🇺🇸Native English-speaker from Los Angeles, California, USA 🎓UCLA Linguistics & Anthropology 🌎Specialty: Second Language Acquisition (SLA) 🏳️‍🌈This is a safe space for LGBTQ + people ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 🫱🏾‍🫲🏼 Teacher Teammates 🫱🏾‍🫲🏼 Mr. Wayne, British-Taiwanese, International Culture Expert https://tw.amazingtalker.com/teachers-and-tutors/wayne-chang ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ 🎥 Watch my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/VisualApe 🤳 Reach me faster on LINE: @682chjzo ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ Who is Alipio? 🧜🏽‍♂️ Born, raised, educated, and currently living in Los Angeles 🇺🇸 🧜🏽‍♂️ Graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s in Linguistics (Language Science) 🧜🏽‍♂️ 4 years experience as a language interpreter/translator (certified) My Teaching Experience 👨🏽‍🏫 4 years working as an ESL (English as a Second Language) Teacher 👨🏽‍🏫 2 years lived and taught English in Japan 👨🏽‍🏫 TEFL-Certified (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ What do I teach? ▸ Conversation ▸ TOEFL ▸ Grammar + vocabulary ▸ Pronunciation + the American accent 🇺🇸 ▸ Reading articles + comprehension ▸ Writing journals or short stories ▸ Jokes, idioms, expressions, etc. ⚠️YOU choose YOUR lessons, otherwise we will use… 🌈ALIPIO’S TEXTBOOK🌈 I created (and I'm always building) my own lesson plans, now at 30+ topics! Topic examples include food, music, money and more! Basic lesson flow: 1. learn vocabulary about a topic 2. learn grammar related to that topic 3. conversation to become an expert in that topic ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ How does Alipio teach adults? 🌳 Your classroom, your learning space and pace 🌳 Student speaks more than teacher 🌳 Use learning material like textbooks, test prep, etc. 🌳 Talk to me like a friend🤗 How does Alipio teach kids/young teenagers? 🌱 Reading with pictures 🌱 Speak like an American 🇺🇸 🌱 Kid chooses homework 🌱 Talk to me like a big brother🤗 Other notes 📝 Any lessons cancellation must be notified at least 24 hours ahead 📝 Homework available upon request 📝 Acknowledge our different timezones, anything urgent please LINE me: @682chjzo ✈️ Feel free to send me a message or book a trial lesson today 🚀