Daniellangoy 講師的自我介紹
Hi, I'm Daniel. I'm from Portland,Oregon in the USA. I developed a passion for traveling at a young age. My family traveled throughout the USA during summer vacations. It was exciting and interesting, but not enough for my curious mind.
It wasn't until I traveled to Europe the first time during university that I really appreciated traveling. I realized that if I wanted to fully understand it that I'd have to learn more languages, so I began to do so. As I became more proficient at speaking Spanish I had opportunities to tutor other students at university. I began to think that teaching languages might be a career that I could have another passion for. I wasn't sure where to teach, in the USA or abroad.
A few years after graduating I decided to travel to Asia and the first stop was Japan. I only spoke a few Japanese words, but I managed to travel for a total of six months here. In popular tourist areas Japanese people could speak great or good English, however in more rural areas I had to use gestures and the basic Japanese that I'd learned while moving around Japan. An idea began to emerge. Maybe I should teach here for a bit.
I began teaching English in Tokyo. I soon realized that I didn't like living there so I went to a rural area in the Kanto region and obtained a good job there. I taught at an English language school teaching all levels of students from kindergarten to adults. It was exciting. I've taught large groups of up to seventy students at a dental hygienst school, smaller groups of local business people, resident doctors at more than fifteen hopitals, nursing schools, engineering companies, dentists, lawyers and nearly every type of other professionals.
I absolutley love teaching and my lessons are molded around the preferences of the students. I'm completely flexible to the needs of my students always. For example, today I had a class of retired older people that I've been teaching for ten years. They have their preferred style of mostly English ,but occasionally using Japanese in the class. Often I translate the Japanese to English.
My teaching style is as a calm, sometimes humourous person that only wants the best for my students. Whether vocabulary, communication, grammar, intonation, listening or anything really. I can provide almost everything.
If you're interested, I'd be happy to provide a trial lesson. Yay!