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florianna

Native language:: English

Total orders:: 3861

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.

ana0324masa

Thank you very much

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minefumi

Thank you for correcting my English essay and answering me with long sentences I really appreciate. I am happy I could communicate with you through commentaries.

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minefumi

I talked about the Japanese pop group "Garo." They were active and popular in 1972. Garo is the band I went to see to a concert hall for the fist time. Britain' s rock bands were very popular in Japan. My old friend liked Led Zeppelin. I liked Queen. You are from Edinburgh.If I remember correctly, "Bay City Rollers" was from Edinburgh. I was a big fun of Bay city Rollers." I used to a wear tartan-checked shirt. I am happy that I could communicate with you through commentaries. Thank you for that.

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minefumi

Thank you for correcting my essay and trying to always communicate with me through your comment on my essay. I really enjoy it. I never eat a doughnut there but only drink coffee as I do not want to put on weight. You do not need to suggest me to bring a jumper because I already always bring a extra jumper with me.

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ana0324masa

Thank you very much for your message.

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minefumi

Thank you for your sincere response to my essay. I really appreciate your opinion on my essay. Especially I appreciate your piece of advice: I can check my break lights by the reflection on a suitable building. One thing you misunderstand in my essay is that you changed "not notice it" to "could see this" as "it" refers to "the fact that break lights were not working, " so I think it is OK with "not notice it."

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masashi.o0611

丁寧に答えていただき非常に満足しています。有難うございます。

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SASAKIMIKA

Thank you for your correction. It's a pleasure to read your feedback, because you have an interest in my writing. It will be stimulus to practice my English. As you indicated, the sentence of "He was also an agricultural science teacher" sounds like I am an agricultural science teacher, too. Of course I'm not. My job is a software engineer.

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1704naono

Thank you so much. You've corrected my sentences to what I meant to. I've learn several expression I had not known from sentences corrected. And your message is very informative. I am trying to use it next time. thank you.

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minefumi

Thank you for your long and sincere comment on my essay. I did not ride my bike without holding the hand bars to the doughnut shop. I remembered the time when I was young, how I rode a bike. However, still I sometimes peddle my bike without holding the hand bar.

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naka0930

I learned logical thinking by your comments. Thank you. Your nephew's story is fun. I enjoyed it. I have visited Ila and Glasgow as I like scotch whiskey. I hope to see you again.

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minefumi

Thank you for your correction. I really like your impression and comments on my essay.

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ana0324masa

Thank you so much for your warm message.

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minefumi

Thank you for checking my English. You always write a long, full and thoughtful comment on my esssy . You are the most sincere editor in Idiy. I am alway happy to read your comments. I really appreciate that. In your comment I could not understand what " full of potential" means exactly.

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SASAKIMIKA

Thank you for your correction. I'm most looking forward to your reply. Because you not only have my essay corrected but also give many feedback to me. Your detailed feedback is itself being my new text in English and tells a lot about your character.

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