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Indiana
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From United States

Living in New York, United States

Patient and encouraging TEFL-certified native speaker with 6+ years teaching experience 😊 🌎New York State, USA My name is Indiana! I look forward to meeting and chatting with you! I am a flexible teacher and I can customize my lessons to suit your needs and learning style. Please watch my introduction video and view my lesson descriptions for more information about the format of my lessons 😊 I highly recommend a 30-minute trial lesson before booking longer lessons or a package!! My hobbies include: 🎥 Watching movies (I have over 800 films logged on Letterboxd 😅) 📖 Reading books 🥕 Cooking 💪 Running and going to the gym 🎵 Listening to music and podcasts 🎮 Playing video games 🗣️ Learning languages ✈️ Traveling! I studied abroad in Osaka, Japan in 2017. I have worked with a wide range of students, from teens to adults, from university students to doctors to business professionals. The majority of my teaching work has been conducted 1-on-1 and online. I received my 120-hour TEFL certification from Bridge Education Group in 2020. I try to customize my lessons to each student's needs and goals as much as possible. I enjoy teaching with real-world materials such as news articles, opinion pieces, and videos. I encourage my students to pre-study our materials and make flashcards for new vocabulary and grammar (e.g. with Anki or Quizlet) to review independently. I think our lesson time is best spent focusing on speaking.
My teaching material
  • PDF file
  • Text Documents
  • Presentation slides/PPT
  • Image files
  • Video files
  • Flashcards
  • Articles and news
  • Quizzes
  • Homework Assignments
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Gaming
Trial Lesson
67 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
Casual Conversation Practice
A2-C2
Conversation
1,860 lessons completed
USD 22.00+
10% off
Reading, Writing & Discussion
A2-C2
Language Essentials
822 lessons completed
USD 22.00+
10% off
Presentation & Interview Prep
B1-C2
Language Essentials
37 lessons completed
USD 22.00+
10% off
Test Preparation (IELTS, TOEFL, Eiken, OET, etc.)
B1-C2
Language Essentials
18 lessons completed
USD 22.00+
10% off
Proofreading Lessons (Resume, CVs, Work or School Assignments)
A2-C2
Language Essentials
0 lessons completed
USD 22.00+
10% off
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Ken
227 English lessons
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Her lessons took my English to the next level, way beyond my imagination when my English journey started. English is like a sport. We need a good trainer. With her brilliant coaching, I passed an exam equal to C1 level.
Student flavio.renga
flavio.renga
14 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Fantastic learning experience! Indiana is a super duper english teacher and learning facilitator! She is able to find the right topic to discuss, starting from your interests. She asks very intelligent and generative questions that trigger and stimulate the conversation. I appreciate a lot her real time feedback (given in a discrete and encouraging way, in the right moment) that helps me to fix concepts and continue learning.
Marco P.
37 English lessons
Indiana is very reliable and easy-going. Her lessons are based on a topic chosen in advance but there’s also time for small talk. She always has questions ready to keep the discussion going and she gives the impression of being very well organized.
Julie
85 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
I have studied with her for more than a year. We discussed news articles and I had opportunities to write my opinions about them. It helped my speaking and writing at the same time. Indiana is very gentle, polite and attentive, so I was not afraid of expressing myself. She is a real supporter of language learners.
moe
13 English lessons
英語の勉強に対して具体的な最終目標は無く、アメリカに住む上でもっとスムーズなコミュニケーションが取れるようになりたいという漠然とした思いで英会話レッスンを探し始め、初めてのオンライン英会話レッスンでIndianaさんを選びましたが、この先生を選んで良かったです! 現在Conversation Lessonを5回終えたところですが、自分の英語力の向上と英会話に対する苦手意識を減らすことができていると感じています。毎回のレッスンでは、決まったトピックについて自分の意見を話す他、生徒のレベルに合わせた話題を考えてくれたり文法について教えてくれるので、自分の現在地(理解度や成長度合い)を知りつつ飽きずに取り組むことができました。文法や単語の習得にあたっては、その場で例文を考えたり(私は例文を思いつくのにとても時間がかかるのですが待ってくれます)、該当単元の宿題に取り組むこともあります。宿題の中でわかなかった箇所は次のレッスンで必ず確認することができました。全体的にサポートが手厚く、フィードバックが豊富で、焦点が明確なレッスンを受けることができたと感じています。 私のように”フリートークだけは嫌、ある程度体系的に整ったレッスンを受けたい” ”自分で自分の成長を感じたい、自信を付けたい” ”ワイワイしすぎず落ち着いた雰囲気で受けたい”という方にとてもお勧めしたい先生です。 Ms. Indiana, thank you for the fun and fulfilling lesson!
0921 kitamu_u
13 English lessons
とても丁寧にお話してくださるのと拙いgrammarでもこちらの意図を汲みとって正しい文法を教えてくださり勉強になります。