Kids/Adults - Walter
About
I'm Walter, British, perfectly bilingual English/French, both of these being my native languages, with a good knowledge of other languages as well, like Dutch and German. I studied French & Computer Science as part of a 4-year Thick-Sandwich Combined Honours Degree Course at Aston University in Birmingham, UK. I did my year-out (3rd year) at Electro-Calcul, S.A., an industrial applications software house in Lausanne, Switzerland, where I worked as a systems analyst. I equally taught IT courses at Lausanne University as a Computer Science university lecturer. Next, I studied for an MBA at ICHEC, also known as the Brussels Management School, where I also did some teaching, whilst in Belgium. I've taught English and French most of my life, to children of all ages and also to adults, as a student giving private lessons, and then as an expat, in schools and universities, as well as being sent by language agencies to teach professional business English and French to managers and directors on site, in their own companies. Later, I taught English as an English university lecturer (CTS University, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium). At Radley College, Oxford, after doing Business Studies, and specialising in Theological Bible Studies, I taught the Bible. I am the very model of a Biblical Philologist: https://youtu.be/3x2SvqhfevE I teach classics: Shakespeare, Milton, Chaucer & Dickens too! For kids, I can teach the Bible, Computers, Mathematics, Science, History, Geography, and Children's Stories, both in English and in French. For adults, I can teach the Bible, Computers, Business, IELTS, RLS (Real-Life Situations), RPS (Role-Playing Simulations), and Jokes, both in English and in French. I use the Holy Spirit method to teach Biblical English and French, by using a Bible in your native language, so you already have a complete translation of what you're going to study, which avoids having to look up words all the time in the dictionary! It's such a blessing! So, come and be blessed! I enjoy teaching in a dynamic, flexible, and interactive way, using many internet resources!
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What is your typical process for working with a new student?
I use the Holy Spirit method to teach Biblical English and French, by using a Bible in your native language, so you already have a complete translation of what you're going to study, which avoids having to look up words all the time in the dictionary! It's such a blessing! So, come and be blessed!
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I studied French & Computer Science as part of a 4-year Thick-Sandwich Combined Honours Degree Course at Aston University in Birmingham, UK. I did my year-out (3rd year) at Electro-Calcul, S.A., an industrial applications software house in Lausanne, Switzerland, where I worked as a systems analyst. I equally taught IT courses at Lausanne University as a Computer Science university lecturer. Next, I studied for an MBA at ICHEC, also known as the Brussels Management School, where I also did some teaching, whilst in Belgium.
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How did you get started teaching?
I've taught English and French most of my life, to children of all ages and also to adults, as a student giving private lessons, and then as an expat, in schools and universities, as well as being sent by language agencies to teach professional business English and French to managers and directors on site, in their own companies. Later, I taught English as an English university lecturer (CTS University, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium). At Radley College, Oxford, after doing Business Studies, and specialising in Theological Bible Studies, I taught the Bible. I am the very model of a Biblical Philologist: https://youtu.be/3x2SvqhfevE
What types of students have you worked with?
I've worked with complete beginners, with absolutely no knowledge of the subject whatsoever, and with others who are all at different levels of learning, all the way up to the highest stage of the most advanced professional business level of each subject that I teach.
Describe a recent event you are fond of.
I am very fond of having recently received a total of 1017 reviews from my 937 students, by grace:
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The best advice I could give a student, looking to hire a teacher in my area of expertise, would be to read the reviews of that teacher, as in the following link:
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Before talking to teachers about their needs, students should think through questions such as, what experience does this teacher already have, how many different students has this teacher already taught, what are the reviews of that teacher, as in the following link:
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