Martin Johnston - English Teacher
I started teaching English (not very well) in 2010, but luckily I've got a bit better at it over the years.
I am now a qualified English teacher (for adults and Young Learners), a qualified IELTS trainer, a qualified Language Coach, a qualified Online Trainer. The message from this: I am qualified to teach English.
I have taught thousands of students and have helped them reach their language goals.
I have prepared students for Cambridge Exams and I am specialised in preparing students for IELTS.
Just to show you that I'm not lying, here are some of my qualifications...
My most important certificate, the CELTA (Certificate English To Speakers of Other Languages)... I can't find! But believe me I have it... as soon as I find it, I'll put it on here!
I have also given many seminars at universities, schools and teacher training days....
Picasso and English Teaching
There is a famous story about Picasso that I like, it goes like this:
Picasso was sitting in a café in Paris and a woman asked him to draw her a picture. Picasso drew the picture in 40 seconds and gave it to the woman.
"It's amazing!" she said, "how much do I have to pay you?" "$5,000" Picasso replied.
"$5.000?!" the woman said in shock "it only took you 40 seconds!"
"No Madame, it took me 40 years of experience to draw it, my experience is the reason I have this quality"
This is the reason why, when I started teaching in 2010 and I had no idea what I was doing, I asked for €10 for a 1 hour individual lesson. However, now with all the experience and qualifications I have, the quality of the lessons is a bit different!
But I still want to help you as much as I can, so after my experience in one-to-one "lessons", I noticed that the best time to work together is 45 minutes.
After 45 minutes, you still want more. It's like an episode of Netflix that finishes at the good moment, you want more of it.
Leaving you with that feeling gives you the motivation to continue with your studies and therefore continue improving.
When you finish a 1 hour lesson, often you have the feeling of "thank God that's finished!", then you lose the motivation to continue improving.
In this time, I will see what your language goals are and I will give you the work to do outside of the lessons. So you DO NOT pay for only 45 minutes, but also the work you do between the sessions.
Listen HERE and listen to me talk about the idea of work in your own time in more detail.
I like to work with people for a minimum of 8 sessions, so we can set goals and achieve them. One session per week is more than enough.
You can book 8 sessions of 45 minutes for €190. That's just €23.75 a session.
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