Todd

Experience: Over 15 years' experience teaching young people, children, and adults in museum, libraries, and workshops across Australia and New Zealand. English is my mother tongue. My experience includes writing and teaching learning programmes in English which align with national curriculum standards.

I have also worked as a private tutor for primary and middle school children. In addition to this, I can edit essays, assignments, articles, speeches, cover letters, CVs, and can even help with job interview preparation.

I start lessons after outlining the student's specific goals (lessons, homework, subject areas). The conversation includes an assessment of the student's working language competency (written and verbal). From there, my usual approach is to introduce relevant principles and set appropriate exercises—either from the student's coursework or my own knowledge—which are designed to reinforce the student's knowledge through practice and repetition.

There is more than one English, and I have an excellent working knowledge of the differences between American, British, Australian and New Zealand Englishes. Understanding the nuances of different Englishes broadens working knowledge of language overall and supports more effective communication across the English-speaking world.

I am able to learn content quickly and communicate it effectively to people from diverse learning and cultural backgrounds. This is especially important when it comes to tutoring and engaging with people in a multicultural country such as Germany, where I live and work.

If you'd like a chat to me about how I could support your learning or that of someone you know, please don't hesitate to contact me via my profile.

Ia manuia (may you be well),
Todd