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James Spurr
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| Inglese | Madrelingua |
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| Giapponese | Sufficiente |
| Spagnolo | Conversazione quotidiana |
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Hello, and nice to meet you,
My name is James. I am from Canada, Nova Scotia but am living in rural Japan as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT). I took a double major when I was a university student, focusing on Linguistics and Asian Studies. After graduating, I got the Certificate for Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) from Cambridge University. Now that I am not in school, I do my best to continue learning about how to teach in general and how to teach specifically English. I also work hard on improving my Japanese. I have studied Japanese since 2015, and achieved N3 proficiency and have since studied for and am hoping to achieve the N2 soon. When I am not studying or teaching, I like to go to the gym, play video games, play bass, and explore Japan.
My philosiphy on language teaching is that language is first and foremost, a tool of communication. We should focus on being able to share our thoughts and feelings first, then focus on improving our grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. We often treat language like a subject to study, which I think makes language learning boring and less rewarding. No one is perfect, not even native speakers, so we should relax and enjoy communication first. Perfection comes with time.
I am teaching on Cafetalk to continue to learn, develop, and improve my teaching skills, as well as to try putting what I have learned into practice. I try to offer lessons that fit your goals, to help build on your own skills with English. We all learn in different ways, so I also try to fit how you learn too. I am happy to help you with any request from casual conversation to English for specific uses.
I hope to meet and talk with you soon!
Fukuroda Waterfall - Daigo, Ibaraki
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Le sue lezioni
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20 Minute English Practice
Are you on a busy schedule? Even talking a little bit every day helps. This is a short 20 minute lesson!20min 400P -
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English Conversation Class - 50 Minutes
More time to practice your spoken English, improve your fluency and enhance your vocabulary!50min 1,000P -
Writing Check
If you are writing and want a native speaker to look over what you wrote, I am happy to help!0min 500P -
Customizable English Lesson
Do you have something specific in mind you'd like to study? This class is for students with specific requests!45min 1,500PLezioni di prova -
Let's Practice English Pronunciation Crash Course - Consonants
For many Japanese speakers, /l/, /r/, /f/, /v/. and /th/ are hard sounds to master. Practice together using linguistic diagrams!60min 1,200P -
Let's Practice English Pronunciation - Vowels /i:/ and /ɪ/
Practice two similar sounds in English using material from the English Pronunciation in Use Elementary textbook.45min 1,000P -
Let's Practice English Pronunciation - Vowels /u:/ and /ʊ/
Practice two similar sounds in English using material from the English Pronunciation in Use Elementary textbook.45min 1,000P -
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