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catymcd

Native language:: English

Total orders:: 6330

Nationality:: United Kingdom

Residence:: United Kingdom

Skills

Exam Preparation
Business English
Teaching License
British English

Certifications: I have five years' experience teaching in UK schools and experience teaching English in French schools. I hold a TEFL qualification. I currently work as an English teacher in France, offering written and oral lessons in person or over Skype. I have a university degree in French and German.
Announcements: * Please note that I am on leave for a few days and will return on Tuesday 3rd May. Thank you * I really enjoy working for IDIY as an English teacher. I am passionate about languages and respect and admire the enthusiasm and dedication of Japanese learners, who I find to be polite, thoughtful, determined, and hard-working. I return my orders within 12 hours, and often much sooner. I know how frustrating it can be to wait for a corrected document when you have deadlines to meet, so I always aim to return a very natural-sounding version of your writing, taking time over detail and with consideration for your audience and the nature of your document. I have a few regular customers with whom I enjoy exchanging short messages in the message box. I love to learn about Japanese culture and very much hope to visit Japan one day. I would love to be able to help you with your English! Best wishes, Catherine
Hobbies/Travel: My hobbies are running, cycling, walking and cooking. I also love to travel and experience different cultures, lifestyles and languages. I have visited Canada, America, South Africa, Thailand, Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Switzerland, Andorra and Holland. I would love to visit Australia, New Zealand and Japan! I also love to spend time with my family and explore France, where we moved to in 2014. I am married with two children, we have two cats and we live in a very beautiful and rural area in the South of France. In July 2021 we will be moving back to England.
Message from the instructor: I pride myself on my accuracy when correcting orders. I love to analyse languages and understand the etymology of words. I aim to correct orders in the most natural style possible so that you can learn to write and speak English as a native speaker.

Kawamori

Thank you for your helpful corrections.

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gorichan

Hello, Catymcd. It's nice to see you here again. Thank you for picking up my submission. Also, I'm very happy to read your nice messages, thank you. "I feel ~ing" It's easy and precise. I like it. You reminded me that I need to choose a right tense verb in a sentence. Recently, COVID-19 news have gradually decreased which is bringing relief to us, but instead, we see terrible stories about Ukraine every day everywhere. It's so sad. I pray to God for the suffering people. Bye for now Yoko

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keikotamago12

Thank you for your quick and helpful correction! Also, thank you for your compliment about my dog in my profile photo :D

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Uetty

Thank you for your checking.

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ymk1230

Dear Catymcd teacher How are you? I'm fine. Thank you for quick answer.I was learned alot of things from your report. Your correction was very polite and warm. Your advice inspired me to greater efforts. Now I am thinking to register IDIY. Your warmful response makes me to study English more and more. I'll try my best！ I'm looking forward to seeing next report Sincerely yours YUMIKO

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Kawamori

Thank you for your helpful corrections and comment.

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star33944

Thank you for correcting my text.

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Kawamori

Thank you for your helpful corrections.

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Orichan

Hello Mx.Catymcd I appreciate your corrections.

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Momo2021

Thank you for correction it. It was very easy to understand. I learned a lot!

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Momo2021

Thank you for correction it. It was very easy to understand. I learned a lot!

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Kawamori

Thank you for your helpful corrections.

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Kawamori

Thank you for your helpful corrections.

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Kawamori

Thank you for your helpful corrections and comment.

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gorichan

Hello, catymcd. How are you? Thank you for the amendments you made on my essay. Your nice message makes me happy. I try to write English sentences without thinking Japanese sentence, but, It's hard for me to know a natural flow of English. Also when I choose words I check a several possible words in dictionaries, but, it's hard, too. this time, I had "admit", "allow"and "accept" for the 3rd sentence. Then you wrote "allow" and failed.... I think that's a part of fun of English composition. I enjoy it. Thank you. In the 1st sentence, "give the country a unique place" the word "give....place" is unexpected choice, new to me. interesting. I hope to see you soon again. Kind regards. Yoko

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