Instructors

Flick

Native language:: English

Total orders:: 2351

Nationality:: New Zealand

Residence:: New Zealand

Skills

Exam Preparation
Business English
British English
Australian English

Certifications: I have been a language teacher for over 30 years. and I have completed a variety of ESL courses over the years. I hold a TEOSL Certificate I have extensive knowledge in the mining industry and also in the business development sector. I have completed university papers in English, anthropology, history and political science. My academic and professional life has always been based on English communication, from a number of different angles. Some of my professional activities over the years have been: • trained ESL teacher; • written and oral translations, English to Portuguese and vice a versa. involving the mining industry and the preparation of Brazilian products for export, such as labelling and marketing material; • Translations of books, from Portuguese to English; • the preparation of Brazilian tourist operators to receive international tourists; • information transfer at government level; • the owner-operator of English language school; • development of a 3-day English immersion program for mining company executives, specifically related to Business;
Announcements: I am available every day of the week for requests. However, I will be on leave for the next 8 days. Look forward to recommending again on June 1st.
Hobbies/Travel: My favorite hobby is conservation, outdoor living. and gastronomy. Until recently I lived on a 250 acre property in Minas Gerais, Brasil, where I focused on wildlife conservation and the study of native flora. I have some very interesting animals on my property such as leopards, black jaguars, native wolves, foxes, ant-eaters and many more smaller mammals. I love trekking and I have done some wonderful walks in many different places in Brazil, such as on the Estrada Real, which goes from Rio de Janeiro to Minas Gerais. My love of cooking has developed over the years due to a deep interest for Brasilian food and now my new interest is fusion gastronomy. I have an enormous collection of recipes and hope one day to create a book with my favourite, success proven recipes. I am New Zealand born, and after 20 years living in Brasil I have now returned to my home land. I am living in the North of the North Island, very close to the ocean. I enjoy long walks and riding my bike. As I live in such a tranquil, peaceful place I can concentrate on my work, which I love. Until recently I was involved with information transfer, working with the Brazilian government business development agency in partnership with the governments with which the information was being transferred. Our company was responsible for information transfer with Costa Rica & New Zealand working regarding sustainable tourism and South Africa in regards to the Soccer World Cup. I have always enjoyed travelling and I have visited many countries on work related assignments and also for leisure. The countries I have visited are Australia, England, Portugal, Spain, France, South Africa, USA, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru and Indonesia. Although I love Brazil dearly, due to its enormous diversity, New Zealand is my place of birth and I am very proud to be a New Zealander as it is such a wonderful country to live. It is so safe and the cultural towards conservation is very advanced.
Message from the instructor: I am a very curious person and because of this I love to learn new things and I am very interested in all topics. The main objective of my style of correction is to come as close as possible to the communicative goals of the text. I believe it is very important for the customer to be able to tell his story in his own words. I prefer to correct grammatical errors and provide good clear reasons for these corrections when needed, and suggest alternative vocabulary if I feel this will add style and value to the text. I also believe each text has its own goals and, depending on its fulfillment, some specific needs. ESL customers, sometimes do not get the text to say exactly what they want it to say. My work consists of, apart from correcting grammatical mistakes, understanding the purpose of each piece of writing and suggesting that which would turn the text into a better one. I only make a meaning-adjustment of a text when needed or requested.

Tawnyowl

Thank you for checking my diary entry. I'm glad that no major changes are needed.

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Gaoqiao

Hello! I hope everything is going well and safe. As you mentioned, a impact of the Covid-19 is getting severe. Almost all our global colleagues have to work from home by our company direction. Highly appreciate your correction. Actually, it’s slowly to improve my writing capability. However, I believe that most important thing is to keep studying. This is a long journey, and I can’t find the final destination. Therefore, studying English is very interesting. Tomorrow is our national holiday, so I will have 3 days day off. I’m going to go camping with my family. Best regards, Gaoqiao

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Hiro1983

Dear Flick Thank you for sending a reply for my essay. I could completely understand your advice with your kind. One point that I couldn’t understand is why is there feel more natural in your modify. I’ll try to keep training to study and hope you will hepl me again. Best wishes Hiro

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Tawnyowl

Thank you for correcting my diary entry. It was a great pleasure for me that there were no major corrections in my diary today!

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Tawnyowl

Thank you for correcting my diary entry. It was a great pleasure for me that there were no major corrections in my diary today!

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ryosukebee1

thank you for your corrections. However, anything which you pointed out wasn’t reflected.

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Tawnyowl

Thank you for correcting my diary entry. I hope you're doing well now (sorry for my late reply).

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Tawnyowl

Thank you for correcting my diary entry. I like cultivating plants, so I'll write diary entries about them more.

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star18590

Hello, thank you for your feedback.

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aya67

Hi teacher Flick, Thank you for doing check and correct my sentences. You always praise my sentences and I feel very happy. Thank you so much. Aya

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Pricklyash9

Thank you for your corrections and suggestions! Prepositions, articles, singular/plural always annoy me... Yes, I am going to keep learning and enjoying! Thank you again!

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chinameat

Thank you for your correction and comments about my life.I am so glad that you have remembered about our past event,though maybe you have a lot of students.I will do my best from now on with enjoyment.

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ryosukebee1

No problem. Thank you for your corrections!

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Hiro1983

Hello Flick Thank you for your reply. It's quite understandable and I could feel your kind. Sorry for late reply that I'm busy cause from new Colona. Your advice is fit to me and I feel my English has improve after it. I hope I can take a lesson with you again. Best wishes Hiro

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Ryohei0824

Thank you for plain explaining. I will keep studying English.

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