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Mike
English
Native
Latin

From United States

Living in Austin, United States

I am an English teacher with hundreds of hours of experience on Italki and a 120-hour CELTA certification. My work here focuses on conversation practice, writing and editing, and literature. I come from a background in business journalism and college teaching. My classroom experiences included teaching English and philosophy courses to inmates of Nevada state prisons through a program offered by Carson City-based Western Nevada College. I also taught at Feather River College in Quincy, California where I was adjunct faculty. I did my CELTA training in New York City. I'm a native speaker of American English. Students feel at ease with me, and that's by design. I am as comfortable offering grammar corrections to a B1 student as I am tackling complex policy topics with a C1 student. I draw people out and get them talking. It gives me a lot of satisfaction to see you make progress. My conversational lesson topics range from situations in everyday life to news and current events, reflections on experience, and academic matters.
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Trial Lesson
269 lessons completed
USD 9.00+
Informal Tutoring
A1-C2
Conversation
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USD 11.00+
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Literature: Classics
A1-C2
Language Essentials
156 lessons completed
USD 11.00+
11% off
Writing & Editing
A1-C2
Language Essentials
402 lessons completed
USD 11.00+
11% off
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It was a wonderful lesson! Mike is a super-professional English teacher. He not only explains well but also feels when the student finds it difficult to answer and selects simpler words and expressions. Thanks a lot to Mike for your patience and your time! Sincerely, your student, Sergio! I recommend this teacher to everyone! Это был замечательный урок! Майк сверх-профессионалный учитель английского. Он не только хорошо объясняет, но и прекрасно чувствует когда ученик затрудняется ответить и подбирает более простые слова и выражения. Большое спасибо Майк за терпение и за Ваше время! С глубоким уважением, ваш ученик, Серджио! Рекомендую всем данного преподавателя!
Student Jingjin
Jingjin
6 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
It's really enjoyable talking with you and sharing with you some of my experience, you are absolutely a devoted teacher who helps me with my English speaking!, Thank you so much for your effort in our session.
Student danny tseng
danny tseng
183 English lessons
rom the perspective of social psychology, an individual can be compared to a single-celled organism. Acting alone, a single cell is programmed to maximize its own survival. However, once it becomes part of a multicellular organism, continuing to operate according to that same logic becomes destructive. Cancer cells illustrate this principle: they continue to pursue unrestricted self-preservation and reproduction, consuming the resources of the organism that sustains them, ultimately bringing about not only the host's death but their own. For a multicellular organism to survive, individual cells must subordinate their independent behavior to the rules of the larger organism. In other words, they surrender a degree of autonomy in order to serve a collective purpose.
Student Sasha
Sasha
15 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Mike is a great teacher. I enjoy every class with Mike. He is helpful and supportive. If you want to improve your writing skills, Mike is the best teacher who can help you reach a goal.
Student Magda
Magda
72 English lessons
The Dead by James Joyce was a beautiful story. Thank you for introducing me to it, Mike!
Student danny tseng
danny tseng
183 English lessons
The essence of a K-shaped economy is that it is "hot in spots but cold overall"—meaning only a few cities, industries, and groups of people benefit from the prosperity of technology and finance, while the majority stagnate economically. Politically, this creates a paradox: the majority are economically disadvantaged, yet under the principle of "one person, one vote," they are the most politically powerful demographic. This places those in power—particularly parties that prioritize economic growth and corporate profits—in an extremely awkward position.