Meet Native English Teacher Dan
Every week we introduce one of our English tutors (Conversation Partners or Native English Speakers as we like to call them) to you so that you can learn a little bit more about our English course. Today, we introduce Dan has been part of the Spoken English Practice network since 2010. Dan is a professional ESL teacher who has extensive […]
Meet Native English Tutor Taryn
Tell us a bit about your past experiences teaching English While I don’t have formal ESL classroom experience, during my travels I have taught colleagues in New Zealand, village children in Zambia and friends in France. Tell us more about your education? I have a bachelor of science in communications, and also studied business and journalism at university. How […]
English Teacher vs. Conversation Partner: Who suits you better?
A question that comes up often is whether you should work with a professional English teacher or a Conversation Partner to help you improve English. There are a number of important factors that you consider before making this decision. These factors will impact you differently depending on whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced learner in English. In this […]
Meet Native English Teacher Sharon
In this series of introducing some of our English Conversation Partners, we feature Sharon. Sharon has previosuly worked as a English langauge tutor at Inter Pals and is really enthusiastic about connecting with ESL students around the world. Today she shares some of her insights teaching English and helping students become fluent. If you are interested in scheduling a trial […]
Why Traditional English Study Methods Don’t Work
In an era where humans are making gigantic progress in fields such as biotechnology, ecommerce and nano-science, we still seem to rely on the same English study methods that we have been using since the start of the century.Most English teachers from around the world still place a lot of emphasis on perfecting grammar and vocabulary which is a very […]