ð Mark-Teacher ð
ðĻðĶ Toronto, Canada ðĻðĶ
ð 13 years experience teaching in-person ESL ð
ð 5 years experience teaching online ð
ðļ 3 years teaching children in Japan ðļ
ðĐâð 7 years teaching "young-adults" (13-18) ðĐâð
ð TESL Canada Certified (Oct. 2013) ð
ð§ââïļ Yoga ð§ââïļ
ðĨ Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ðĨ
ðĨĐ BBQ Master ðĨĐ
ðĨ Play the drums ðĨ
ðĩ Collect CDs (I know) ðĩ
ðĪ 100's of concerts ðĪ
âū Go Blue Jays! âū
ð Go Raptors! ð
ð Go Bills! ð
ð Married to an amazing Japanese woman ð
ðĐïļ Travelled across ðĻðĶ, ðšðē, ðēð―, ð§ðļ, ðŠðĻ, ðĩðĶ, ðĐð°, ðļðŠ, ðŦðŪ, ðŠðŠ, ðŪðđ, ðŽð·, ðđð·, ðð·, and ðŊðĩ ðĐïļ
Teaching-Style
ðĪĐ1:1 classes for each student - focus on you and only you ðĪĐ
ðĪĐ Build confidence in English - ask questions and respond quickly ðĪĐ
ðĪĐ Learn in North-American pronunciation ðĪĐ
ðĪĐ Personalized Google Classroom where you can find all materials, notes, and assignments. Submit your work to be shown where your mistakes are, and how to fix them with a "teaching-point"ðĪĐ
ðĪĐ If you don't prefer Google classroom, all textbooks, materials and notes will be sent to you to download and save ðĪĐ
ðĪĐ No stress (I will never get on you for not doing homework - but if you're motivated to work for me, I will work as hard as I can for you)ðĪĐ
ðĪĐ Shure MV7+ Microphone = crystal-clear sound ðĪĐ
ðą Beginner English Classðą
ð Learn the Foundations of English ð
The "be" verb, word-order in questions, subject + object pronouns, simple present, present continuous, "there is vs. it is", "will or be going to", simple past, past continuous, present perfect, comparatives and quantifiers.
ðŋ Intermediate English Class ðŋ
ð Grow in Confidence as you Express Yourself! ð
Question-formation, "do, does, did vs. am, is, are", gerunds & infinitives, the passive voice, articles (a, an, the), present perfect vs. simple past, "will, be going to, present continuous" with future meaning, indirect questions, reported speech, reported questions.
ðē Advanced English Class ðē
âĪïļ Mastery of English StructuresâĪïļ
All present tenses, present perfect vs. simple past vs. present perfect continuous, narrative tenses, mixed future tenses, the passive voice + causative verbs, reported verbs, articles (a, an, the, nothing), phrasal verbs + dependant prepositions, mixed conditionals, "can, could, be able to, managed to", modals of obligation vs. modals of speculation.
ð IELTS Test Preparation ð
âĪïļ Utilize the English you Know and Improve! âĪïļ
Cambridge IELTS Materials, easy-to-follow, personalized corrections of all speaking tests and writing tests.
No listening / reading tests in class. That's for you to practice on your own time (unless you want to :) I will give you lots of materials to work on at home and then in class we work on improving your writing and speaking tests according to the IELTS standardized benchmarks.
Google Classroom to allow students to upload their "writing test" assignment, I will show you where your mistakes are but I won't fix them. I will include a "teaching-point" to help you understand your mistake better. Then, if you're still having trouble, we'll look at it together in class.
ðĻâðŦ Class Information ðĻâðŦ
A comfortable and fun class that focuses only on you awaits. I can give you the confidence to express yourself, ask detailed questions, and respond quickly and naturally.
ð Who's better than you? ð
ð§ Classroom Rules ð§
Please cancel 12 hours in advance.
You are free to eat or drink.
(Though I wouldn't recommend eating in a language class)
You are the customer, I am here for you.
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Mark is a really awesome teacher who cares a lot!! He puts so much effort in his classes that it is impossible to not improve your English with him! totally recommend to everybody!
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