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tomverlaine

tomverlaine

Native language:
English
Total orders:
2102
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.
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. I will write the continuation. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. It is interesting to me that the eyesight criteria is different between the U.S and Japan. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • nozomiya0418

    nozomiya0418

    Thank you, as always.

    ★★★★★
  • Tomoofk

    Tomoofk

    Thank you for your feedback and detailed explanation about each correction as always. How to differ “reducing” and “decreasing” is now clear to me!

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • makomako2023

    makomako2023

    Dear Tom I'm grateful for your kind advices. I will try to use simple sentence. Your passion encourages my motivation of learning English.

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. I learned a lot. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • Tomoofk

    Tomoofk

    Thank you for your feedback and additional suggestions to improve my sentences. Your view and experience relating to this topic is also informative!

    ★★★★★
  • Hikaru123

    Hikaru123

    Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. I learned a lot from the step-by-step process you showed. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

    ★★★★★
  • Yuki89

    Yuki89

    Thank you for correcting my essay! The word “understandably” is a totally new vocabulary for me since “It is for that~” is a template for English learners like me. I would like to use it next time. Also, your explanation of the difference between “cannot” and “ could not” was easy to understand. When something is most likely to happen in the real world, “ can not” sounds more natural. I almost automatically used “could not” before. I learned a lot. Thank you for all the explanations!!

    ★★★★★
  • nozomiya0418

    nozomiya0418

    Thank you, as always.

    ★★★★★
  • Tomoofk

    Tomoofk

    Thank you for your detailed feedback as always. Choosing right words is always challenging to me and fun to study!

    ★★★★★
  • Yuki89

    Yuki89

    I learned the difference between “serve” and “work” and the use of several prepositions. Also, I am glad you pointed out that there is a too much leap in a sentence and that makes it difficult for readers to understand. I will be careful not to put too much information in one sentence next time. Thank you for sharing deep insight about English!!

    ★★★★★

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