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General

Teaches
English
Native Language
English
Preferred student age
    Secondary school (12-17),
    Students (17-22),
    Adults (23-40),
    Adults (40+)
Also speaks
English, Afrikaans
Preferred student level
    Pre Intermediate,
    Intermediate,
    Upper Intermediate

Subjects

English

English lessons for children

About

My name is Callum Finaughty and i am 27 years of age. I am currently travelling the world with my wife and our first stop is Daegu, South Korea. I was in construction for 6 and a half years and found my life to be stuck in the same routine everyday. My wife and i decided to pack our bags and make a change. I am very excited to teach English and to make a difference in somebody else's life.

    Experience

    I have not directly taught English before. However, i was a kids church leader for 8 years, so i have experience with children. I also was a construction manager on site with around 20 foreign labour working with me. Without realising it you actually are teaching these foreigners as you need to communicate. So through years of "conversational English", they began to understand me.

Teaching Approach

I believe that you first need to feel comfortable speaking the little English you know. Through basic conversation you will build your confidence and feel more open about speaking. I have seen it for myself in Korea with the locals. Many of them do not want to answer you in English but as soon as they realise i can't speak Korean they begin to try, so many of them can suddenly speak full sentences. You need to build on concepts that the learner already knows and work from there.