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My name is Claire, and I have been teaching online for the past 11 years - I have students all over the world. The main thing is to adapt to each individual student. And I have learnt which mistakes are common and also try to correct these from the start.

Surprisingly, my favorite students are teens even though many people don't like to teach them - you have to be patient and draw them out, finding that special thing that they love to talk about - gain their trust and treat them like adults. Usually I follow 5 min warm up, then check homework for 10 minutes. In the 45 minutes have mixed reading and free talking so that student gets new vocab works along with grammar corrections on material that they want to do - Business Textbook, etc.

However, I adjust to the needs of the person, so some of my adults just want to talk, they have very limited time for homework, and they just want to maintain their level as they don't get enough opportunities to practice their English. So, it depends on each person.

Additionally, I like to push a little to see the student come out of their comfort zone, maybe do phrasal verbs or something a little more difficult, slow, slow so they actually advancing not just being stagnate.

I have tons of material for different age groups and willing to do any material with students, I have even helped with a medical textbook. Please don't hesitate to ask any questions. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you
Claire