From United StatesLiving in Taitung, Taiwan, China (14:28 UTC+08:00)
About Me
italki teacher since May 19, 2021
InterestsTravelBusiness & FinanceTechFilms & TV SeriesReading
American 🇺🇸 from Maryland (馬里蘭州), I came to Taiwan in 2005 to teach English, followed by a career in management, marketing, and translation. My classes are LGBT + friendly 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️. I'm experienced with learning differences (ADHD, ASD). Fluent in Mandarin 🇹🇼 🇨🇳; studying French 🇫🇷.
Experience:
6+ years at Princeton Review. Certified to teach TOEFL. Developed A1-C2 English courses for high school, college, & adult students.
Since 2014, I've coached 100s of tech startup CEOs and jobseekers. I've hired many employees in my career, & helped numerous italki students ace job & university interviews.
My creations
Me as a Teacher
I'm a dedicated teacher who:
◊ has experience teaching children & adult students of all levels, cultures, industries
◊ always personalizes classes to find the best topics & resources for students
I'm also an experienced business leader, born storyteller, voracious reader, language nerd, music lover, & world traveler, and enjoy teaching from native materials.
I especially enjoy working with early & mid-career professional women, sharing my experience in management, working in cross-cultural environments, and confident negotiation.
Students describe me as:
📋 WELL-PREPARED
🤩 ENTHUSIASTIC
😌 PATIENT
🥳 FUN
My lessons & teaching style
CONVERSATION
These are free-flowing conversation sessions about real life! No boring textbooks needed. I'll use your personal interests to help you build your VOCABULARY, catch GRAMMAR & PRONUNCIATION errors, and become more CONFIDENT. We'll discuss fresh content from news articles, podcasts, Netflix, YouTube, & more.
BUSINESS ENGLISH / CV / RESUME / JOB INTERVIEWS / CAREER COACHING / STUDY ABROAD
We'll work on your specific goals, such as professional development, job interview practice, startup pitching, sales calls, speeches, personal statements, or presentations, focusing on both English CONTENT and confident SPEAKING.
🚨 For best results, plan ahead. Don't book at the last minute! 🚨
My teaching material
PDF file
Text Documents
Presentation slides/PPT
Video files
Image files
Articles and news
Quizzes
Homework Assignments
5.0
Rating
574
Students
5,372
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
5.0
Rating
574
Students
5372
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
282 lessons completed
USD 24.00+
Casual Conversation Practice | 🇺🇸 American English | A2-C2 (輕鬆聊天,不是商務英語喔 😊)(報名時,必須發自我介紹,謝謝🙏!)
A2 - C2Conversation4,455 lessons completed
USD 24.00+
Package with 7% off
Business & Interviews(商務英語 / 面試) ⭐️ Interview ⭐️ Presentation ⭐️ Startup ⭐️ Cross-Cultural Communication, Workplace Small Talk(報名時,必須發自我介紹,謝謝🙏!)
B2 - C2Language Essentials397 lessons completed
USD 35.00+
Package with 10% off
Skills-Based English for Tests & University-Level Study | 🇺🇸 B2-C2 (Improve Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading, Speaking) (報名時,請記得發自我介紹,謝謝🙏!)
Holly is absolutely fantastic. You can never meet a teacher like her. She is the best English tutor I have ever met online. Her intelligence and empathy make for engaging and enjoyable conversations, no matter what the topic is. She seems to understand exactly what I'm interested in, and she always comes prepared with interesting articles and YouTube clips to keep me motivated. I really look forward to every class with her.
Apr 17, 2023
Winston Li
1 English lesson
Teacher Holly provided me a very positive teaching experience, before the class, I was a little bit nervous, however, after the greeting, the feeling just disappeared. We talked about my learning goals, how to improvement and my current status.
I'm looking forward to taking the next lesson from teacher Holly.