I have taught English as a Foreign Language for many years. I worked as an English language instructor in Saudi Arabia as well as the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong. I was an English language teaching assistant in Berlin and more recently, I have run English courses for Spanish and Italian students on the EU Erasmus + scheme. I now teach English online working with students in Italy, France, Russia, China and the USA as well as closer to home.
STANDARD RATE
For 60 minute session with notes e-mailed to you after each lesson.
£40
- Our sessions are relaxed and enjoyable. I take a genuine interest in every student and treat them as a friend.
- My lessons are not like traditional classes where the teacher tells the students what to do. We work together, we decide together what content we will cover and what activities we will do.
- The time passes quickly because we do a variety of activities. I will keep you busy!
- We don’t simply work through a text book. From the media, I will select interesting articles, audio reports and videos, based on your interests.
- As you speak, I will correct your errors and write down the correcte words and phrases in the notes.
- Students need to learn HOW to learn. I will tell you about techniques to make learning more effective.
- I don’t like to spend a lot of time on complicated grammar explanations. I will explain grammar points simply and write short explanations in the notes.
- I encourage you to repeat words and phrases for pronunciation and memorisation. Tip: Once is good, twice is better but three times is best.
- One technique I use is collaborative writing. As you speak, I will type what you say, correcting any errors as we go along (I can type very quickly!). In writing, your words are expressed in perfect English.
- We read a wide variety of texts and dialogues and videos so you can pracitice all areas of language.
- Every session is different. We discover new words, phrases, facts and techniques. I refer to dictionaries & Wikipedia and display them on screen.
- In every lesson, I make notes on the screen. My text editor is my whiteboard. Then I send the notes to every student after each lesson.
- After the lesson, I can record audio notes. This is your personalised mini-podcast with pronunciation, grammar notes and key phrases for you to repeat and learn.
- I use my background in languages to teach English. I refer to French and German, sometimes Spanish and even Chinese, to highlight English grammar, vocab and spelling.
- The written notes are a record of all our lessons. You can use them to revise from. With some students there are hundreds of lessons stored in the notes.
- I will often interrupt you to correct your pronunciation. I also use my own phonetic script to help with pronunciation and emphasis of syllables
- I will give you help and advice on how to learn English in your own time. There are things you can do to learn more effectively on your own.
- Self-study every day is essential. You can learn English more effectively on your own.
- For homework, I encourage you to write about your experiences and opinions. By correcting your errors I can help you to improve your accuracy.
- At the end of each session, I always give homework based on what we did in the lesson. You can e-mail them to me for correction.
The easiest and quickest way to contact me is to send a text or WhatsApp message to my mobile number:
You can also send an e-mail to info@aidan.co.uk
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