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Sydney
Community Tutor
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
French
Other
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
French
Other
From United StatesLiving in Paris, France (21:02 UTC-08:00)
About Me
italki teacher since May 1, 2022Me as a Teacher
I’m a lifelong learner of languages, so I'm very familiar with the thrills, and the challenges, of immersing yourself in a new language. I definitely love being on the teaching side of the learning process, and I feel really lucky to be able to share my native language with students who are curious and passionate about the English language and Anglophone cultures.
My goal is to give my students the tools needed for effective and functional communication, which requires clarity of meaning. For more advanced students, we can work towards expressiveness, which means that you are also sharing your personality through nuanced language and devices like idioms, slang, tone, and register.My lessons & teaching style
Overall, I think that conversational practice is essential to language acquisition. Even during lessons where we work on written skills, we will still communicate about these subjects through our conversational skills.
I structure our conversational practice around free, online resources that are created for native speakers. This means you’re using real-life content to practice your English (like news articles, blog posts, and social media) which helps you get really comfortable with how native speakers actually communicate.
I think the learning environment has to be warm, open, and welcoming. I prioritize active listening so that each of my students feels safe and comfortable.My teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Audio files
- Image files
- Video files
- Articles and news
- Graphs and charts
5.0
Rating
10
Students
66
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
Response
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
8 lessons completed
USD 7.50+
Conversational English in a compassionate setting
B1 - C2Conversation Practice58 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
Package with 20% off
Availability
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4 Reviews
Artem
7 English lessons
Nice!
Oct 12, 2022
Ben AJ
14 English lessons
I appreciate the exchange with Sydney. She gave me much to ponder with the questions she asked and the responses she provided. As a native speaker myself, I did not engage her to impart to me instruction in English, such as she might have done for someone for whom English was not the first language (as it was for me). Instead, I wanted to obtain her advice on a specialized literary project I had begun. That said, she is, in my assessment of the matter, an expert on the nuanced use of English; she is linguistically gifted (as you can tell from her introductory video, which shows her speaking fluently in French); and can adapt her lessons to meet the needs of beginners in English. She is compassionate, sensitive, and empathetic, and I highly recommend her.
Jul 15, 2022
Rodrigo Salles Bueno
11 English lessons
Tive a aula experimental com a Sydney, e acredito que ela possa atender as minhas necessidades. Recomendada.
May 17, 2022
Olivia Du
7 English lessons
That’s perfect！！！
May 17, 2022
Trial Lesson
8 lessons completed
USD 7.50
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