Patrick ☘️

Profissão: Special Language Assistant
Education, English Language Instruction, Teaching
I lived in the United Kingdom for 8 years and worked as a special language assistant, helping students in a mainstream school who didn't have English as a first language. I taught English to students at beginner level in one-to-one and group classes.

Teacher of English as a Second Language
English Language Instruction, Education, Teaching
I have experience teaching English to speakers of other languages and have worked with all levels from beginner through to advanced. For several summers back in Ireland I taught English to Spanish teenagers through cookery classes in a summer school.

TEFL Teaching Online
Teaching, Education, English Language Instruction
I have a lot of experience teaching English to ESL students through online language learning websites. I have taught students from beginner level right through to advanced level. I also teach English for business and job interview preparation.

Business Owner of a Web Design Agency
Design, English Language Instruction, Teaching, IT
I owned and managed my own, highly successful business in the UK for 8 years. This prior experience has really benefited my students when teaching business English and helping prepare students for job interviews.

Teaching English Poetry Workshops
Writing and Journalism, Education, Teaching, English Language Instruction
I have delivered numerous poetry workshops to teenagers and adults. These classes involved teaching writing skills as well as reading techniques for all types of literature. My workshops also focused on grammar and methods for improving vocabulary.

Interesses: I’m a native English speaker from Dublin in Ireland.

I am a published and multi-award winning poet with a great passion for all aspects of the English language.

I love conversation and being Irish, I have been told that I have the "gift of the gab” (a love for conversation)!

I really enjoy cooking, working on cars and have built my own camper-van but most of all, I love spending time with my wonderful 5 year old son, also called Patrick!

Educação: To University Level
Education, English Language Instruction
Completed Leaving Certificate in secondary education and studied English, History and Performance Arts at University College Dublin, Ireland.

Idiomas falados: inglês (Nativo), espanhol (Básico), irlandês (Básico)

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