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Ian V

£25/hr

International English language exam help from an experienced expert

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English as an additional language (EAL/ESL/EFL) for business purposes, exam preparation and academic purposes. I've been teaching English for over a decade. In addition, my training background includes personal development, art, and IT as part of lifelong learning. My communicative lessons include help with Grammar, Vocabulary and Pronunciation for General and Specific Purposes. I specialize in helping students prepare for international English Language exams, such as IELTS and Cambridge First, Advanced and Proficiency. Having lived abroad, I also have the experience of learning a new language. I know it is hard work, but it can also be enjoyable. It will be rewarding, but it does need study and practice. Let's work together to help you get where you want to be! I provide General, Business & Exam English Language lessons and courses to groups and individuals, including reparation for IELTS and Cambridge English exams. In addition, I have tutored groups of Masters’ Degree candidates at the IMO International Maritime Law Institute at the University of Malta and provided English Language courses for international business services. I am responsible for producing and delivering English Language courses to adult learners in groups, small groups, and one-to-one, covering English for General, Business, and Academic purposes. My courses are tailored to your requirements, which we will discuss and agree on after a free, no-obligation, initial consultation. Coming from a training and IT-based background, I qualified as an English Language Teacher with a CertTESOL from Trinity College, London, in 2013. I started teaching immediately after and have since delivered over 10,000 hours of English Language lessons to hundreds of students from all around the world. Having started teaching in an international English Language School in London, I moved to Malta – where I now live with my wife and pets. I first taught face-to-face in classrooms but started teaching online in 2018 to reach a broader range of language learners. General English These lessons and courses are designed to meet your personal needs through Communicative Language Teaching. This approach emphasizes the student’s ability to communicate in real-life contexts, and students learn to make requests, accept offers, explain things, and express their feelings and preferences. In addition, focus on skills, such as Grammar, Vocabulary and Pronunciation, is covered through the methods of Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing. I work with a range of age-appropriate materials accredited by Oxford University Press and Cambridge English. Click here for more details or here to book lessons. English for Specific Purposes (ESP) / Business English English for management, marketing, and finance, etc. These courses include Business Writing, Job Interviews, Presentations, Technical documentation, Reports, Contracts, Informal Communication, Conferences, Business Trips, and Business Meetings. If there’s anything else you need help with, please ask or book directly. English Language lessons for exams These are my areas of specialization in exam preparation. Please feel free to ask if you have any other requirements. IELTS General & Academic (International English Language Testing System) C1 Advanced (CAE) C2 Proficiency (CPE) B2 Business Vantage (BEC Vantage) C1 Business Higher (BEC Higher) TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) & TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) In January 2014, I emigrated from the United Kingdom to Malta to pursue my career as an English Language Teacher and bring Recovery-focussed practice to the mental health services here. But, I hear you cry, what is your professional background and how did you get there? Some professional background In my more mainstream work, I was the lead moderator of Gumtree’s forum for two years. I was also providing technical and web support for small and local businesses, ranging from Internet consultancy, designing, optimising, and maintaining websites through to hardware and software support and training. TLAs: NGOs & CICs, plus the NHS I helped set up and manage two CICs: facilitating art workshops and exhibitions for marginalised and socially excluded artists in London and providing web development training for adults with mental health experiences. From my experience with SW London Recovery College, I helped South London, and Maudsley NHS Trust set up their new Recovery College to design and run mental health, self-management and wellbeing courses. At The UK’s first Recovery College, at South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, I worked from 2010 to 2014 as a Peer Trainer, Developing, writing and delivering Mental Health and Recovery training courses for service users, carers and professionals. To co-facilitate all classes with a Mental Health Practitioner Trainer. Recording of statistical data regarding training. KUF Trainer, providing staff training in the NHS Framework (KUF) for Personality Disorders. Academia and the like … Before that, I spent a little over five years as the Computer Officer for the History of Parliament Trust., London (United Kingdom), where I undertook the following: Analysis of computer systems requirements for the upgrade from NT4 Server and Workstation to Windows 2000 Advanced Server and XP Pro (2003). Production of systems specifications. Installation of upgraded networks and computer systems (1999 and 2003). Analysis of computer systems requirements for the upgrade from Novell Netware 4.1 to NT4 Server (1999). … more like hard work! Continued maintenance of Netware server and network connections to assist in storage, document transfers and publication of the set of volumes (1690-1715). Data migration to MS Office 2000. Liaison with Cambridge University Press and Institute of Historical Research for electronic maintenance, editing and delivery of (around 2500) articles for the 1690-1715 volumes. Production of Institute of Historical Research membership database. Design, testing and implementation of 1604-29 Constituency database. Redesign and management of extant databases. Creation and maintenance of the website. Systems, database and procedural documentation. Training of staff and providing technical presentations. I wrangled a doctorate, and a mention in despatches, out of my time there. Salad days For seven years at the National Missing Persons Helpline, London, I was responsible for all technical an

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English
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IB
 £25/hr
English
Level
Degree
 £25/hr
English
Level
Common Entrance (13+)
 £25/hr
English as a Foreign Language EFL
Level
EFL
 £25/hr

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