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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.

Hikaru123

Thank you for your explanations and suggestions. I learned something new from your feedback as always. We eat soy beans in a random number of mouthfuls on Setsubun. I didn’t know about Pancake Tuesday. That sounds like a lot of fun! I look forward to taking your lesson again.

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Hikaru123

Thank you for your detailed explanations and suggestions. As always, I have learned a lot of new vocabulary, such as “immersive installation.” I look forward to taking your lesson again.

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Hikaru123

My apologies for the late reply. Thank you for your suggestions and explanations. Your feedback is really helpful. Although I ended up staying awake all night to organize and pack my items on the day of the move, now I have settled into my environment. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

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Hikaru123

My apologies for the late reply. Thank you for your suggestions and explanations. Your feedback is really helpful. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

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Hikaru123

Thank you for your suggestions and explanations. Your feedback is really helpful. Yes, I like Wednesday! I look forward to taking your lesson again.

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gorichan

Hello, florianna. How are you? Thank you for the amendments you made on my submission. I enjoy reading your messages which has a lot of interesting ideas and of course many new words in it. Thank you. Yesterday we had heavy snow fall, and everything was covered with thick snow. It was beautiful, but..... This morning bright and warm sun light has melted the snow. It's impossible for people to shovel the snow to make it all clean like the sun light did. Nature is just great. Hoping to see you soon again, bye bye. Yoko

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Hikaru123

My apologies for the late reply. Thank you for your suggestions and explanations. Your feedback is really helpful. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

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Hikaru123

My apologies for the late reply. Thank you for your suggestions and explanations. Your feedback is really helpful. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

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Yuichi1124

Thank you so much for your kind and specific review, florianna! I'm going to ask you for your guidance again!

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Hikaru123

My apologies for the late reply. Thank you for your suggestions and explanations. Your feedback is always really helpful. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

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Hikaru123

Thank you for your suggestions and explanations. I am also really grateful for your figuring out what I would like to say. I learned a lot! I look forward to taking your lesson again.

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Hikaru123

Thank you for your suggestions and explanations. Your feedback is always really helpful for me. I’ll be doing my best towards my New Year’s resolutions. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

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Hikaru123

My apologies for the late reply. I’m grateful for your detailed explanations and suggestions. I learned a lot of new things from them. I was happy that the event was a success. I look forward to taking your lesson again.

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teal89912

Thank you for your good instructions. I can imagine you might be annoyed with my not good English. I'm going to understand past simple of auxiliary verbs thanks to you. We are enjoying Shogatsu, you know. Why do you know Shogatsu? I went to shopping with my family. We call this first sales of the year 'Hatsu-uri'.

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maracas80473

Thank you for correcting my sentences into your beautiful sentences. I just realised this page accidentally. I am sorry I didn’t write down anything before. I appreciate it. I hope I will be able to write perfect sentences in the future.

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