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From UkraineLiving in Shanghai, China (20:20 UTC+03:00)

About Me

italki teacher since Oct 21, 2019

Since my childhood I have been into languages and literature. I remember myself sitting in my backyard reading J.K.Rowling and dreaming about entering Hogwarts. Now, being an adult, I understand where my love to English comes from. Moreover, it triggered me to choose teaching as my future work. I love my job. It combines quite a lot of the skills, including painting, public speaking, writing, creative thinking, music feeling and managing. I am doing my best to improve each of them every day, because, as we all know, there is no limit of perfection. A good teacher is not only one strong side. It is a combo of a sense of humor, knowledge, patience and enthusiasm. I am keeping my finger on the pulse trying to control these qualities as well as to add some more. Building a rapport is a key aim of my lessons. Also, a professional teacher does not complicate the things unnecessarily. After CELTA course I use the Cambridge way of teaching. I find it very productive and useful. My classes are interactive, student-centered and dynamic. As the lesson shape I prefer PPP ( Presentation, Practice, Production). Besides, there are a lot of shapes that I use as an alternative, such as Guided Discovery, Task-Based Presentation etc.. Sometimes, especially in Business English course I offer students to use PowerPoint Presentation. All in all, every student is different, so I have to open my teaching toolkit and choose the proper book, topic and lesson shape. I do believe that communication a...

Certificates

CELTA - Cambridge Assessment English - 2019It enables to acquire essential subject knowledge and familiarity with the principles of effective teaching. It also acquires a range of practical skills for teaching English to adult learners. It enables to demonstrate te ability to apply their learning in a real teaching context.

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Education

2015 - 2017

Master's - English Language and LiteratureNational Pedagogical Dragomanov University

2011 - 2015

Bachelor’s - English Philology, Expert in the English LanguageKyiv National Linguistic University

Work Experience

2018 - 2019

English TeacherJoin Our World - Shanghai, ChinaI am responsible for curriculum, instructions, testing and reporting every day. Also, planning lessons and activities could be a helpful skill for italki.

2015 - 2018

English TeacherLingua School - Kremenchug, UkraineThe past experience will help me with lesson preparation, classroom management and cross-curricular integration.

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Students

132

Lessons

100%

Attendance rate

100%

Response rate

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