Bre
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Bre
Professional Teacher
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
French
Bulgarian
Norwegian
TRANSFORM Your English, MASTER Your Mouth, & LEARN Like a Musician!
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
French
Bulgarian
Norwegian
TRANSFORM Your English, MASTER Your Mouth, & LEARN Like a Musician!
From United StatesLiving in Los Angeles, United States (10:43 UTC-07:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Jun 8, 2018Interest topicMusicWritingFood
Hello! I'm a US native English speaker with Trinity College TESOL certification from the Oxford House in Prague, CZ. I'm fortunate to be able to say that I'm a traveler who loves picking up languages along the way. I'm conversant in French, can get around in Bulgarian, and am currently studying Russian; I've also studied Tibetan, Czech, and Norwegian. As a professional musician, I am obsessed with sound and the ways we produce it; I strive to fine tune my students' listening and pronunciation in lessons. My goal is for you to have the *confidence and clarity* in English that you've always wanted.Me as a Teacher
The most important aspect of lessons is TALKING (and consequentially listening) - I want you to talk, to learn to think in English. It's not practice that makes perfect, but *perfect* practice that makes perfect, which is why I'll be there every step of the way guiding your improvement.
Why book with me?
- NEW PRONUNCIATION METHODOLOGY: learn an entirely new way to see language. Challenge your brain, myelinate your synapses, and learn how to master your mouth once and for all.
- I'M NOT BORING: I'm a musician and singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, aka the land of personalities and pioneers.
- LEARN WHAT TO UN-LEARN: Learn to unlearn (rather, relearn) and sound like a native.My lessons & teaching style
PRONUNCIATION - Being able to be understood, whether or not the grammar is exactly correct, is *half* the battle. I'll break down pronunciation, phrase by phrase, phoneme by phoneme, so that you can hear exactly how natives talk and learn the *hows and whys* of English.
GRAMMAR/VOCAB/COLLOQUIALISMS - English is about learning the rules... to understand how to break them. We'll discuss a myriad of topics, from the insane to the mundane.
FLUENCY - TALK AT ME! I constantly take notes so you'll have concepts to integrate into your daily practice.
AFTER HOURS - Hear a weird phrase in your sitcom? Message me on Skype and I'll explain it, in or out of a lesson.My teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Audio files
- Image files
- Video files
- Articles and news
- Graphs and charts
- Homework Assignments
Certificates
Oxford TEFL TrinityCERT TESOL - Oxford House Prague - 2018
Certificate uploaded
Education
2009 - 2013
Bachelor’s - horn performance; piano performance
2013 - 2015
Master's - horn performance
Work Experience
2018 - Current
Principal Horn
2018 - 2018
A 1/2 & B 1/2 English Teacher~ develop lesson plans, create assignments, and teach classes
~ provide one-on-one lessons
2002 - Current
Piano, Horn, and Accordion Teacher~ teach private lessons to beginning to advanced levels of students - all ages, all genres
~ accompany students (on piano) for recitals, contests, and competitions
2016 - 2017
Professor of Horn, Interim~ teach undergraduate and graduate students private lessons
~ accompany students (on piano) for juries and in studio class
2016 - 2017
Keyboardist~ keyboardist for experimental improvisatory band
~ play tasty licks and provide plush harmonies
~ get people grooving
2018 - Current
ESL Teacher- Teach one-on-one English lessons, levels A1 to C2.
5.0
Rating
531
Students
3,796
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
Response
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
231 lessons completed
USD 18.99+
A1 / A2 - Beginner
A1 - A2General405 lessons completed
USD 18.99+
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B1 / B2 - Intermediate
B1 - B2General1,289 lessons completed
USD 18.99+
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C1 / C2 - Advanced
C1 - C2General942 lessons completed
USD 18.99+
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PRONUNCIATION BOOTCAMP
B2 - C2General531 lessons completed
USD 18.99+
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WeTalki
A1 - C2Conversation Practice383 lessons completed
USD 18.99+
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A1 - C2 pourboire / true price
A1 - C2General15 lessons completed
USD 25.00+
Package with 6% off
Availability
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607 Reviews
Evgeny Karev
44 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Bre is an amazing teacher and person. Our lessons are very productive and, at the same time, fun and relaxed. And, of course, the best pronunciation professor I have ever met.
Jul 16, 2019
Oscar
62 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Breanna is not a speech therapist, but the closet I’ve ever met.
Thanks to her background in music, she’s able to find where I generate the English’s sounds therefore what I do incorrectly. So, she guides me accurately to the right spot doing my speech clearer for a listener.
Beyond for what anybody could think, this tedious work is far from boring thanks to her ability to make it fun.
Thank you very much Breanna for your huge effort to tune up the accent of this stubborn.
Jan 16, 2019
Marcin Ganckowski
126 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
She is teaching me things they don't usually teach you in a regular language school like speaking like a regular person. It really opened my eyes many things I have yet to learn.
Jul 7, 2018
Gary
18 English lessons
Awesome lesson!
Mar 8, 2024
Gary
18 English lessons
Excellent!
Mar 2, 2024
Gary
18 English lessons
Excellent teacher!
Feb 16, 2024
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