👋 Hello, My name is Stephen, 🏡 I am a native English speaker with experience working and travelling in the USA, UK, Canada and Ireland. 🌏 I enjoy meeting new students and learning about your culture. ❤️ I love helping people develop their English skills. 💪 Native English Speaker with 25+ years of experience of the English Language. 👨🏻‍🏫 4+ years of Diverse Teaching Experiences with a variety of student groups. 🎓 120 TESOL Certified Teacher, Degree in Business as well as several accredited Continuing Professional Development (CPD) successes. Background: 🗣 I enjoy real-world conversational English and area-specific English such as a career, professional and hobbies or interests. 🙌 I value Education (I have a Bachelors Degree and TESOL certificate). 📈 I have a continuous growth mindset (I have attained many Accredited Continuing Professional Development successes). 👌 I am a friendly, humble and a genuine person with many interests and a real interest in getting to know my student. My Teaching Style? 💯 SMART = Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timely. ▶️ My style is centred around YOU and YOUR SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS. ▶️ We can maintain balance in have fun during our lesson while also having a focus on your goals using the above SMART objective as a basis to build an Action Plan based on your individual needs. ▶️ Some Examples are English relevant to your specific goals, small talk, rapid talk, listening skills, word definitions, word meaning and simplifying words to make our lesson enjoyable and easy to understand. Why You Should Spend Your Money on me? ⭐ You are not just “another student” to me. As we work together to build your English Ability, we will get to know each other more, making the lesson seem more like they are about your life. ⭐ I do not do Audi Only calls because your body language and facial expressions are important indicators of whether or not you understand the material we are discussing. What my colleagues have to say: “I had the opportunity to work as Stephen’s manager at Athlone Institute of Technology. Stephen is an organised professional who can work autonomously when supervising a class of students. He demonstrated a strong attention to detail when adhering to exam procedures and regulations and he was consistently punctual when meeting deadlines. Stephen also worked as a special needs assistant with students. He proved to have excellent communication skills of the English Language including oral, listening and writing skills. I would welcome the opportunity to work with Stephen again.“ - Betty Brennan. “I have the privilege of knowing Stephen in a professional and personal environment. I worked alongside Stephen when he was the shop manager at Billiards Pool and Snooker Club from September 2014 to May 2015, I found Stephen to be self-motivated and having excellent people skills, he worked evenings while completing his Bachelor of Business in Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT). As the AIT 8 ball Pool team manager at this time I saw how Stephen was a leading member of the society being the chairman of the AIT 8 Ball Pool and Snooker society. He showed excellent initiative by creating a social media profile and marketing the club to increase awareness and build interest within the college. As a result of Stephen’s hard-work in February 2015 the club entered an A and B team consisting of 5 players each into the All-Ireland Inter-varsities in Co. Dublin. Stephen has consistently demonstrated excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills. I would say Stephen is adaptable to most jobs and I would highly recommend him.“ - Rob Malynn. 😃 Thank you for reading my profile. I look forward to speaking with you. ⭐ Who do you want to teach? ✨ I would like to help students who are doing one or more of the following: ✔️ Students preparing for an IELTS exam. ✔️ Students who want Travel English as you might be travelling to a native English Speaking Country, for example, the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, or South Africa. ✔️ Students who want to learn Business English for their career progression. ✔️ Students who require English for an upcoming work interview we can look at Key Words to sell yourself and why you are the right fit for the company. ⭐ What can you give to students? 🎯 Take 12 classes with me and I can get moving up the IELTS bands to your specific target. 🎯 I understand the differences in Accent between the main native English speaking countries. (as listed above). I have lived in the USA, the United Kingdom and Ireland. I have friends from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa so I have a formidable understanding of these respective countries. 🎯 I have a strong business background. I have a Bachelors Degree in Business and have worked in a variety of business centred roles including as a Brand Ambassador for an American Cryptocurrency platform. 🎯 I can help you also if you need help for a job interview such as how to introduce yourself, how to sell yourself and using words that sell you as an ideal person for the job. 👨‍🏫 Teacher Information: 🧑‍🏫 Personality: Kind, patient, friendly, honest, reliable. 👨🏻‍🏫 Teaching Style: Adaptable, Attentive, Communicative, Encouraging, Good Sense of Humour, Rigorous, Relevant, Relatable and Reliable. 🌟 Teaching Areas of Speciality: ✔️ IELTS Exam, ✔️ Business English, ✔️ English for a Job Interview, ✔️ English for Study or University, ✔️ Travel English for example to a Native English Speaking Country. ✔️ English for Hobbies and Interests such as Arts, the Economy, Music, Reading, Politics and Sports.