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Gerrit

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English

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Dutch

Chinese (Mandarin)

French

Spanish

About Me

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From CanadaLiving in Other, Canada (15:28 UTC-04:00)

About Me

italki teacher since Nov 15, 2017

InterestsFilms & TV SeriesScienceTech

I have taught in China and online, from my home in Canada. I think classes should be student-centred and riotously active. I have helped many young adults and professionals improve their communication skills, for fun, for work, and for English tests.

Me as a Teacher

My lessons & teaching style

Language is a wonderful thing it allows us to share our thoughts, our ideas, and our passions with other people. I feel very lucky to have English as my native language because it is so widely spoken and understood that it is considered to be the official language of business, science, medicine, travel, and education all over the world. Why are you here? My students tell me that speaking with fluency and confidence is their goal. They want to increase your vocabulary, reduce their accent, and learn to use better grammar but speaking freely, with fluency and confidence is their goal and probably yours. If you work at it you will become a fluent confident speaker of English I guarantee it.

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Certificates

CELTA Certificate - Cambridge University - 2017I think the CELTA needs no introduction. It is the Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults given by Cambridge University after an intense course in the theory and classroom practice of English teaching.

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Education

2017 - 2019

Bachelor’s - Visual ArtsRyerson UniversityA degree in Visual and Fine Arts with a Major in Photography.

Work Experience

2002 - 2009

Teacher of English for Special PurposeQingdao Mariners College, Qingdao China - Qingdao, ChinaSenior teacher in the English Dept. teaching English to students in the Officer and Engineering Departments of this college. I learned to encourage students to have confidence in speaking English, to open their mouths and speak up. This was the greatest cultural barrier to their English fluency and I was very proud that with humour and energy I was able to help them. I think this lack of confidence is a universal problem that will be common with italki students as well.

2016 - Current

Online English teacherOpen English - Guelph, CanadaTeaching English online to students in Central and South America. Through this position, I learned to use the audio and video systems and also learned the difficulties that Spanish and Portuguese speakers have in learning English. I think that cultural awareness and first language interference awareness is very important.

5.0

Rating

Students

489

Lessons

100%

Attendance rate

96%

Response rate

5.0

Rating

Students

489

Lessons

100%

Attendance rate

96%

Response rate

English Lessons

Trial Lesson

41 lessons completed

USD 7.00+

Communication skills for business, study and travel. Presentation skills for professional growth.

B1 - C2

Language Essentials

448 lessons completed

USD 29.00

Package with 11% off

Availability

Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)

53 Reviews

Maxim Rogoza

13 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

The lesson was interesting as Usual. Gerrit is good teacher. I like the way he make a balance between grammar and fluency training.

Nov 8, 2018

Sam

2 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

It was a pleasure to speak with Gerrit today. He is being patient and friendly with me and thus allowing me to speak a lot, under pressure. He paces the lesson well, especially since English is a difficult language for Korean speakers. Thank you for your understanding today!

Jan 5, 2018