A Native speaker who teaches Professional (English for Jobs and Interviews), Academic (Maturita) and Conversational English!

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• 1) When did you become interested in your field and the possibility of providing private lessons?

  I used to volunteer as an online English tutor on a website called LiveMocha. I used to record my voice to help people who wanted to practice pronunciation along with grammar corrections. On this platform I got my first fee paying student.
  
  Then my name spread across and people started to have lessons with me and I started getting students via word of mouth, later I joined language tutoring platforms and attracted a lot of students.

• 2) Say what subject you teach, which topics you like to discuss with students (and if possible, even those you like a little less)!

  I teach conversational, academic and business English. I am an open-minded teacher and I would like to discuss any topic (political, social, also topics that are taboo) in which my student is interested in. I encourage my students to open up so that they can get the requisite vocabulary on the topic they want to discuss.

• 3) Tell us what inspires you, whether it was a teacher who influenced you or a job that inspired you!

  My circumstances inspired me to become a teacher. I discovered a talent for teaching earlier in my life, then came the internet and I started volunteering as an online English tutor and got valuable teaching experience.
  
  There was not one single teacher who inspired me, there were countless and I must add that the students who take online lessons also inspire me, they give me an opportunity for creativity, they float novel ideas.
  
  Presently my wife inspires me, she has been my wall of support through difficult times. She updates me about my flaws as a teacher.

• 4) What skills do you think are needed for someone to become an expert in your field?

  To become an expert Online English tutor a person must be a coherent speaker, next he or she must demonstrate loads of empathy to understand his or her students‘“Learning Challenges“. He or She must possess ample creativity to hook the student to the lesson and last but not the least the tutor must be honest to the student.

• 5) Do you have a funny incident from your professional practice or teaching that you could share with us?

  During Covid, I tried to shave my head to avoid visits to the hairdresser and in the process created a cropped hairstyle that made my students laugh merrily.

• 6) What difficulties or challenges have you faced or are you facing in your field?

  The greatest challange is to analyze the student’s learning goals and challenges, sometimes the students themselves are not sure about their language goals and I have to draw their attention to the areas they should focus on, next I need to find out which methodology works best for them.
  
  Some online students come with a warped mindset because of some early life trauma-- connecting with such students is difficult but not impossible.

• 7) Help us get to know you a little better, tell us something about your hobbies (which you may also teach through Superprof).

  I love to read books on a variety of subjects and themes this includes books on politics, self reliance, creativity, language acquisition, supernatural, rationality, the list goes on and on! I love to walk especially in nature or by the sea.
  Listening to music is one of my passions, it lifts my spirit, I listen to a variety of music genre: Classic, Pop, instrumental, Trance, Rock, Heavy metal etc.

• 8) What makes you a Super teacher (besides the fact that you answered the questions in this interview :-P)?

  I don’t know whether I am a Super teacher, I would rather call myself an organic teacher which means that I am naturally inclined towards online tutoring. I can connect with my student deeply and fast and this skill helps me analyze the learning challenges of my students.
  
  I am a physically challenged man who is also an introvert, this unique combination helps me focus better on my online English lessons and also allows me to invest more time on my online lessons.