This trial is a chance for us to get to know each other and decide if we'd be happy working together.  (Scroll to the bottom for a challenge.) I'll ask you questions about your grammar, reading, and writing skills.  I offer you an assessment tool that identifies your grammar, listening, and reading skill level from A1 Lower Beginner to C1 Lower Advanced on the CEFR scale. You can ask me anything you want. Message me if you want the trial to include an eight to ten-minute mini-lesson and what you want in the lesson, grammar, reading, or writing.  
Try this short free General English Assessment.         https://forms.gle/ULPwhmgq6YuenYqr7

Let us get started.  Book and trial and let us see if we enjoy working together.

**If you can beat me at 'Rock, Paper, Scissors,' I'll extend the lesson to 45 minutes.

Score an IELTS band 7+ the first time you write the IELTS test. 
   
If you are applying for Canadian immigration, you may find the CELPIP more suitable to your needs than the IELTS.  Please note that the CELPIP speaking test has eight types of questions and the IELTS has only three types.  

Talk to me to learn how this test works and to learn how you can achieve a 9+ on it.

English language universities are now accepting the Duolingo test score of 110+ for their admission requirements.  This is an interesting one-hour test that you do entirely online.  There is no need to travel to a testing center.

Take a look at my IELTS Study Guide posted here.   https://tinyurl.com/IELTS-Plan.     
Look at my class outline posted here.  https://tinyurl.com/IELTS-Class
You may not need help preparing for the whole test.  

I will help you with the skill areas where you need help.   

My test students tend to be professionals migrating to an English-speaking country or students preparing to do their Master's Degrees.  They tend to get the scores they need the first time they write the test. Learning a language or scoring well on these tests doesn't happen quickly. 
 To get these scores, most of my students have needed more than two months of 2 / 3 classes a week to succeed.  My faster students are those who seriously want to learn English and use it not those who just have a goal of some level.  

I have taught essay writing and reading comprehension for over ten years and test preparation for over five.  Here is my IELTS Curriculum.  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nmHIuSAIomPCxTUIg8Ej01icck-QwBIZbeWgL80hpZg/edit?usp=sharing
 
Try this free General English Assessment https://forms.gle/ULPwhmgq6YuenYqr7 

You may also want to look at my writing evaluation service and my test preparation promotion package.

Let's get started.  Contact me, and we'll work together to decide where I should help you.

Certified Teacher Test Preparation  IELTS / CELPIP / Duolingo

You and your needs are the focus of the course.  My students have mostly been IT people but they have also been doctors, engineers and lawyers.  I provide both individual and group lessons.   I have ten years of experience in various positions in the industrial supply retail business including purchasing and customer service.   I have two curriculums: 1) For Upper beginner - Lower Intermediate speakers of English  2) For Intermediate to Advanced speakers of English.  You can see these by following this link.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lTmw8Y1tFUWOqCiusKRoE7MnsYYWMkUIHoqz4zErNsM/edit?usp=sharing    
My course is customizable to your needs.  Do you need help with giving presentations?  View the curriculum here. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xin001q0hFftEJQQZf81YahPBgQ1ZmqF/view?usp=sharing   
 
Try this short free General English Assessment.
https://forms.gle/ULPwhmgq6YuenYqr7
Let's get started with a trial lesson.  Contact me and we'll work together to decide how I can help you.

Business English - Business Presentations, Job / Fulbright Scholarship Interview

This class is for people who want to improve their conversation skills only.  Feel free to teach me about your culture or discuss something you read in the newspaper last week.  This is my standard syllabus.    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1okoKi7Mum9uPGTM-qPIMGz4I8U6knbvLQ2-Q6AQzLqk/edit?usp=sharing       I provide both individual and group lessons.  Group lessons are taught on zoom.  For two people, the price is  the 90 minute class but the class lasts 55 minutes.  For three people, the third person books a 30 minute class in addition to the 90 minute class.  These three students get the 90 minute class. Try this short free General English Assessment. https://forms.gle/ULPwhmgq6YuenYqr7
Let's get started.  Book a trial and let us see if we like working together.

Conversation

Do you want an evaluation of your CELPIP, IELTS or Duolingo writing?

The IELTS band 6.5, CELPIP CLB 8, and Duolingo 95-100 are the same level of writing.  Are you having trouble getting past this level?

There are certain writing styles that these tests require to get higher scores.

If you aren't writing with these styles, you won't advance.  

When you book this service with me, I'll evaluate your writing and then give you a 30 minute consultation on 1) three problem areas and how to improve them and 2) three strong areas and how to make them better.

In an hour of my time, you get one piece of your test writing evaluated.
Then we meet for 30 minutes when we discuss your strengths and weaknesses. 

See also my Certified Teacher class offerings and my Test Preparation promotion package.

English Test Writing Evaluation Service

Are you having difficulty getting past a band 6.5 (or equivalent) on the CELPIP, Duolingo, or IELTS test?  Have you taken group English classes but not gotten the individual feedback you need to improve?  This package is 20 hours over eight weeks.  Most of the people who take it score 7+ the first time they do their test.  The package is customized to your needs and includes homework in all four skill areas.  We will practice writing style skills that will improve your writing quality.  We will do four writing tests and I will give you my free evaluations.  

This test preparation program gets results for people who follow it.  I offer you 20 hours of one-on-one coaching through all four language skill areas, speaking, listening, reading, and writing.  This program is not fixed but personalized to your needs.  If you don’t need something, we won’t focus on it.  You get personal, actionable feedback at the end of each class.  More importantly, you get focused, personalized guidance on what homework to do.  This can include but is not limited to PDF or online grammar  / vocabulary worksheets, and access to interactive listening and reading websites.  You also get personal, actionable feedback on the homework returned to me. 

As a bonus, you get two extra classes, free.  So, you get 22 one-hour-long classes for the price of 20.

20 Lesson Test Prep Promo Pack

This is my four year Bachelor Degree in Political Science

This is a secondary school teaching certificate for Social Studies Grades 7-12.

This was a 325 hour program consisting of 8 courses and an internship.

This was a nine month, 8 course project based learning program.

I started in the warehouse with various inventory duties. I was promoted to a clerical cost control position in the purchasing department.  I spent the last six years in purchasing and inventory management.

I started as an artillery gun crew member. Promoted regularly, I rose to the rank of sergeant.  In this capacity, I ran the technical section and taught new technicians to calculate firing data.  In the field, I was the Battery Commanders technician: "5th (BC) Field Battery Royal Canadian Army." I served in order to pay for my college and university studies.

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Here on Italki, I have guided adults to improve their English for the workplace, job interviews, test preparation, and conversation. Typically, my test prep students score IELTS 7 or better the first time they do the test. They succeed because I coach them to think, speak and write in English and to stop translating. During this time, I teach from my ebook, "Writing Attention-Getting Paragraphs." In 2022, I was in the top 1% group of English teachers here in Italki.

From Aug. 2012 to May 2015, I taught ESL. From Aug. 2015 to Dec. 2018, I taught Secondary Social Studies to secondary school-aged children.

I taught reading comprehension and essay writing.

I taught North American pronunciation and North American concepts of customer service to call center agents who provided problem-solving services for computer hardware and software.

I taught new adult immigrants beginner and intermediate-level grammar and settlement-related vocabulary.

I taught secondary school children English.