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Jonathan

English

Native

French

Spanish

From United States

Living in Montreal, Canada

Credentialed International ESL teacher with over 14 years experience. I am an American ESL teacher, tutor, and comic artist with 14+ years of experience teaching since 2009, including university public speaking and special needs education. I hold a BA in Communications and an MA in International Education, and I’ve lived in the USA, South Korea, Spain, and Canada. My lessons are conversation-based, focused on fluency, confidence, and real-time grammar and pronunciation feedback. I adapt to your goals—test prep, interviews, writing, or general speaking—and tailor each class to your needs. I enjoy discussing movies, culture, science, history, travel, and current events. I value cultural exchange in every lesson. High-quality guided conversational acquisition with corrective feedback. I have collected many online materials and resources that I like to use in class, but it's really up to you. If you have stuff you want to focus on, do not hesitate to share it and we can co-create the class together. I adapt to whatever you want to focus on to achieve your goals. I've helped people test prep, interview prep, work on their writing, speaking, and build their confidence. Practice makes perfect. I start every class with a loose warm-up. I use a lot of short videos (usually from YouTube) and articles that cover a lot of different topics (usually current events). These are used as a springboard into conversation, vocabulary expansion, and listening practice.

My teaching material

Text Documents
Image files
Video files
Articles and news
Quizzes
Homework Assignments

Interests

History

Travel

Food

Films & TV Series

Environment & Nature

English

Trial Lesson

326 lessons completed

USD 15.00+

Informal Tutoring

A1-C2

Language Essentials

5,967 lessons completed

USD 22.00+

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Speaking & Writing (Essays and Proofreading)

A1-C2

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1,530 lessons completed

USD 25.00+

15% off

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Jaime

81 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

Excellent! Jonathan is very flexible and knows how to adapt the lesson to your ongoing needs. Even though he always brings standard training material, is also willing to go off the beaten track and seizes the opportunity to keep on teaching. I'm eager to take my next class with him!

Lyuba

30 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

Happy to start a new season with Jonathan in 2019! We covered a lot of interesting and thought-provoking things and shared links that will help me to dive into various aspects of English.

Tomasz Jakubiak

17 English lessons

Another good conversation. We talked about American reality shows and how they're edited to manipulate viewers, which turned out to be a surprisingly deep topic

Ania

15 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

60 minutes of lessons with Jonathan is not enough for me, each time a lot of fun and of course learning.

Tomasz Jakubiak

17 English lessons

Another great lesson! We discussed how COVID-19 impacted the way people socialize, the importance of "third spaces" and different ways to encourage more real-life interactions. As always, taking lessons with Jonathan is an absolute pleasure!

Tomasz Jakubiak

17 English lessons

Very enjoyable lessons about books and the book market. As always, the topics are diverse, and the classes encompass a vast range of vocabulary and topics.