Richard
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Richard
Community Tutor
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Spanish
Other
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Spanish
Other
From United KingdomLiving in Cancun, Mexico (20:42 UTC-05:00)
About Me
italki teacher since May 1, 2024Interest topicTravelHistorySports & Fitness
I'm Richard, I'm originally from the United Kingdom but currently live in Mexico. I used to work in Administration in Healthcare but in 2020 I changed my career to teaching as I had grown tired of office life and wanted a new challenge so I began my transition to an online teacher.
I'm interested in travel so I enjoy meeting people from all over the world and learning about
their countries and cultures.
Since I live in Mexico I have been learning Spanish so I understand the difficulties that students may face with a new language.Me as a Teacher
I have 3.5 years experience teaching English as a second language online. I work with Students all around the world with different levels. A lot of my students just want conversation practice which I really enjoy but I also teach lesson plans (provided by the website) to beginner, intermediate and advanced students. I also have helped students prepare for job interviews and for IELTs exams with good success in both.
I understand the importance of encouraging students to speak,correcting their mistakes and focusing on recurring mistakes.
I listen to why students want to or need to improve their English skills and try to focus my lessons and conversations on that.My lessons & teaching style
The platform I currently work for is often advertised as a conversation platform so I spend a lot of my classes having conversations with my students. It's an interesting way to learn about the world and other peoples lives, I particularly enjoy this with regular students as we get to know eachother better and the conversation opens up more.
I also use lessons prepared by the company of different levels and different subjects. These include vocabulary, grammar, listening and reading.
I also enjoy working with news articles and then discussing them or asking questions about what they have just read.
With some of my more advanced students I have helped them with job interviews and IELTs.My teaching material
- Image files
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Articles and news
- Text Documents
Certificates
TEFL - UK TEFL org - 2020148 hours TEFL programme. Completed in 2020. Mostly online but also attended a few classes in person.
Certificate uploaded
Teaching experience
2020 - Current
TutorCambly is an online teaching platform open to students all over the world. They each have different requirements and levels. Cambly advertises as a conversation platform but it also had a lot of different lesson plans and material to use as a more traditional class.
I have helped students with conversation practice and corrections. Taught different subjects including business English and also helped students prepare for job interviews, university entrance exams and IELTs.
Education
1996 - 2003
Other - GSCEs and A LevelCompleted school with the following GCSE's English, English Literature, Maths, Science, RE, Art, French and History.
A Levels in Art, ICT and Business
5.0
Rating
5
Students
5
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
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English Lessons
Trial Lesson
3 lessons completed
USD 6.00+
English Conversation practice
B1 - C2Conversation Practice2 lessons completed
USD 9.00
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