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Gerard Aylward

English

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Other

From United Kingdom

Living in Leeds, United Kingdom

Certified IELTS teacher with experience of preparing students for tests, and a passion for language. I am a native British English speaker and live in the UK (England). I retired from the University of Leeds in the summer of 2023, where I worked in Finance, and have been working part-time since then as a tutor of English. I am married with 2 adult children and enjoy different aspects of music in my spare time. I play in an orchestra, sing in a choir and play piano. I am 61 years old. I qualified in December 2023 having completed the CELTA programme (Cambridge-accredited). I have been tutoring since then, mostly online. I also teach literacy face-to-face to learners in my neighbourhood. I am joining Italki to teach English. I can either chat to people informally or provide a more structured approach to aspects of language, with my background knowledge of language, and familiarity with grammar and other areas. Grammar is a particular strength and I have prepared learners for their IELTS speaking tests over the past year.

My teaching material

Articles and news
Image files
Text Documents
Quizzes
PDF file
Presentation slides/PPT

Interests

Music

Travel

English

Trial Lesson

2 lessons completed

USD 10.00+

Speaking skills - preparing for tests or general interest

B1-C1

Conversation

18 lessons completed

USD 12.00+

40% off

Based on your timezone (UTC)

5.0

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Ruslan

2 English lessons

Gerard is a great person to have classes with, he is always willing to keep up a conversation, he listens carefully and helps you with your mistakes whenever you make any👍

Alice

12 English lessons

Gerard is a very good teacher. My kid really enjoyed talking to him which is normally not that easy thing to happen. He will make good preparations before class and has a good sense of British humor which made him very easygoing. He has very clear pronunciations and is patient of listening to my daughter. Thank you, Gerard. Alice is lucky to have you as English teacher.

Eric

1 English lesson

Had a great and enjoyable conversation with Aylward. He is friendly, supportive and patient. Thank you very much for all the encouragement he gave during the lesson.