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tomverlaine

tomverlaine

Native language:
English
Total orders:
2472
Nationality:
United States
Residence:
Japan
Skills
  • Exam Preparation
  • Business English
  • American English
  • Beginner
  • Kids
  • Advanced
  • EIKEN
  • TOEIC
  • TOEFL
  • IELTS
  • Teaching License
Certifications
TEFL/TESOL certified
Announcements
Experienced English teacher from the US, living in Japan.
Hobbies/Travel
My favorite hobbies are music, weightlifting, and studying Japanese. My favorite country is Japan, where I live, although I'm from the USA and have family and many friends there. My most interesting visit to another country (besides Japan) was to South Korea in 2011. The highlight of that vacation was visiting the DMZ border of North Korea, which was a very intense experience.
Message from the instructor
My text correction style is somewhat minimalistic, unless a "drastic change" or "formal," etc. is requested, as I do my best to preserve customers' words and ideas, and although I'm strict about grammar and punctuation, I also try to be as intuitive as possible so that my corrections don't result in failing to get the point across that they're trying to make.
  • nozomiya0418

    nozomiya0418

    Thank you as always.

    ★★★★★
  • Tucker

    Tucker

    Dear Tom-san Thank you for your cheerful message as usual! Honestly, it is difficult for non-native speakers like me to avoid the errors such as which/that issue and preposition mistakes, and your detail explanations was very helpful to deepen my understanding. I’m looking forward to meeting with you soon. Best Regards, Tucker

    ★★★★★
  • junya17

    junya17

    Thank you for everything.

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. I totally agree that it is really confusing when Obon is. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • m-yoshiro

    m-yoshiro

    Dear Tom, Hello again too. Thank you for checking my entry. I didn't noticed that I've already written 432 entries. I also appreciate you to give me explanations, especially about "that" vs "which". I often confuse which I should choose. I hope you have a great rest of the day, and stay safe. Best regards, m-yoshiro

    ★★★★★
  • Yuichi0228

    Yuichi0228

    Thank you for your kind explanation and encouragement. Thank you for your continued support.

    ★★★★★
  • junya17

    junya17

    Thank you.

    ★★★★★
  • Tucker

    Tucker

    Dear Tom-san Thank you for your detail explanation as usual. That was very informative for me, especially the explanation about the usage of propositions. I’ll follow your advice from the next composition. Anyway, I’m looking forward to meeting with you soon. Best Regards, Tucker

    ★★★★★
  • Yuichi0228

    Yuichi0228

    Thank you for your always detailed explanations. Kisarazu is much hotter as well as San Antonio.

    ★★★★★
  • Yuichi0228

    Yuichi0228

    I received very detailed explanations and learned a lot. I was especially impressed with the in-depth explanation of Broadway.

    ★★★★★
  • nozomiya0418

    nozomiya0418

    Thanks again for your corrections, I know a 300 word essay is challenging. I will try it when I have more time than I have now.

    ★★★★★
  • mashroom

    mashroom

    Dear Tom, I appreciate our advice! It was very helpful for me. Have a wonderful weekend. Mashroom

    ★★★★★
  • gorichan

    gorichan

    Hello, Tom, How are you doing? I'm happy having you as my English teacher here. Thank you for the amendments you made on my essay. I'm also happy to read your nice comments. Your corrections all make perfect sense to me, and I enjoyed reading the phrases and wordings you wrote as they were very interesting to me. You gave me detailed explanations for each correction. You described how you reacted to the sentences I wrote, that's realistic and a fun to read. You introduced your imaginary future views of the time when humans and robots live together. That's impressive but actually a bit scary. If humans can't switch robots off, It's would be as terrible as beyond my imagination. I hope to see you soon again.
 Take care! Kind regards, Yoko

    ★★★★★
  • deeppink26279

    deeppink26279

    Thank you for your time and thoughtful feedback!

    ★★★★★
  • nozomiya0418

    nozomiya0418

    Thank you as always.

    ★★★★★

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