From United StatesLiving in Beijing, China (22:59 UTC+08:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Jun 23, 2018
I am from Louisiana in the United States (ask me about Louisiana food! ^_^) and am a graduate student in Economics at the University of Colorado, where I love to ski, play with my new corgi puppies, and read. I am working on my PhD in Economics while studying Japanese, and I have Bachelor's degrees in French, Philosophy, and Economics. I have lived in New Zealand, France, and Japan, and have traveled to many more places, so be sure to ask! I have taught at University and in Japan, where I taught about half children's classes and half adults.
Me as a Teacher
I have taught for four years, three years at the university level in the United States and one year as an English instructor in Japan. As an English instructor, I taught all ages and levels, from three years old,to high school and university students studying for exams or to study abroad, to business-people hoping to get a promotion or do business overseas, to retirees wanting some fun. For parents, I have taught children privately from ages 6-18 as well as in classes. I also taught high level classes with my company on writing and public speaking. I truly enjoy teaching and want to make good use of my time at Italki to meet many new people and help them learn!
My lessons & teaching style
My lessons are highly flexible depending on the student, though it would be nice if the student had at least some training in English beforehand. If students speak Japanese or French, I can help you if you are at a lower level. My lessons are mainly conversational. For lower level students we can work through different basic conversation topics while keeping track of basic vocabulary, grammar, and expressions. For high level students we can work through and discuss news and online articles and practice writing. For those at a much higher level we can work on slang, word origin, and intonation. For anyone who would like to have long running courses and homework assignments, I can provide.
My teaching material
Video files
Articles and news
Homework Assignments
5.0
Rating
30
Students
60
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
88%
Response rate
5.0
Rating
30
Students
60
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
88%
Response rate
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
11 lessons completed
USD 6.00+
Conversation Practice
B1 - C2Conversation44 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
21 Reviews
Paulo
3 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
It was a good first class with Payne. He is very attentive and supportive, also he knows how to keep the conversation going even when I was struggling with some words.
Jul 28, 2018
Mariana
2 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Thank you very much for being so supportive and patient with me! I’m learning a lot how express myself more naturally (:
Jul 5, 2018
linda.ming
3 English lessons
Payne is very patient and I love his class. Thanks for his help
Jul 18, 2019
Zicheng
6 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
It is really fun to talk with Payne!
Jul 25, 2018
Marcia Simoni
4 English lessons
Very good! Like always, He is very intelligent. Thank for classes.
Aug 7, 2019
Yury M
1 English lesson
Payne thank you for the interesting cheerfull talk, see you next time
Jul 16, 2019
Trial Lesson
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