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Learning & perfecting English easily and in a relaxed manner, step-by-step - through practical applications and exercises from a native-speaker with lots of experience with kids and adults.
The focus will be on you - your needs and requirements, your field of expertise - fine-tuning and honing your skills to reach mastery - to feel comfortable speaking English anywhere.
Classes will be tailor-made for individuals or for groups or businesses with related, relevant content - based upon initial personal interview.
“Clubs”
will also be available: The only requirements for membership are to
have an intermediate level (or above) of English, a desire to improve
and an open mind. The goal is to be comfortable and enjoy engagement in
the club - sharing feelings, thoughts and ideas while gaining
confidence and assertiveness using English in public. Participants will
have almost total freedom to express themselves and to formulate their
standpoint and point of view. Members will be supportive, helping
others with their suggestions in a respectful way and work together to
improve one-another’s English understanding and performance.
We
will have conversation-discussion (thus vocabulary and
speaking-listening skills will be enhanced), grammar will be worked on
(in context), critical-thinking skills will be elaborated upon and,
finally, lots of questioning and self-questioning will be involved –
all the clubs will have such a philosophical element associated with
them, as I personally believe this is important to learning.
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A bit about myself (Jack)…
I’m originally from America, but I have
Belgian nationality, also, and I have been living in Europe for over 25
years. I have high standards together with a relaxed, laid-back style
and over twenty years of English-teaching experience in European and
international schools – including Philosophy in the European and
International Baccalaureate and IB TOK and History.
I’ve taught English mainly to high school kids from 11-18 from absolute
beginners to advanced Language and Literature students, but I’ve also
designed the curriculum for Business English at a vocational school for
adults in Antwerp, Belgium. Qua qualifications, I have a Masters
diploma in Philosophy and a degree in teaching from KU
Leuven and Bachelors diplomas in English, Studio Art and Biology from
UMKC; a CELTA certificate for
teaching English as a foreign language, Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
in the
UK and I am certified to give Philosophy for Children.
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Wednesdays,
20.30 - 22.00
Group
Classes
Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays (ongoing...)
18.00
- 19.00 (10-15-year-olds)
19.15 - 20.15 (15+)
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