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For Teachers: The Most Strange Things Which Happened To Me During italki Lessons Italki lessons helps me to improve my English and also communications skills, but they can be sometimes very strange. Nevertheless I still like them! I like to try new teachers and I try at least two new teachers every month. First session can be fun, normal or terrible, but the best thing is that I know new person after it. There are a few things which happened to me during these sessions. My first strange experience happened to me at my second session focused on pronunciation. Teacher was native American, but was not smiling at all! He even forgot to ask me "How are you?" and he just let me read some text and he started to talk about pronunciation just after it. He was so selfish that he spend more than 20 minutes talking about "important" stuff which I already knew from his first trial session. I stopped him after 30 minutes of constant talking and I told him that I already know it because he told it to me before. I have never took another session with him. He was just sterile, boring and interested in himself only. Next strange experience which I experienced was just cultural problem and I like that teacher now. I took pronunciation session and teacher (also native American) was using so many gestures so I started to feel strange, not moving and was unable to focus just because this one feeling. I think it is important to know where is a student from and adjust to the culture, but no one can know everything. So I took another session with this teacher and it was great, because I already knew what I can expect. Third strange experience happened with woman who became sick just few hours before our session. It happened twice with one week gap when we should have had session together. So I decided not to schedule another session with her. Last strange experience which happened was with another woman. We had trial session and she had prepared list of questions and it was like 30 minutes survey when she was asking over and over again... I was exhausted after few minutes, session became boring and I never took another lesson with her. It was terrible, like at the police station! I hope no one of you do these errors at your sessions! Good luck :) Pavel

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For Teachers: The Most Strange Strangest Things Which Happened To Me During italki Lessons

Italki lessons helps me to improve my English and also communications skills, but they can be sometimes very strange sometimes. Nevertheless I still like them!

I like to try learning from new teachers and I try to learn from at least two new teachers every month. The First session can be fun, normal or terrible, but the best thing is that I get to know new person someone new after it. There are a few things which happened to me during these sessions.

My first strange experience happened to me at during my second session, which focused on pronunciation. The Teacher was native American, but was he did not smiling smile at all! He even forgot to ask me "How are you?" and . he just let me read some texts and he started to talk about pronunciation just after it that. He was so selfish that he spend spent more than 20 minutes talking about "important" stuff which I have already knew learned from his first trial session. I stopped him after 30 minutes of constant talking and I told him that I already know it all these because he has told it to taught me before. I have never took had another session with him. He was just sterile, boring and interested only in himself only.

The Next strange experience which I experienced was just a cultural problem and but I like that teacher now. I took pronunciation had a session focusing on pronunciation and the teacher (who was also a native American) was using so many gestures so that it I started to made me feel strange. I was not moving and was unable to focus just because this one feeling I felt strange. I think it is important to know where is a students are from and adjust to their cultures, but no one can know everything. So I took had another session with this teacher and it was great, because I already knew what I can to expect.

The third strange experience happened with a woman who became fell sick just a few hours before our session. It happened twice with a one week gap when we should have had a session together. So I decided not to schedule another session with her.

The last strange experience which happened was with involved another woman. We had a trial session and she had prepared a list of questions and it which was like a 30 minutes survey when she was with her asking the questions over and over again... I was exhausted after a few minutes, and the session became boring and so I never took had another lesson with her. It was terrible. I felt like I was at the police station!

I hope no one none of you do make these errors mistakes at during your sessions!

Good luck :)
Pavel

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For compensation for such an entertaining read, the least I can do is correct the few errors I saw. 

 

For Teachers: The Most Strangest Things Which That Happened to Me During italki Lessons

Italki lessons helps me to improve my English and also as well as my communications skills, but they can be sometimes be very strange. Nevertheless I still like them!

I like to try new teachers, and so I try at least two new teachers every month. The first session can be fun, normal or terrible, but the best thing is that I know a new person after it. There are a few things which happened to me during these sessions.

My first strange experience happened to me at my second session which focused on pronunciation. The teacher was a native American, but was not smiling at all! He even forgot to ask me, "How are you?" and he just let me read some text and he started to talk about pronunciation just after it that. He was so selfish that he spend more than 20 minutes talking about "important" stuff which I already knew from his first trial session. I stopped him after 30 minutes of constant talking and I told him that I already know it because he told it to me before. I have never took taken another session with him. He was just sterile, boring and interested in himself only.

The next strange experience which I experienced was just a cultural problem and I like that teacher now. I took a pronunciation session and the teacher (also native American) was using so many gestures, so I started to feel strange, not moving couldn't move and was unable to focus just because of this one feeling. I think it is important to know where is a student is from and adjust to the culture, but no one can know everything. So I took another session with this teacher and it was great, because I already knew what I can to expect.

The third strange experience happened with a woman who became sick just a few hours before our session. It happened twice with a one week gap when we should have had a session together. So I decided not to schedule another session with her.

The last strange experience which happened was with another woman. We had a trial session and she had prepared a list of questions and it which was like a 30 minutes survey when in which she was asking questions over and over again... I was exhausted after only a few minutes. The session became boring and I never took another lesson with her. It was terrible, like at the police station!

I hope no one none of you do these errors teach this way at your sessions!

Good luck :)
Pavel

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*not only what is expected but also what is needed (no "or") :)..... *tutor in one-on-one sessions
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Again it was an interesting read! I do not tutor online, but teaching and tutoring is my profession, so I can certainly relate to your experiences. The first session is always the hardest and the most awkward for both teacher and student. Each is trying to figure out not only what is expected or but also what is needed. I laugh at the memories of students who arrive for the first time, plop themselves down opposite me, and just stare. I almost think they want me to do a dance or sprinkle fairy dust that will automatically infuse them with profound knowledge. All kidding aside, the fit between a private teacher/ tutor and in one-on-one sessions is very important. It also takes at least a few sessions for a teacher to figure out how to best help a student effectively. Keep shopping! :)
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The review was too long.. so I will continue here.

 

The next strange experience was just a cultural problem and I like that teacher now.
For American standard punctuation a comma is required after "problem" and similar sentences.

There are a few things which happened to me during these sessions.
There is little meaning in this sentence. I recommend that you either delete this sentence or insert an adjective between "few" and "things". You could also change "happened to me" to "bothered me".


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