Maria Fessara-Embrey

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Maria Fessara-Embrey

Professional Teacher

Teaches

English

Speaks

Greek

Native

French

Spanish

German

Teaches

English

Speaks

Greek

Native

French

Spanish

German

About Me

Me as a Teacher

My lessons & teaching style

From United KingdomLiving in Other, Greece (08:27 UTC+03:00)

About Me

italki teacher since Mar 11, 2025

InterestsPets & AnimalsEnvironment & NatureFilms & TV SeriesTravelFood

Hello, I'm Maria, I have dual nationality (Greek and British) and my accent is Neutral British. I have a degree in TESOL (Teaching of English for Speakers of Other Languages) from a UK university and a CELTA certificate. Teaching English as a foreign language is not just a profession for me, but a vocation! There is immense job satisfaction knowing that you facilitated someone's understanding and that you have re-assured them that it's ok to make mistakes and that it is part of the process of learning a foreign language.

Me as a Teacher

I have over 1000 hours of experience teaching English online. A lot of those hours were geared to enable learners to practise their speaking. Speaking is one of four skills that is quite hard to practise on your own. You can work a lot on your own on the other 3 skills: Reading, Listening and Writing but it is best to practise speaking with someone else and it's ok to make mistakes! Making mistakes is part of the process of learning a language.

My lessons & teaching style

I consider my teaching style to be a hybrid between a facilitator and a delegator. I use the communicative approach and I pay attention to the ratio of STT (Student Talking Time) and TTT (Teacher Talking Time). While speaking together, even from the first trial lesson, I will make notes and give you feedback on the steps to take in order to improve your English. I look forward to meeting you and discussing various topics that will help you learn new vocabulary and expressions in English :)

My teaching material

Quizzes
Articles and news
Presentation slides/PPT
Text Documents
Video files
PDF file
Image files

English Lessons

Trial Lesson

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USD 5.00+

Introduction to Phrasal Verbs

B1 - C1

Language Essentials

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USD 11.00+

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Practise your Speaking - Topics for discussion: Films, Travel, Health and Fitness, Work and Life, Nature and the Environment, Art and Music and a lot of other topics.

B1 - C2

Language Essentials

0 lessons completed

USD 11.00+

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Idioms

B2 - C2

Language Essentials

0 lessons completed

USD 11.00+

Package with 10% off

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