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Phil Palmer
English
Native
French
Chinese (Mandarin)
Spanish
Turkish

From United Kingdom

Living in Birmingham, United Kingdom

I have a broad range of interests that includes but is not restricted to sport, literature, drama, musical theater, learning languages and learning about other countries and other cultures. I enjoy watching Premier League football and I am a keen Southampton fan. I enjoy playing tennis, table tennis, badminton and squash. I like to read novels when I have the time and I have performed in many dramas and musical theatre productions in the UK. I am a B1 level French speaker and am able to converse in Spanish and Turkish. I am learning Chinese which I find really difficult as I don't easily take to tonal languages but I am not giving up! I have travelled all over the world. I am TEFL certified and have many years experience of teaching children and adults both online and face-to-face. I have worked in schools in China, Cambodia and Vietnam. I used to be an Occupational Therapist. Therapy and teaching have a great deal in common and all my experience in therapy has come in really handy. I loved helping the Chinese children (aged 5-16 years old) to develop their confidence and speaking and listening skills in the classroom. From April 2018 I taught children (aged 5-16) and adults online. From January 2020 until March 2022 I was in Vietnam, teaching children and adults online and in the classroom. I am currently in the UK. I believe it is best when teaching online to work on speaking and listening. I think that very young children learn best through play and that is very difficul...
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Trial Lesson
4 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Informal Tutoring
A1-C2
Conversation
62 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Speaking and listening skills in English
A1-C2
37 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Conversation practice
A1-C2
Language Essentials
33 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
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Structured lessons·2
For beginners·2
II8445
24 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Great^^
Student Eric
Eric
3 English lessons
We had a lovely conversation and I was put into a situation where I was required to talk about something I normally wouldn’t. Good exercise to help me improve my English.
Student Melody
Melody
18 English lessons
Profession and patience👍
II8445
24 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
The boy like this teacher and I like too^^ what a great lesson.
Mariella.x xzz,
21 English lessons
simpatico insegnante non ho incontrato grosse difficoltà nella comprensione della lingua perché parla in maniera fluente e chiara, spero di continuare
Student Zhanna Kaimedenova
Zhanna Kaimedenova
15 English lessons
Phil helps me to memorise new words using funny and interactive ways, such as, for instance, mental shortcuts, words in a context, similes e.t.c