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EFL (English as a Foreign Language), ESP (English for Specific Purposes that includes Business English), EAP (English for Academic Purposes) - (various school subjects for elementary, middle school and high school students, university courses for university students, professional development courses for working professionals), Pronunciation, Public Speaking & General Communication Tutoring, Proofreading & Editing  

Whatever your English language learning needs, quality will be maintained!  

Individualized, Customized ​Learning Plans

To get an individualized and customized learning plan, just send us a request for a 15-minute chat, and we can advise you on how we can help you with your specific English language needs.  You may want to check out our Teaching Style as well as the type of courses we are offering. 

Our teaching/tutoring/coaching is not based on any specific textbooks or materials per se, but rather based on material that is already readily available on the Internet.  Although the communicative method is very effective for improving fluency, word usage accuracy, and pronunciation, we feel that it does not improve grammatical accuracy. As a result, we highly appreciate the Azar Grammar series of textbooks and workbooks, which we find extremely useful and efficient in teaching communicative grammar and guided conversation to all EFL levels - A1 to C2.

    Of course, we already have access to many other textbooks and materials because we have been teaching English overseas for so many years. We will make available the materials that each learner needs once the learner has decided to choose one of our plans.  Just make sure to browse our website very carefully, contact us for a chat, and then we can schedule a FREE 15-minute video session on Zoom, Google Hangouts, WhatsApp, or Skype right before you decide to buy one of our plans. We are looking forward to meeting you very soon!!!    

TEACHING STYLE: Private Teaching & Tutoring

     Both Robert and I provide private teaching and/or tutoring and coaching.  We noticed that many online sites advertise their services as either being "teaching" or "tutoring" English.  These sites mention that the teachers are qualified individuals who can teach English properly while tutors are native speakers of English who do not have such qualifications and therefore are used only for conversational practice.  Coaching, however, is for specific tasks such as preparing for a speech, or a specific test.  Teaching usually happens mostly at lower levels, tutoring at all levels, and coaching usually at higher levels.  

     In our case, we are BOTH teachers and tutors or language coaches at the same.  Both Robert and I have native fluency and knowledge of the English language as well as education and experience in English language teaching (TEFL: Teaching English as a Foreign Language) and tutoring/coaching. 

     We can help learners individually, in pairs, or in groups of 3 or 4.  If you decide to study with a partner or group members, you must make sure that your partner or group members have the same language level as you.  You might want to check out the European definitions of language learning levels here.  If you don't know your levels, we would like you and your study partner (if you have one) to contact us for a FREE  15-minute Zoom, Google Hangouts, WhatsApp, or Skype video consultation/instruction session first BEFORE buying one of our discounted plans and then to book your hours with us accordingly.  

     The 15-minute consultation/instruction session will determine your level as well as your partner's level (if you are studying with a partner), so that you may proceed to a specific course of study.  We are looking forward to hearing from you very soon.  

Our Philosophy of Learning and Teaching

  Because we traveled extensively and lived abroad for so many years, both Robert and I have extensive foreign language learning and teaching experience.   

    As a teenager growing up in Canada, I have vivid memories of learning French, the second official language in that country. Robert, on the other hand, had experience learning some Spanish in the United States. Both of us remember very well how we struggled with learning Korean and Thai to the best of our abilities. Due to infrequent practice, my Korean has stayed at the higher beginner level, and my Thai is just a low beginner level, but my French has remained at a high intermediate to advanced level. 

     Two important factors in maintaining language proficiency are frequent practice and cultural involvement.  It is so much easier for a person to remember a language if he/she is actively engaged in the songs, stories, movies, and lifestyle that are associated with that language.

     One can practice a new language anywhere, but the practice only improves fluency (comfort and ease of speaking), but not necessarily correct grammar, word usage and pronunciation.  An experienced teacher and/or tutor/coach will always correct a learner's mistakes and give pointers on how to remember not to make those mistakes again as well as how to self-correct. 

     The best way to learn a language is by immersing oneself in the culture of that language specifically through reading literature, listening to music, and understanding lyrics, as well as watching movies and understanding the context of the plots and so on.  As a result, our focus is on helping learners to use all the free English language resources presently found on the Internet and to guide them to become self-motivated and self-educated.  We feel every learner should be encouraged to improve at his/her own pace of learning.  If you would like to know more about this, you may want to watch the video below which presents Krishnamurti's views on education with which we also highly resonate. 

     We are not reinventing or branding the teaching of EFL in any way.  However, we are very serious about helping learners to reach their personal goals through our motto: "Polish yourselves with Getic Fiery Crystal X!"   

     A learner is like a crystal - rough and jagged at the beginning.  By the end of the course, the fire in the belly or the desire or ambition of the learner will polish those jagged and coarse surfaces to make the learner similar to a smooth precious stone.  We are all rough and jagged crystals at the beginning.  Through the burning fire of our desire to improve ourselves, we can become a wonderfully smooth precious stone. 

This is what we hope we can do for you - help you to polish your English language skills through diligent practice and effort, so that you can reach a more native level, or as close as possible to being considered a near-native. 

      We are waiting for learners of all levels, but we prefer to work with learners who are at least  high beginner or low intermediate levels and can already understand English fairly well.  We are very eager to become your teacher, tutor, or language coach as soon as you are ready!  

Personal Introduction by Tina and Robert