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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.

hana.yama

Thank you for your comments and corrections! Your correction "leaking water" made the sentence lively.

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claude

Thank you for your correction and comments! They were really helpful to me as always!

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claude

Thank you for your correction and comments! The Scottish Deer Centre sounds really exciting place, too! I found many cool and beautiful animals in the park on its online site.

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claude

Thank you for your suggestions and comments! I'll try to make sentences more natural and readable. I hope you were able to get enough refreshing sleep... Sleeping is indispensable to a good life, I think. Please take good care of yourself!

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claude

Thank you for your correction and comments! They were really helpful to me as always. Taking time for returning this to me didn't cause any inconvenience to me, so do not worry about that. I hope you enjoyed the school reunion! It's great that the reunion was held even several decades after graduation!

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ana0324masa

thank you very much

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moet

Hello teacher Florianna, Thank you for your correction. My colleague and I actually went to the supermarket it takes 3 minutes on foot from my office. I could not leave the office at fixed time due to the delay of report, I got away to the shopping mall, and later, I mailed a strict customer attaching the report I finally got. Then I could finish my work． I learned that it might be unclear to say "I devoted the waiting time for shopping at high-end supermarket".. maybe I'd better say "to go to", instead of "for shipping at". And thank you so much for your warm message! It encouraged me a lot. "evoke", "lively writing", "picturing"... Before sending stars to IDIY teachers, sometimes I was sad that I didn't have good words to describe how nice their corrections and suggestions were. I am very happy that you gave me new words that I wanted to know! Thank you again and see you again :) moet

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claude

Thank you for your correction and comments! I learned a lot from you this time, too. I just listened to 'the Aquarium' from Carnival of the Animals' on YouTube. It surely is a beautiful piece! I can't come up with good adjectives to express the piece, but I really like it!

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claude

Thank you for your correction and comments! I'm sure you can enjoy making Karaage, or a version of Karaage, at home. Soy sauce and sugar, and sometimes with garlic or ginger, is very common combination in Japan. I hope you like Karaage!

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claude

Thank you for your correction and comments! They were really helpful to me. The expression of 'small'/'some' 'happiness'/'happinesses' is especially interesting - I didn't know 'happiness' could be plural because my dictionary said 'happiness' was only uncountable.

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hana.yama

Thank you for kind comments! In addition, I could learned the new word 'pertinent' from your writing.

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claude

Thank you for your correction and comments! It doesn't matter to me that your correction takes several days, so don't worry about that. The smell and taste of Natto don't bother me - of course I don't think it has a good smell - probably because I've eaten it since I was in an elementary school. However, my parents always say they didn't like the food when they were young, though they like Natto very much now. I recommend eating Natto with some miced vegetables if you have a chance to try Natto but the taste is too unique for you. In Japan, minced green onion, grated Japanese white raddish, chopped okra are good to eat with Natto, although the smell is hard to soften...

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claude

Thank you for your correction, answers and comments! They are really helpful to me as always. I would miss cooking if I didn't have chance to cook every day, as you said. It's lucky that I can enjoy meals that someone else cooks, but, I want to cook by myself at least sometimes, too. I hope you and your daughter can enjoy cooking together!

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claude

Thank you for your correction and comments! Fukubukuros are so popular in Japan so that many department stores get overcrowded on January 2nd and 3rd. Other shops also sell Fukubukuros, but those sold in department stores are outstandingly popular. Chrismas crackers sounds really an enjoyable event! It would be very exciting to wait for pulling one's cracker, imagining what would be the present!

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soyokaze

Thank you for your warm compassion and true understanding to this woman. I believe you are so good daughter being gently dutiful to your mother. I wish to write sometimes more about this woman's life in future. Sending my greeting of consolation to your mother and thanks for you, kiyoko

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