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florianna

Native language:: English

Total orders:: 3659

Nationality:: United Kingdom

Residence:: United Kingdom

Skills

Exam Preparation
Business English
American English
British English

Certifications: B.A Honours in English Literature from Cambridge University. Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Experience of teaching English language and literature and TEFL to school pupils and adults in groups and most particularly one-to-one. Interest in and experience of creative writing in English. I speak Spanish and French and have an keen interest in language learning and improvement. Through my daughter's learning of violin, initially by the Suzuki method,I have a great respect for and interest in learning by the mother tongue method. I see the way IDIY works as being very similar to this method in many respects and recognise the value of learning and teaching that involves native speakers. I have particular interests and experience in the arts, education, psychology, medicine, and have worked in both corporate and internal communications in business.
Announcements: I am happy to work for IDIY and to be reading and correcting the work of Japanese speaking customers. I've worked for IDIY for 12 years and find it very interesting and rewarding. My style of correction is to pay close attention to the language in your writing in terms of grammar, vocabulary, style and content. I see each customer as having different needs in your learning journey and I take care to respond to you and your writing as the developing work of an individual. In my comments and personal message you will find that I tend to discuss in some depth with you the content of your writing and you can learn from this personalised discussion as well as from specific corrections and suggestions for alternative wording where appropriate. I do my best to encourage you in your writing with constructive help along with a rigorous and disciplined approach. Your questions, additional notes and feedback are always welcome and can be an important part of the communication between you as the customer and me as the instructor. I am happy to receive requests and develop a rapport so that you have continuity in your learning and to help you with Basic and/or Advanced corrections as well as with proof-reading. I look forward to reading your writing and to writing back to you and I hope that you enjoy IDIY as much as I do!
Hobbies/Travel: I enjoy language and languages and words fascinate me. I like both reading and writing and currently attend a creative writing class. I'm a keen musician and enjoy playing the piano. I also play the violin and look forward to playing more than I have done recently. There are so many things to enjoy in Edinburgh where I live. I'm happy in the city enjoying the culture and also very much enjoy being in nature and exploring places when I have time. My now 22-year-old daughter keeps me busy and though she is very independent in some ways she is still young and growing up in a complex and busy world. I'm especially interested in the arts and feel lucky to live in a city where we have easy access to rich cultural experiences including the Edinburgh Festival. I've spent time in France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Hong Kong, Norway, Canada, America, and most recently, in Poland. I enjoyed all of them and plan to keep travelling when I have the opportunity.
Message from the instructor: I very much enjoy working for IDIY and look forward to reading and helping you with your writing. I am here to help you be able to write fluently, naturally and correctly, and, perhaps above all, to communicate effectively in English what you want to say. Writing is a complex process even in one's own language. When you are writing in another language there are even more layers of complexity and it can be challenging. It can also be a lot of fun and very rewarding. As a native speaker of English I aim to share with you what is natural to me and to help and encourage you through specific corrections and adjustments and also through response to and discussion of what you are writing about in any piece you send to me through IDIY. I discuss particular aspects of your writing in detail if you ask for an Advanced correction and will give you a corrected version of your text if you ask for a Basic correction. In both cases I aim to have a sort of conversation with you across the internet and to connect with you through language so that you can absorb natural English and further develop your language skills. I aim to tune in to what your needs are and encourage you on your learning journey.

satoshi.kojima

Dear florianna, Thank you for great comment. I would like to gain good phrases for my future writing from your massage. Best regards, Satoshi

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wakaran

Thank you for correcting my essay. Your explanations were really detailed and useful. You also offered me a lot of alternative phrases, that allowed me to expand my vocabulary. Thanks again!

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gorichan

Hello, florianna. How are you? Thank you for the amendments you made on my texts. Your nice comments make me so happy, too. I'm happy to know you have the same idea as mine about the new feature that Amazon Alexa might be able to have. Recently in Japan, AI. voice is used sometimes in TV news instead of people's reading. The AI. voice sounds fine, but still makes me feel something strange, maybe because I knew I'm listening AI. reading. I hope to see you soon again. Kind regards. Yoko

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Orichan

Dear florianna Thank you for being so attentive to detail during my lesson! See you!

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Orichan

Dear Mx. Florianna Thank you for being so attentive to detail during my lesson!

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wakaran

Thank you for correcting my essay. Your explanations were very detailed and easy to understand as always. It was interesting to know that a belief in God does not necessarily get rid of fears about death.

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gorichan

Hello, florianna. It's nice to see you here again. Thank you for the corrections you made on my essay. All the amendments make sense to me. Especially, I like the revision for the fourth sentence. ; However, following rules, with the aim of increasing tolerance of unfairness in life, is part of the training school students must have before they grow up, It's a nice day today with beautiful blue sky and brisk air. I look around my yard every morning. I'm very happy to see that roses have many buds and they will be blooming soon. As I live in the northern area of Japan, flower seasons come a bit later than others but flowers can last longer because of the cool weather. This is my favorite season of the year. I'm always happy having you. Kind regards. Yoko

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Hikaru123

My apologies for the late response. Thank you for providing excellent suggestions and alternative expressions. I will apply what I learned this time to my future work. I am looking forward to having your lesson again.

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Pricklyash9

Thank you for your corrections and suggestions! Your clear and polite explanations greatly promote my understanding. I am aware that my understanding for effective usage of perfect tense is immature so I would love to try it the next time. Sincerely, Pricklyash9

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Pricklyash9

Thank you for your feedback and thoughtful message! Yes, fresh food is the best medicine :-) Now I’m really into a sort of Japanese orange named Kan-pei, which means sweet and flat. Full of vitamin made me completely well :-)

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wakaran

Thank you for correcting my essay. Your explanations are always detailed and helpful! I believe I have developed my writing skill thanks to your advice.

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Momo2021

Thank you for correction it. It was very easy to understand. I learned a lot!

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Momo2021

Thank you for correction it. It was very easy to understand. I learned a lot!

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Hikaru123

I sincerely apologize for the late reply. I’m grateful for your excellent suggestions and detailed explanations. I’m impressed to hear that your family friend enjoyed her stay in Japan. Now under the Covid-19 restrictions, I keep studying English hard, and I hope I will have an opportunity to travel abroad after thing settle down. I’m looking forward to taking your lesson again!

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gorichan

hello, Florianna. It's always nice to see you here. Thank you for the corrections you made on my essay. You wrote me messages responding to the message I wrote on the last submission. Thank you so much. The 6th sentence; Also, they might cost extra electricity until I notice it. Also, they might use extra electricity and so cost more until I notice it. I'm not sure it makes sense to you. so, I want to explain what I meant telling my story. The phone company I use has been sending me a short mail once in a while. They are advertisement mails for some products. One day I found receiving those mails cost me extra fee, so I tried to set my phone to reject them, but I couldn't. I still pay extra money for the mails that I don't want to receive. It's just a very little money, but it's really bad, isn't it? I hope to see you soon again. Best regards Yoko

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