Tamara
Hello!
Hi there! I'm so excited to get to meet you and work with you to learn English. I was born in New York, in the US, and am a native English speaker. However, I have lived, studied and worked abroad in several different countries so I consider myself to be a global citizen who loves to meet new people, learn about new cultures, languages, food and customs. Over the years, I've studied in London, UK and lived there for 3 years. I worked on Wall Street in New York for several years. I lived and worked in the Philippines and traveled all over Asia. Then I lived in Croatia, had my two daughters, and started working with children and teaching them basic English. Then we moved to Serbia for a few years and finally I lived in Switzerland for the past 7 years where I taught online courses to adults. I'm currently back in the US living in New York. I absolutely love teaching and connecting with people. Traveling and seeing the world has been a major part of my life. I've had the amazing opportunity to travel to over 100 countries on nearly every continent in my life so far and look forward to continuing while teaching English.
In addition to teaching English, I'm also a certified life coach and a certified Reiki Master, as my passion is to help people to live their best life. I would love to help you to start living your best life by helping you to learn and to be comfortable speaking, reading and writing in English. My interests are really diverse. I love dancing, especially Zumba, but I also love yoga. I enjoy reading novels and discussing books as well as movies. I enjoy skiing as well as scuba diving and paragliding!
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My teaching style is fun, dynamic but also relaxed. I will always start off by asking you what you want and need in terms of your goals in learning English. We will draw up a plan together and I will adhere to that plan as much as possible, while also ensuring that you have everything included to get you to the level you wish in English. I focus mainly on conversation, as I believe that being comfortable in speaking in English is the most beneficial way to learn any new language. However, I will also work with you on grammar, tenses and pronunciation which are all necessary to achieve a comfort level in English.