brettborthwick
Profession: English Teacher (private universities) [Tokyo, Japan]
English Language Instruction
I have taught university students in Tokyo for the last two semesters. We learn conversational English through talking about daily situations and social issues.
Interests: Exploring Tokyo, learning languages, hiking, traveling abroad, making memories with friends
Education: Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and French. I’m also qualified as a TEFL teacher with a 150 hour certificate.
Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), French (Conversational), Spanish (Fluent)
Doug
Profession: I've been a professional actor and playwright for 40 years.
Interests: Cycling, travel, photography, music, theatre, languages, reading, paleontology, sports.
Education: Studied theatre at Ryerson University, Toronto
Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), French (Conversational), Spanish (Basic)
lmoses5972
Profession: I am currently a foreign language tutor at Coastal Carolina University, as well as a resource coordinator for Coastal Carolina University.
Interests: I am an avid crocheter, knitter, and sewer. I love to study language and culture, as well as history. My specialty in history is latter Roman Empire and Christianity, with a focus on gender.
Education: Bachelors of Arts in Languages and Intercultural Studies from Coastal Carolina University, with a Minor in History. Current MA student in Hispanic Linguistics.
Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Spanish (Fluent), French (Conversational)
Tom C.
Profession: Accountant at BDO LLP
Finance and Banking
Auditing listed and unlisted entities across a range of industries; Preparing income tax returns for individuals.
Interests: Hi, I’m Tom and I’m originally from Bournemouth, England. I’m here because I love meeting people from different cultures and because I want to help you improve your english. I teach English and I also speak Spanish (también hablo espanol, así que puedo ayudar hispanohablantes con su inglés). I love to travel, go on adventures and eat exotic food. I love to read and talk about history and geopolitics. What things do you like to do? You can tell me in one of our sessions. My teaching style is friendly and conversational and I’m happy to be guided by you and what you want to learn. I’m happy to help you in all areas of English but as an accountant I specialize in business english. I can also help you with interview prep.
Education: ACA
Finance and Banking
Accountancy qualification issued by the ICAEW
Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Spanish (Conversational), French (Basic)
Shelby English
Profession: Education Administration
Interests: I love nature, rock climbing, animals, gardening, and music. In my spare time I like to read novels and watch Netflix.
Education: Bachelor of Arts in English, 2012
Master of Science in Information Science, 2019
Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), French (Basic)
Joshua
Profession: English Tutor
English Language Instruction
I have enjoyed teaching English both in-person and online since I was a University Student. Teaching English is What I love to do.
Interests: Hello! My name is Joshua. I am a 26 year old man from the UK. I love teaching English, playing guitar, painting, composing songs and writing stories. At University, I studied psychology for 4 years because I love people and trying to understand how people think and why they behave the way they do. I love animals; my favourite animal is the snow leopard.
Education: Master of Science - Psychology
Mental Health
I studied Psychology for 4 years at the University of Bath. I love humans and studying human behaviour and trying to understand how people's minds work.
Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Welsh (Conversational), French (Basic), German (Basic)
Guy Pantall
Profession: Finance
Interests: I really enjoy swimming, especially open water swimming, sailing, and kayaking. I love gardening, and I have a road bike.
Education: MA (Arabic with Turkish) from Oxford University. CELTA qualified.
Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), French (Conversational), German (Conversational), Arabic (Basic)
rsixandacat
Profession: Support worker
Education
Working in social care with vulnerable children and young adults.
Outdoor instructor
Hospitality and Tourism
Worked as an outdoor activity instructor in many different centres and venues over the years.
Interests: I love all outdoor sports but most of all I love surfing, travelling and meeting new people and embracing different cultures, music and making and eating food! Chinese and Mediterranean foods are my favourites. My grandma is Chinese so I have grown up eating a lot of Chinese food.
Education: Bachelor's degree
Education
Education studies
Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), French (Fluent)
Raymond Truong
Profession: Customer service
Interests: I am a formal professional magician and juggler. I now enjoy languages and travelling. I'm originally from Melbourne Australia but now live in Vancouver Canada.
I have a bachelor of Business with a double major in marketing and psychology so if you have questions regarding the language those fields, I'm more than happy to help.
Education: Bachelor of Business from Monash University
Spoken Languages: English (Native: Australia / New Zealand), French (Fluent)
Alex Lanuza
Profession: I work for VIPKID
Interests: Hi there! My name is Franklyn "Alex" and I have been teaching online since 2017 and I love it! What I really love about online teaching is that you get to meet so many different people with various cultures coming together to learn English. I have learned a lot from my students just as they have from me. I love to; travel, workout, dance, hike, swim, play basketball and pretty much any outdoor activity. Probably left some things out but that's me!
Education: Teflen Training College 40 hour TEFL/TESOL Certification Completed 06/2017
Metro State University Denver, CO Completed 07/2017
Bachelors of Science- Major in Biology and Minor in Chemistry
Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Spanish (Fluent), French (Basic)
Andrew
Profession: English teacher
English Language Instruction
I 10 years in the English dept at my old school. I then spent 10 years in Bournemouth teaching in language schools. After moving to Spain I have tutored privately, on Cambly and in two International colleges. I´m now semi-retired and only
Interests: I Have lots of different interests, including sport, Food, Travel and most importantly language learning. I live in Spain and enjoy challenging myself to learn new languages.
Education: My Education
English Language Instruction
Buglawton County Primary School 1964-1970
Sandbach Grammar school 1970 1977
University of Manchester 1977-1980
Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Spanish (Basic), French (Basic)
Mr Casserly
Profession: Event promotion
Interests: Music is a passionate hobby of mine, be it writing, performing or just listening to someone else expressing their creativity. Travelling is something I love and hope to do plenty more of once our world goes back to normal!
