William
Hello!
Hi, my name is William. but please, you can call me Bill if you preferer. I am English, but have lived outside of the UK for the last 19 years. I have been a teacher/instructor in one area or another for most of my adult life. either as part of my job or as an interest, or a hobby. I find teaching enjoyable and for the last 8 years I have taught English at my local school. I also started teaching English on-line 4 years ago. My style of teaching is relaxed. with an element of fun where ever possible. I allow my students to dictate the learning pace, (to a point) in early lessons with the aim of building confidence and the ability to understand and start to converse in a second language. As a student gains confidence, comprehension and a greater ability to convers, we move forward. If you think I maybe able to help with your English verbal skill, Get in touch and the rest will take care of it's self. Goodbye for now!
So, a little more about who I am. I'm a retired Englishman living in Northern Thailand. I have lived here for just over 19 years. My wife and I live in a house we built ourselves. I am originally from the West Country, England, a very beautiful part of England where I spent my early youth. As I moved into adult life and having a passion for the great outdoors I found myself involved in teaching people about the 'outdoors' as a 'Mountain Expedition Leader' and survival instructor, for a hobbies and activities. I'm a keen mountain biker and hiker with hundreds, if not thousands of Kilometers of jungle and mountains on my doorstop. Every day brings the potential of a new adventure. There is nearly always a good chance to see a new plant, animal or 'creepy crawly.' I have been very lucky to have traveled extensively around the World over the years, I've lived with a former head-hunter tribe in Borneo and 'mushed' a dog sled team across Greenland mid winter. More recently, but not as dramatic I've been teaching English to local Thai children in our village school and Chinese students via the internet. I enjoy teaching and talking to people from around the world. Everyone has there own story to tell. I speak Thai as a second language, ( It make's my Thai wife laugh) I'm genuinely looking forward to start chatting to people and hear stories of there lives and interests.... So, let's talk!
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Firstly everybody learns different ideas at different times at different paces. I mainly try and maintain the 'Activity or action method' when talking and teaching small numbers of students. I try to keep the conversation 'light' and am a firm believer in maintain fun where I can.