Hi, my name is Deb.

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I am a qualified teacher

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and I'm also a qualified English

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as a second language teacher.

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I've been teaching for over 30 years,

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and for the past four years I've been teaching online.

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My students come from all over the world

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and they range in age and ability.

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For example, I might have students

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who are just seven years old

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and so they have totally different goals to somebody

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who is wanting to move their English forward

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for exam purposes or possibly for travel

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or even, um, because it's related to their job.

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Once I get to know you

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and learn what it is that you'd like to achieve, I can go on

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and develop a learning plan, especially for you,

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whether your lessons focus on English as a second language

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or the English curriculum,

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or language arts as they call it in America.

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All lessons will include some aspects of English,

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so that could be speaking

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and listening, reading, writing, grammar,

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punctuation,

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pronunciation, idioms.

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Ah,

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I like to use lots of different resources so

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that lessons are lively and interesting, uh,

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but most importantly they are meaningful to you

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and they help you move forward.

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I will always send you an activity

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before any lesson, so this will get you nicely warmed up.

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Um, thinking about English in general, we will go

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through the activity during the lesson as well as lots

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of other different exercises.

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There will be frequent assessments,

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especially if you are working towards some school exams,

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entrance exams, the IL exams,

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maybe you're working towards an interview.

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Um, these assessments will help us to see

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what your weak areas are and then we can practice

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and build on those so that you can move forward

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and grow in confidence.

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I wish you all the best in your English learning journey,

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and I hope to see you soon.

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Thank you. I.

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