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Melissa

English

Native

Greek

Spanish

French

From United States

Living in Other, United States

Enjoy, laugh and relax while learning English! Hello there! I’m Melissa (or Brakay). Like many Italki teachers, I have a very broad background. I currently own my own business called Buster Skincare, in Teton Valley, Idaho. I also teach face yoga and yoga yoga:) I lived in Greece for three years where I taught refugees English and beginner Greek. Previously, I worked for many years in hotel management and also as a Food Tour Guide. I am currently studying Spanish and achieved a B2 certification in Greek while living in Europe. As a perpetual student, I understand the struggles and frustrations of learning a language. As a teacher I use this understanding along with a deep enthusiasm for language to further my students’ language acquisition and development. I teach as I learn: immersion, repetition and conversation with a focus on my students’ interests. The first goal is getting to a point of communication. Once we reach this point, even at the most basic level, the rest is simply developing vocabulary, grammar and personality. This is the stuff that makes languages so beautiful and unique. With our classes you will not only improve your English, but you will learn to express yourself! I want you to be able to crack jokes, sing songs, narrate stories and share opinions in English. By experiencing English (not merely memorizing) you will truly absorb the language. My goal is to help you bring your pizazz to this international language.

My teaching material

Quizzes
Homework Assignments
Image files
Articles and news
Text Documents

Interests

Food

History

Travel

Business & Finance

Environment & Nature

English

Trial Lesson

96 lessons completed

USD 10.50+

Conversation Practice

A1-C2

Conversation

736 lessons completed

USD 13.00+

5% off

Tourism & Hospitality Master!

A1-C2

Language Essentials

21 lessons completed

USD 14.00+

44% off

English through Face Yoga

B1-C2

Language Essentials

0 lessons completed

USD 22.50+

Based on your timezone (UTC)

5.0

Reviews

100%

Attendance

100%

Respond

Patient·5

Provides materials·1

Structured lessons·1

Pronunciation·2

For beginners·4

Hernan Andreano

2 English lessons

Solamente decir, que ha superado todas las clases que he tenido con otro profesores. Gracias

Andrea Chiou

1 English lesson

Malisa corrected my way of speaking very patiently,especially with my wrong way of using Verb tense.Thank s a lot.

Barry

4 English lessons

Love it

Maxi

2 English lessons

Great teacher! I hope to have more lessons to continue learning. Thanks for your patience and all of your help correcting my mistakes.

Dimitry

85 English lessons

It’s been over a year since my first lesson with Melissa. Only in the past few months I’ve received more compliments on my English than in the last five years before the lessons