Education: TEFL qualified ESL teacher
Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), French (Fluent), German (Basic)
joel ballard
Profession: Journalist
Interests: Hello,
My name's Joel and I live in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
For work, I spend my days telling important stories as a Journalist. In my free time, I love to hike, swim, go on spontaneous adventures, and eat delicious food.
I also love to teach and can't wait to meet new people who are ready to learn English.
Education: Degree in Journalism, Diploma in Theatre Arts.
Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), French (Conversational)
Matt
Profession: E-Learning developer
Interests: I love to travel and have a keen interest in learning languages myself as well as helping others to learn English. When we're not in lockdown I swim regularly and enjoy spending time with friends and family. Since we've been in lockdown I've discovered a lot of box sets on Netflix, especially a lot of Spanish TV shows!
Education: BA (Hons) in German and French from the University of Reading, UK and Cambridge CELTA from the British Language Centre in Madrid, Spain.
Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), French (Fluent), German (Conversational), Spanish (Conversational)
Ben Royston
Profession: I am currently teaching English part time at a Language school in Bristol (my home town) and I am also teaching English online.
Interests: My main interests are sport, in particular tennis. I belong to a tennis club and play at least three times a week. In addition to this, I love singing. I belong to a choir and have taken part in many operas and musicals during my life. I also like travelling and visiting new countries and cities and learning about the culture of these countries and cities. I speak French, Spanish and German quite well. I love teaching English as a Foreign Language and helping students to improve their English.
Education: I have a Batchelor of Education (teaching qualification) and I also have a Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. In addition I am a qualified life coach and a tennis coach.
Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), French (Fluent), Spanish (Fluent)
Kevin Shea
Profession: Paraeducator
Education
Worked one-on-one with several students to improve their work ethic and grades for two years.
Journalist
Writing and Journalism
Covered local, state, and national news for 2 years.
Native English Teacher
English Language Instruction
Taught English to students of various ages and proficiency levels. Worked in South Korea for three years.
Interests: Enjoys soccer, hiking, reading, traveling, and writing.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Environmental studies and a minor in Environmental Communications. I have a TEFL certificate.
Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), French (Fluent)
sashamcdonald92
Profession: Bartender
Interests: I love to draw illustrations, take photographs, and I love to eat great food and watch films. I also love to travel and spend time outdoors, including hiking, playing football and going to music concerts with my friends.
Education: Bachelor or Arts in Film Production at Arts University Bournemouth
120 Hour TEFL Certificate
Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), French (Basic)
Paul
Profession: Small Business Coach
Consulting, Entrepreneurship, Marketing
For the past few years I've been working as a Business and Marketing Coach, I support small businesses with their online marketing. My areas of support include social media, email marketing, sales strategies, AI tools, and online course creation.
Membership co-ordinator
Non-profit
I previously worked for a flagship not for profit organisation in London UK. I co-ordinated the memberships of about 350 high profile member organisations. I had a key business development role in identifying new organisations to pitch membership to.
Assistant Film Festival Organiser
Non-profit, Visual Arts
I previously worked on the design and roll out of a national Film Festival. My roles and duties were varied and included project management, marketing and press, sponsorship research, VIP management, volunteers co-ordinator and customer service.
Business Analyst
IT
I previously worked as a Business Analyst and Deputy Team Leader on an IT Helpdesk in the financial sector. I supervised a large team of people, designed procedures, conducted staff training and prepared two departments for audits.
Interests: I have a wide range of interests including current affairs, health, fitness, music, film/TV, nature, travelling, history and the arts. To keep fit I enjoy running, the gym and hiking in the countryside. I enjoy meeting other people through volunteering and travelling. I'm also very happy to talk about topics that interest you. Professionally, I have worked in Business and Marketing for over 25 years. I also like technology and using the internet, keeping up with what's new.
Education: Diploma (Distinction) in Event Management with PR Module
Hospitality and Tourism, Advertising, Writing and Journalism
To enhance my skills as an Events Organiser I completed an Event Management training diploma on how to organise and promote events.
PRINCE2 Project Management training
Non-profit, Technology
Project Management training where I learned how to project manage projects for a not for profit organisation I worked at.
Digital Marketing training
Advertising, Internet, Technology, Writing and Journalism
I completed Digital Marketing training at the UK's only government-approved institute for the professional development of digital marketers. After this course I began to professionally offer my own Digital Marketing services to small businesses.
Cultural Cinema Exhibition Course
Visual Arts, Writing and Journalism, Hospitality and Tourism, Advertising
I completed an immersive training course at the prestigious British Film Institute, on how to programme and produce film festivals. This resulted in employment working on Film Festivals.
Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Spanish (Conversational), French (Conversational)
Richard
Profession: Teacher
Interests: Sports: Yoga, swimming, archery, skiing, hiking & camping
Reading: History books, traveller’s tales
I.T.: Over ten years experience in fixing & upgrading computer hardware Music: Seven years of percussions (drums)
Education: BSc in Management - Royal Holloway University of London, Egham (UK)
TEFL Certificate - Samui TEFL, Koh Samui (Thailand)
Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), French (Native), German (Basic)
tomselbyy1
Profession: Senior Lifeguard
Interests: Travelling, current affairs, the outdoors, football, rugby, swimming, climbing, cricket, surfing and health and fitness.
Education: Bachelor of Business Management from Newcastle University.
Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), French (Basic)