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Marcos Zayan Tibau

French

Portuguese

Native

Italian

English

German

Spanish

Japanese

From Brazil

Living in Sao Paulo, Brazil

I’m Brazilian, I studied Languages Portuguese - French and I’ve been teaching both as foreign languages for almost 12 years. I also love learning languages, and since I discovered Italki in 2019, I’ve been able to learn and practice German, Italian, Spanish and English with many different teachers. I am currently learning Japanese here on Italki with a teacher from China. I enjoyed the learning experience on Italki so much that I decided to teach my mother tongue and French here as well . As a student and as a teacher, I developed many strategies to learn and teach foreign languages. I’m sure we will find a way to improve your language skills as much as possible. Eu acredito que aprender uma língua é como nadar. Aprende-se fazendo. Não há sentido em aprender um monte de regras de gramática se você não praticá-las em uma conversação real. É por isso que nas minhas aulas eu ensino não apenas gramática e vocabulário, mas também crio situações nas quais meus alunos podem usar as estruturas novas. I believe that learning a language is like learning how to swim. You can only learn it if you do it. There's no use learning lots of grammar rules if you can't practice them in a real conversation. That's why in my lessons I teach not only grammar and vocabulary, but I also create situations in which my students will be able to use the structures we see. Après avoir introduit de petites capsules de grammaire, on partira tout de suite à la conversation. L'objectif sera de travai...

My teaching material

Video files
Homework Assignments
Audio files
Image files
Presentation slides/PPT
Text Documents
Flashcards
Quizzes
Articles and news

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Films & TV Series

Reading

Pets & Animals

French

Portuguese

Trial Lesson

84 lessons completed

USD 10.00+

Francês básico e intermediário - Basic and Intermediate French - Français (cours de base et intermédiaire)

A1-B1

Language Essentials

596 lessons completed

USD 12.00+

9% off

Aulas de conversation - Conversation classes

A2-C2

Conversation

229 lessons completed

USD 12.00+

9% off

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French

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Structured lessons·3

Patient·6

For beginners·121

Provides materials·2

Gullo John

62 Portuguese lessons

Teacher’s pick

Tenho muita sorte de ter Marcos como professor.

Seth

189 Portuguese lessons

Teacher’s pick

Marcos is a great professor. He is very patient and thorough with his classes. He is also great at keeping the class on track, while still encouraging conversation practice. If anyone wants to learn Portuguese, I would highly recommend him!

Ale Rivero

6 Portuguese lessons

Recommended! He offers structured classes, which is exactly what I was looking for. He also provides homework options that are great for practicing between lessons.

Frank

24 Portuguese lessons

Teacher’s pick

Excellent, interactive lesson. It was a very friendly, supportive atmosphere, and I was able to speak and practice a lot. Marcos gave me helpful feedback and encouragement, and his materials are well organized. Obrigado, Marcos! I'm looking forward to more lessons.

Gullo John

62 Portuguese lessons

A aula passou muito rápida. Foi muito divertido, Obrigado Marcos.

Gullo John

62 Portuguese lessons

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