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Brendan [120-Hour TEFL Certificate \ Shenzhen, China teaching experience]

UIUC grad/~1 year exp
416English Sessions Completed

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* Taught oral English in Shenzhen, China! Can help you have GOOD PRONUNCIATION and speak with CONFIDENCE! * For beginners, I can provide SUPPLEMENTAL oral English classes (new vocabulary and grammar is not the main focus - please use your own textbook, another teacher, etc.). * For advanced learners, I can challenge you with: 1) Debates 2) Situational practice (negotiating with a business partner, pretending to be a salesperson, etc.) 3) Discussions of science, technology, and other topics! * 我可以说一点点中文! 我可以使用中文来解释一些简单的概念。 Sorry, I do not know much about the IELTS or TOEFL. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Can help learners of all levels! Beginners, intermediate, advanced, experts, etc. Note: For beginners, I offer SUPPLEMENTAL ORAL ENGLISH CLASSES ONLY. New vocabulary and new grammar is NOT the main focus. Speaking practice is the main focus. * Pronunciation practice! I know some tricks to help you improve your pronunciation. * Fun, visual material! For beginners, we can look at images of animals, or videos of videogame gameplay, etc. and talk about what we see. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I want both of us to feel ALIVE during each class! Kind of like an adventure. For beginners, I want you to be comfortable interacting with a native speaker. Through these lessons, I hope to improve your listening and speaking skills. New vocabulary and grammar are NOT the main focus of these lessons - these are SUPPLEMENTAL lessons ONLY. For advanced speakers (usually adults), I want you to be able to take all of the knowledge you have accumulated over your years of learning and combine it into meaningful conversations and activities! We can talk about US culture, science, your hobbies, etc. I normally do not rely on a specific textbook. Instead, I normally like to find worksheets, web pages, etc. that may be useful to you. I started out teaching English to elementary school students in Shenzhen, China. We would try to have fun games and activities, such as acting out scenarios, or a "rock paper scissors" competition.
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119 English course reviews

  • Anonymous
    Nov 4, 2021
    I do not want to make his profile become very poor, because if I give him 3 stars, it will make him difficult to get more students, so I put 5 stars here, however, sometime he disputes with me some unreasonable topic, such as plastic surgery cause global warming. It really makes me difficult to answer for his topic,, we were talking about plastic bag uses in USA, and he suddenly said there are a lot of plastic surgery in Korea, so Korean makes a lot of pollution too. I think there is no relationship with "plastic bag" and "plastic surgery". sometimes I feel he makes too much of jokes and unreasonable topics.
  • Luc
    Oct 3, 2021
    Luc was keep asking questions to teacher who didn’t want to disappoint his student. We’ll focus on teacher’s topic next time.
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Performance History

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Experiences

  • 2019 - 2019 SeaDragon Education
  • 2020 - 2021 Verbling

Educations

  • 2010 - 2018 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Computer Science

Certifications

  • 120-Hour TEFL Certificate

Experiences
  • 2019 - 2019 SeaDragon Education
  • 2020 - 2021 Verbling
Educations
  • 2010 - 2018

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Computer Science

Certifications
  • 120-Hour TEFL Certificate

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    How to book
    • After buying courses, you can book them according to the teacher’s schedule.
    • If “Instant Tutoring” shows on the teacher’s profile, you can book the lesson 30 minutes after the current time.
    • If the teacher is not online, the next available class cannot be booked until 24 hours afterward.
    Lesson duration
    • The duration of a trial session is 25 minutes.
    • The duration of a private session is 50 minutes.
    • If you purchase more than 5 sessions, you will receive a discount (according to the price the teacher set).
    Instructions
    • Enter the website 10 minutes before the class starts. Click “My Lessons” to find your class, click “Go to class”, and then you will be in the classroom on ZOOM!
    • You can use ZOOM for classes both on your phone and computer. Please download ZOOM in advance if you choose to use your phone for the class.
    Refund policy
    • Please click “Report Issue” if you encountered any problems, and the teacher will determine either reschedule or refund afterward.
    • If the teacher doesn’t respond the issue, we will provide a full refund as AT credits for you.

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