Demian A.
Private tutor in Salisbury, MA
Education
B.A. English Literature at the University of Massachusetts at Boston My years studying English literature were spent studying a range of classics from mostly British, Irish and American literature, with a focus on modernism (late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century). I spent the most time on such writers as Faulkner, Hemingway, Pound, Eliot, Joyce, Yeats and Woolf among others. There was much writing involved in the major and I wrote my senior year thesis on Faulkner and Hemingway both.
Experience
English SAT score - 610 Approximately 12 years of ESL/EFL teaching experience in both South Korea and the Czech Republic. To summarize, I earned my degree in English Literature in 1997 and two short years later left for the Czech Republic to try life in Europe and to try my hand at teaching ESL/EFL. By the end of that first year I knew that I loved it and I stayed on for a total of seven years! I taught primarily adults (ages 18 - 55), first at local language schools and later in corporate settings. I became adept at teaching grammar, vocabulary, reading (and sometimes utilized my background in literature here), writing and even taught some business English too. Additionally, I taught a few preparatory courses for the TOEFL exam as well as the Cambridge language exams (FCE and CAE levels). In the spring of 2008 I headed to South Korea where I taught primarily middle school students (ages 10 - 13), which was a big change from my teaching in Europe but did much to round me out as an effective ESL/EFL teacher. Here I taught much of the same (minus the TOEFL and Cambridge exams) to this age group (albeit in a simpler form), in addition to some phonics work too. Last, I am an upper-intermediate speaker of Czech language and could teach anyone interested basic or intermediate Czech.
Availability
Weekdays at any time
Can Meet
Up to 45 minutes away for a flat fee
Hobbies
My hobbies include reading, writing (I've written two novels, which are unpublished), traveling, computer science, film (a couple favorites are Bladerunner and American Beauty) and watching sports (basketball and American football). I like to discuss all of these subjects. I also like history and have fairly extensive knowledge of American and European histories, and, to a lesser extent, East Asian history. I also am an avid listener of music (rock, jazz and pop).
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