Chris Astles

Profession: Web Developer

Interests: Sports - football (soccer) and running
Music - listening AND playing! I play guitar and piano, and I sing and write songs.

Education: Bachelor of Science (Chemistry)
CELTA Pass B

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

curtis g

Profession: commercial relocations for melbourne universities and casino

Interests: traveling, sports, comedy, skating, learning manderin. I've been to these places so far
Canada, Thailand,Vietnam ,Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Dubai, Ireland, New zealand, Australia

Education: new zealand high school , TEFL diploma

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

Lee Stewart

Profession: High School History and English Teacher, Community Organizer, English Tutor

Interests: Hi!

My name is Lee. I love teaching, reading, travel, history, languages, politics, and environmental activism.

I'm currently an assistant teacher at a public high school in Northern Virginia, near Washington, DC. I am also a part-time graduate student in US History at George Mason University. I spend most of my time teaching, reading, and going to the gym.

I would love to get to know you more! What are your interests? What are your learning goals? Let's chat!

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and Asian Studies from Kenyon College (Class of 2009)

Masters in US History from George Mason University (Class of 2021)

Provisional Teaching License in English Language Arts from Shenandoah University (2018)

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

Matt Luu

Profession: Marketer

Interests: I like to travel and meet people from all over the globe. I like to dance, produce music, and cook. I would like to live in China one day.

Education: I studied Mathematics at Wilfrid Laurier University and Computer Programming at Sheridan College. I have a 120 hour TESOL Certificate from International Open Academy.

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

Brendan Conboy

Profession: trainer for Singapore based English training non-profit SDI Academy. Former tour guide.

Interests: travel, music, language, history, technology, arts

Education: 120 Hour TEFL Certificate from ITTT. 4th year student in Urban Studies (Human Geography) at the University of Calgary.

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

Justin

Profession: Student

Interests: Learning, traveling, teaching, adventuring, cooking, playing music, listening to music, writing poetry, enjoying life.

Education: Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering (UCCS) 2015-2019
Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certificate (U of T OISE) 2019-2020
(Master's of Science in Sustainable Energy Technology, XJTLU, 2020-2021)

Spoken Languages: English (Native: US / Canada), Chinese (Conversational), Swedish (Basic), Spanish (Basic), Esperanto (Basic)

William Y

Profession: Graduate Student at Humboldt University in Berlin

Interests: I enjoy listening to music, watching movies, and reading books. I also enjoy climbing and playing soccer.

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Economics and History from the University of California, Berkeley; TEFL Certificate from TeacherLink.

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

Martin Woodward

Profession: English Teacher
Education, Teaching
Teaching English to students aged 3 to adults. Planning lessons, teaching both British and American curriculums.

Interests: I am a musician, I can play the drums, guitar and piano. I play in a jazz band and teach others how to play music.

Secondly I enjoy studying Chinese by speaking with friends in Guiyang, China where I lived for the past 5 years before coming back to England.

When I have time off I endeavour to go SCUBA diving, I have done over 50 dives in 3 different countries.

I love nature; gardening is a recent passion I have developed.

Finally I enjoy mixing cocktails and cooking.

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

Adam R P

Profession: Functional Skills Tutor

Interests: Running, keeping fit, hiking, travel, reading

Education: Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA)

Bachelor of Laws (Hons) First Class

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

Gabriel A

Profession: Service Manager at Wall Street English.

Interests: In my free time I enjoy traveling and learning about different cultures, photography, cooking, reading and playing the guitar.

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Fresno Pacific University,
CELTA Certificate for teaching English from Cambridge University.

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

Calvin Tong

Profession: AEON Corporation
Education, English Language Instruction
Taught students from babies to seniors all levels and manners of English for various purposes. Whether that be grammar, test preparation, speaking fluency, pronunciation, you name it, I've done it!

Interests: Magic, Martial arts, Playing music, Learning languages, Running/Hiking

Education: York University Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology
Sports and Athletics, Medicine
4 year Bachelor of Science to supplement my fascination of the body and it's application towards my passion of martial arts.

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

Freddie F

Profession: Currently I teach English Second Language at a High School in Vietnam

Interests: My interests are movies (I love superhero movies particularly X-Men), food (I live in Vietnam which is a great place to eat), travel (my goal is to visit every country in the world. Huge bucket list, I know) and painting (whenever I have free time I try and paint)

Education: Bachelor of Arts in English

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

Kobyn B

Profession: Drone Pilot for 360 Tour Designs

Interests: I enjoy learning and studying new subjects and cultures. I speak Korean fluently and am conversational in Chinese. When I am at home relaxing, I spend my time readying but when I am out and about you can find me in the mountains, skiing, biking, and rock climbing. I love the outdoors and being with my family!

Education: After graduating from Ascend a Mentored Education, I moved on to study for my bachelors degree at Brigham Young University in Utah. I am currently working to get accepted into the business program where I hope to major in marketing.

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

James Teacher 2020

Profession: Teaching English

Interests: Travelling, making English videos and teaching English

Education: I have a CELTA teaching qualification from the University of Leicester. I also have TEFL and TESOL qualifications.

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

Mark Funka

Profession: Tutor

Interests: I do acting and I play guitar. I speak Spanish and Mandarin

Education: M.A. in TESOL-The New School
B.S. in Mass Communications-University of Massachusetts

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

Ethan Russell

Profession: Pest control technican

Interests: Foreign language studies, international affairs

Education: High school diploma from Aspen High School in Aspen, Colorado, USA
GPA: 3.441

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

Talk With Kyle

Profession: English teacher

Interests: Love to travel and do exciting things-- all I've ever wanted to do since i was 4 years old
So far I've been to 18 different countries, working, living and eating all of their food.

Education: Scuba Diving Divemaster
Skydiving license
BA in Psychology
TEFL certificate

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

Samuel T A

Profession: Online English Teacher

Interests: I am an English teacher who loves reading, writing, baseball and music! I have been teaching English for more than 10 years and have taught in the US, China, and Mexico!

Education: TEFL/TESOL Certified, Chinese Language Certificate

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

Keith McDowell

Profession: JCPS Substitute Teacher
Education
English/Spanish substitute teacher

CIS Adjunct Professor Strayer University
Education
Taught undergraduate Computer Science courses in the following subject areas:
IT in Criminal Justice,
Webpage Development I & II,
Introduction to Information Systems
Unix Operating Systems.

Data Analyst -- Neustar, Inc Aug 2018-Jan 2020
IT
Collaborated with functional heads to identify opportunities for operational improvement and strategic decisions in respective functions based on data used in creating annual Knowledge Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Technical Product Support Specialist /Aug 2016 to Aug 2018
Training and Development
Supported team by acting as a product escalation point, liaison between
engineering and product support.
• Functioned as a technical trainer for a 10-member team.
• Designed, developed, and implemented a new hire training program to help
acclimate

Interests: Science nerd... I do enjoy travelling outside of the United States. Besides travelling in general, I am an avid language learner who likes to experience a target language not only through the language itself, but also experiencing a language through its' culture and culinary profile. Likewise, other side interest include Game development using both Unity 3D and Unreal engine.

Education: Master's Teaching
English Language Instruction
with a concentration in English language learning. Currently working on this Master's degree

Master's Information System
Technology
University of Phoenix - Feb 2009 to April 2010

B.A Spanish
Education
University of Louisville Jan 2004 to Dec 2008

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

Jack Wang

Profession: Product Manager

Interests: Love to travel to new places, eat good food, drink boba,

Education: Bachelor of Science in Information Science from Cornell University

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