick…seconds to learn
A1 - C2Language Essentials1,243 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Medical terminology for writing
A2 - B1Language Essentials25 lessons completed
USD 11.00+
Free talk——-with Hot topics included( nothing unethical )—-and ordinary topics
B1 - C2Conversation713 lessons completed
USD 11.50+
Negotiating Communication Business Advertising
A2 - C2Language Essentials2 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Interviews….face to face
A2 - C2Language Essentials11 lessons completed
USD 11.50+
Availability
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373 Reviews
fleur
1 English lesson
非常好的老师 很友善很有耐心^O^
Nov 14, 2025
Ferhat Öğüt
1 English lesson
He is great. I didn't only loved the class, I also loved the conversation.
Nov 10, 2025
Jazlynn
1 English lesson
I had a great experience in Mike’s class. He gave me a lot of useful advice, which was very helpful!
Nov 7, 2025
Konstantin Beliaev
4 English lessons
It has been my fifth lesson with Mike and I enjoy that. He looks so professional, tries to find a particular (especially for me) approach to reduce my Russian accent. He pays attention to my mistakes and makes notes then gives me suggestions how I can fix them. I am looking forward to having our next lesson