Language Arts

For those of you out there who are interested in improving your English language skills for school or business, or taking a beginning German or French lesson to prepare you for that trip across the pond, I’m your man!!
My rates are competitive and I have lots of experience teaching here in the US and in Brazil, Turkey, and Germany. I teach online with Zoom or Skype. Partner and group rates are available, as well. Send me an email at isaac@thecolorfulraconteur.com
Because of the challenges I had to overcome learning German and French, I can relate to a student’s fear of sounding stupid. Believe you me, I could tell you many stories of the hysterical mistakes I’ve made learning these languages. I also try to make the classes as interesting, relatable, and as fun as possible. Conjugating verbs can be mind numbing tedium.
I am especially good with academic and career oriented students who take English lessons to help them get into an international MBA program or land a job in a multinational company like Apple or Adidas. Proficiency in English, the de rigueur international language, must be achieved at a high level to even have a chance of success in these two very demanding and competitive arenas. I have helped many students achieve their goals and I am proud of my record.
Becoming an ESL instructor, I believe, was a natural outgrowth of my curiosity of everything foreign, passion for endless conversation, and the willingness to sample any food offered to me in the course of discovery. One thing about learning a language you must not forget, you have to be fearless!! Making mistakes is part of the process, part of the fun. Just go for it!!
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Walter’s Story – Part 1
Walter, Italian born, speaks four languages, is living now in a suburb outside of Zurich, Switzerland. An ESL (English as a Second Language) student of mine who came to me to improve his business English, Walter talks about how his journey with languages began.