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Teaches

English

Native

Speaks

Russian

Chinese (Mandarin)

From United StatesLiving in Other, United States (13:32 UTC-04:00)

About Me

italki teacher since Aug 28, 2018

Hello! Ever since I took Latin in high school, I have been obsessed with languages. I like to talk about the best way to learn languages, and I love to talk about linguistics, which is the study of language. I love learning languages like Russian and Chinese because they each have a unique sound and character. I have also traveled to Costa Rica and Italy, and I would love to someday learn some of the Romance languages. Apart from language learning and travel, I also love to talk about technology and culture. I am amazed at how fast technology improves and interested to see how it affects our culture. I also love to talk about history and philosophy, and how ideas change over time. I wanted to be a teacher because I felt like there was a need for better foreign language teachers. I think too many teachers instruct their students in an outdated way, and I want to change that. As of right now, my teaching experience falls into two categories. The first is my internship/practicum that I did in the spring of 2018 with my former Latin teacher. I worked under my teacher, and I helped students with understanding the basic mechanics of Latin. The second category is teaching Sunday School at my church, where I gained experience teaching children and teenagers. Finally, I took four years of Latin and one year of Russian in high school. Now I am working towards a degree in TESOL. My teaching philosophy can be summarized with the following words: students learn by doing. As a Community T...

My teaching material

Text Documents
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Video files
Flashcards
Articles and news

5.0

Rating

Students

263

Lessons

100%

Attendance rate

93%

Response rate

5.0

Rating

Students

263

Lessons

100%

Attendance rate

93%

Response rate

English Lessons

Trial Lesson

44 lessons completed

USD 5.00+

Conversation Practice

A1 - C2

Conversation

218 lessons completed

USD 6.00+

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70 Reviews

3ee519

30 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

Talks sincerely and makes you feel comfortable. He is supportive when I fail or do something right and this motivates me. Thanks a lot Jake!

Oct 26, 2018

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2 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

Awesome! We went though different topics and share experiences from our lives and countries. I totally recommend his lessons!

Sep 21, 2018

9dfe6d

6 English lessons

Jake is a really interesting guy! I like that he gives a feedback after the lessons

Sep 28, 2019

2ed9ab

12 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

I've learned a lot of vocabulary today. Jake helps me to expand the meaning in easy way. We also talked about the weather, read articles and improve pronunciation.

Oct 2, 2018