Sydney
Visited 11 hours ago
Sydney
Community Tutor
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
French
Other
American English teacher: compassionate, caring, and fun!
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
French
Other
American English teacher: compassionate, caring, and fun!
From United StatesLiving in San Francisco, United States (04:34 UTC-07:00)
About Me
italki teacher since May 1, 2022Interest topicReadingFoodMusic
My name is Sydney, and I’m an English teacher here on italki.
I’m originally from San Francisco, California, and I recently lived in Paris, France for a year and half while earning my master's degree in French literature.
My personal interests include music, food and wine, reading, television, and of course foreign languages. I like to think that I’m a pretty open-minded person, and I enjoy learning more about my students’ interests and diverse backgrounds and lifestyles.
Should you want to book a lesson but you are not seeing a time slot that suits your needs, please feel free to contact me about finding a lesson time that works for both of us. I hope to hear from you soon!Me as a Teacher
I’m a lifelong learner of foreign languages, so I'm very familiar with the thrills, as well as the challenges, of immersing yourself in a new language. It's been great to be on the teaching side of the learning process the last few years, and I love sharing 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
I believe 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
Education
2021 - 2023
Master's - French Literature
5.0
Rating
22
Students
259
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
Response
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
16 lessons completed
USD 12.50+
English | Oral Expression
B1 - C2General243 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
Package with 20% off
English | Literature and Discussion
B2 - C2General0 lessons completed
USD 33.75+
Package with 20% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
9 Reviews
aprilkk11
5 English lessons
Sydney is an exceptional guide in my language-learning journey. She creates a supportive environment where mistakes are seen as learning opportunities and she encourages constant practice and improvement. She provides various examples to explain concepts which have greatly enhanced my understanding. Through her personalized approach, I've seen significant progress in my confidence in speaking English. I highly recommend her to anyone looking to improve their oral English skills.
Mar 14, 2024
Laurence
4 English lessons
Good lesson with fun materials ! I recommend Sydney !
May 10, 2023
Laurence
4 English lessons
Again a very usefull class. I'll receive american people to my winery and I wanted her to ask me questions like she was one of them during a home hosted. So she help me to understand what types of questions I could expect from american people.
Apr 26, 2023
Laurence
4 English lessons
Very good class ! Thank you Sydney I'm more reassured. Sydney gave me a lots of tips and new ways to say things. I recommend Sydney.
Apr 24, 2023
Ivan Khovavko
36 English lessons
Sydney is a very good teacher. She is positive person, knows how to keep up the conversation even if the topic is not in her circle of interests. She has excellent pronunciation, she prepares classes on topics of interest to the student.
Jan 26, 2023
Artem
9 English lessons
Nice!
Oct 12, 2022
Trial Lesson
USD 12.50
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