Adrian N

Profession: Online English Teacher

Interests: I like to share my experiences as I teach and learn from yours.

Over the past few years, I have been to a lot of countries including Egypt, Mexico and Germany. I was in Mexico for 3 weeks in February 2020. I enjoy learning about new cultures and places around the world.

Back 2016 I wrote my first nonfiction book about psychology and since then I have written on other topics like finance and marketing. As of July 2020 I in the middle of writing my first novel.

Education: Open International Academy, TESOL, October 2017.

Bachelor's degree from Staffordshire University, Video Games Design. June 2014.

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Spanish (Conversational), German (Basic), Chinese (Basic)


Aaron Arlott

Profession: Company Founder - Recruitment Consultant

Interests: MMA, Reading, Music

Education: -Bachelor of Science in Sport and Exercise Science.
-150 ITTT TEFL.

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Chinese (Fluent)


Taylor Saunders

Profession: Assistant Cellar Manager at Wine Ark

Interests: Hobbies include reading, creative writing, playing guitar, games of any kind, adventuring, video editing and the occasional game of sport. I have travelled a bit, but wish to do a lot more! Favourite places I have been to are Costa Rica, Vietnam, Thailand's southern islands and California.

Education: Bachelor of Arts - Double Majoring in Spanish and TESOL at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Qualifi Level 5 Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Spoken Languages: English (Native: Australia / New Zealand), Spanish (Conversational), Chinese (Basic)


Phil

Profession: Sound and Video Engineer

Interests: My interests are football (soccer), theatre and cinema, travel, meeting new people.

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Performance Technology, TEFL Qualification (due for completion in September 2020.)

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), French (Basic), Chinese (Basic)


Alex T

Profession: Account Manager

Interests: I've traveled to almost 25 countries. For the last five years, I've celebrated my birthday in a different country each year!

I like writing, music, and photography as well as travel. I'm trying to learn to sing better!

Education: Bachelor of Arts in History from California Polytechnic State University
- Minors in Linguistics, German, Teaching English as a Second Language

Certificate in Indonesian Language and Culture

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Chinese (Fluent), German (Fluent), Spanish (Conversational), Indonesian (Fluent)


Tom Hogan

Profession: Secondary School teacher

Interests: I'm an MMA fighter and a Secondary School teacher. I also like to play the Banjo and swim.

Education: I'm currently completing a masters in Education and I have a BA in Spanish and Classical studies

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Irish (Native), Spanish (Fluent), Chinese (Basic)


Mark Hawkins

Profession: English Teacher

Interests: I am interested in reading, movies, computer games, history, politics and nature, hiking and nature.

Education: I studied my undergraduate in History and Spanish studies at the University of Sheffield.
I have a CELTA English Language Teaching Qualification from Concorde International in Canterbury.
I am currently studying my masters in Environment, Poltics and Development at the University of London

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Spanish (Fluent), Chinese (Conversational), French (Basic)


Charlie Brookes

Profession: MBA student

Interests: I enjoy playing football, boxing and anything that gets my body moving.

My biggest passion however is meeting new and interesting people and learning about their cultures and life story. I hope to meet you too and please tell me about yourself!

Education: 120hr TEFL Certificate

Bachelor BA in Banking and Finance

Can speak Chinese

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Chinese (Conversational)


Tim James S

Profession: Online English Tutor

Interests: I am currently working as an online teacher. I enjoy reading, travelling, and engaging in interesting conversations!

Education: Master of International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington

Advanced TESOL Certificate, Global TESOL College

Spoken Languages: English (Native: Australia / New Zealand), Thai (Basic), Chinese (Basic)


Gareth Gilder

Profession: English teacher, charity fundraiser

Interests: Making music, DJing, playing football, reading, travelling

Education: 3x A-levels A-C. Currently studying for a diploma in Web Design.

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Welsh (Native), Chinese (Conversational)


Finn R

Profession: English Teacher, Institute of Science and Technology, University of Ningbo, China

Interests: I enjoy reading, trail running, hiking, and spending time in the mountains.

Education: Bachelor of Arts in English Literature (First-Class Honours) from the University of Bristol, U.K.

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Spanish (Conversational), Chinese (Basic)


Howie Liu

Profession: College student

Interests: I love photography, doing Chinese Martial Arts, eating food, and getting to know people I meet!

Education: Currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Statistics with possible minors in Psychology and Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Chinese (Basic)


Jinno S

Profession: a medical student; previously a tutor, an undergraduate teaching assistant, a laboratory research assistant, and a human resources manager

Interests: I love the outdoors and going on random adventures! I have traveled to many countries in the past; these include Japan, South Korea, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and the US! I enjoy meeting people from all around the world and learning about other cultures!

Education: Honours Cellular and Physiological Sciences from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver; an incoming 4th year medical student from the University of the Philippines - Manila

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), tl (Native), Chinese (Conversational), Korean (Basic)


Michael Lafortune

Profession: Door to Door sales

Interests: Writing, music, stand up comedy, reading, poetry, hiking, history, the news, cooking.

Education: TEFL from myTEFL and some college expirience.

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Chinese (Basic), Arabic (Basic)


Rupert Holder

Profession: English Tutor

Interests: I enjoy most sports, particularly playing and watching football. My other hobbies include reading and drawing japanese manga, and solving numerical and word based puzzles.

Education: Certified TEFL teacher, Intermediate level Chinese certificate (Jiaotong University, Shanghai)

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Chinese (Conversational)


Nick PS

Profession: Online English Teacher!

Interests: I like to play sports and keep fit. I particularly enjoy Tennis and Football (Soccer), I've been teaching in a few places in Asia for several years so I speak a bit of Mandarin. I love to travel.

Education: CELTA Teaching Qualification (Manchester CELTA center 2010)
BA in Classics (University of Leeds 2009)
MA in Politics (University of Leeds 2017)

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Chinese (Conversational), Italian (Conversational)


Dennis Saul

Profession: Currently an online ESL teacher, previously a advertising copywriter and legal assistant.

Interests: Writing stories and poems, cooking, singing

Education: Bachelor of Arts from University of California at Riverside - Creative Writing and Business

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Polish (Conversational), Chinese (Basic)


Caleb Modou

Profession: ESL Teacher

Interests: I love to travel as much as I can! It's my favorite thing to do along with learning new languages. I love using my own language study techniques with my students making my lessons as interesting and fun as possible!

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Spanish (with a concentration in applied language; Associates in Arts (with a concentration in business)

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Spanish (Conversational), French (Basic), Portuguese (Basic), Chinese (Basic), Italian (Basic)


Teddy Hughes

Profession: My most recent job was in Huizhen Academy in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

Interests: I enjoy Art, Illustration, Music, and Teaching English

Education: BA in Illustration from the University of Portsmouth
TEFL certificate from the Rose of York College, London

Spoken Languages: English (Native: UK), Chinese (Conversational)


Simon CS

Profession: English tutor, freelance writer

Interests: I enjoy fire-spinning (ask me about the two times I lit myself on fire), cooking and baking, games and game design, strategy, and intriguing mysteries, in books or on the screen.

And, of course, I love languages! Not only learning them, but also the cool way all the pieces, from grammar to pronunciation to orthoraphy, and so on, fit together. In my mind, a language is a gigantic, beautiful mess of changing meaning.

Education: B.A. in History and East Asian Studies from Brown University
(at Brown, I was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, a national honor society, in my junior year)
M.S. in Psychology from Walden University
TESOL Certificate from International Open Academy

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Japanese (Fluent), Chinese (Conversational), Russian (Basic), Spanish (Fluent), French (Conversational)