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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.

hiroshi0807

Thank you very much for your constructive opinions on my idea!!

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nao-sc

Thank you for the corrections and suggestions. There were a lot of typos in your corrections, so it would have been better if you could have checked them before sending. However, your corrections were great and really gave me good suggestions.

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tan78523

Dear Ms. Florianna Sorry for my late reply. I just noticed that I got a message from you, not just the corrections. Thank you very much for correcting my English. I also enjoyed reading your kind comments. I hope you can check my writing again soon. Have a nice day.

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Meiji2000

Thank you very much for your excellent editing.

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Yuka.Bleu

Dear florianna, I am very happy to hear from you and know that you and your family are well and have good time. (I hope your mother has stayed great since then.) Thank you very much for your really helpful and warm feedback as always! I learned many new interesting expressions and usages. I will try to use them in future writing. Please do keep safe and stay well. The fact that you do so always encourages me to do so here in Japan ;)

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soyokaze

Thank you for your heartfelt comments!

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soyokaze

Thank you for your correction with the recovered lap top, and understanding my insight from my poor English.

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TWININGS

Thank you for your helpful suggestions!

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mikamikamika

I didn’t think that I can receive such a kind reply! I felt free to use IDIY, and I would like to try to continue IDIY in the future. I’d like to ask your service again. Thank you so much, Ms. florianna!

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Tomoya27

Thank you very much for the feedback. I should pay more attention not to make mistakes such as using ''less'' for ''fewer'', or ''technological'' for ''technologically''. In the mean time, I will never be able to figure out by myself that when I write ''in the previous Games'', it will only refer to the Rio Olympics. What I meant was in a general sense, so I should have wrote ''in prevoius Games''. The use or not of the article ''the'' is always a tricky one for a non-native speaker. There were not so many corrections this time, but thank you very much for making so many notes regardless. They were all helpful and interesting. In particular, I have never imagined calling U.K a region. Just as I never refer to the U.S. as a region. I knew this but realized again how poeple living in the U.K. have a different perspective ! I look forward to communicating with you in the next opportunity.

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Hide_Pupusa

Thank you for amazing revising! There were a lot of new vocabulary for me in your message, and it made me really satisfied and encouraged. I'll keep you posted! Best regards;)

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soyokaze

Thank you for your pleasant correction to my odd dream. You should sleep as much as you need.

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ana0324masa

Thank you very much.

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mashroom

Thank you for your great explanation!

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torug3

Hello florianna, thanks always ! No worries about the delay. I'm not in hurry at any time. And I'm very glad that you daughter had end-of-year recital not remotely. Frank's sonata (I guess) is sometimes played by the cello, and that's one of my favorite! Congratulations! As you said, the period of preparation is quite important and fun time. The performance on a stage is a kind of top of an iceberg. I am sure that your daughter got a stable foundation through the tough year. I hope someday I go to hear concert in person! Enjoy musical days with keeping healthy. Thanks again and see you soon :D

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