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Hello! My name is Josephine and I am a qualified and experienced English teacher from Sheffield in England. I have over 6 years experience teaching English to students from around the world, including: France, China, Brazil, Poland, Madagascar, Iran and Turkey! I have the CELTA English teaching qualification (validated by Cambridge University), and a Bachelor degree in Law and Sociology from Cardiff University. I lived in France for 5 years, where I learned fluent French, so I understand how very important it is to practice speaking with a native speaker when you are learning a language. I believe language learning should be interactive, interesting and efficient. I prepare all my English lessons to help you advance quickly in English, but also be interesting for you with lots of speaking practice! My interests include: languages, different cultures, travel, history, science and nature. I know some Chinese and Russian, but I am curious about all languages! I would love to help you learn English, so I offer a first free lesson to get to know each other and talk about your English objectives! I am currently registering as a professional teacher on italki, so please contact me if you are interested in improving your English with me. Have a great day! Josephine
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    My favourite city. My favourite city in the world is Marseille, in France. I lived here for 3 years, from 2010 to 2013. It is a city on the south-east coast of France, on the Mediterranean sea. The sky is always blue in Marseille, and the weather is usually warm and sunny - very different from the UK! There are many different kinds of people living in Marseille, so the atmosphere is very vibrant. There is a mix of French culture, Italian culture and North African culture. It is an ancient city, first founded nearly 2700 years ago, so there is a lot of very interesting history here, and many beautiful places to visit, including old palaces, museums and basilicas. The natural scenery is also very beautiful. Marseille is famous for it's 'calanques' - creeks and coves on the coast that you can walk to. In the 'calanques' the water is usually very clear and blue, and you can snorkel in them and see lots of fish. Here is a picture of the calanque de Figuerolles, in La Ciotat near Marseille.
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    Brasilia

    Brasilia is the capital of Brazil located in the Central region of Brazil. Brasilia was founded 55 years ago and on the 21th of April it will be the city's anniversary. We can say that is a different city from the rest of the country. I've been living here for 5 years and I love it. Comparing Rio de Janeiro to Brasília I can say that Brasilia is quieter, with fewer traffic jams and it is safer than RJ.

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    About me. My name is Josephine, and I am from a small village called Castleton in England. Castleton is in the centre of England, near a large town called Sheffield. I currently live in a small town called Chesterfield, which is also near Sheffield. I am 29 years old, and have a younger brother called Robert. My brother lives in Poland with his wife Karolina. My parents are called Pauline and Robert, and they still live in Castleton where I grew up. I studied Law and Sociology at university, but decided afterwards that I wanted to be an English teacher! I moved to France, and started teaching English to French people. When I moved to France, I didn't speak French. It was very difficult for me! But, because I had to speak French every day, I learned French quite quickly, and now I am fluent in French. My hobbies are walking, swimming, reading, writing, travel, and learning about new cultures and languages. I like to read about history, science and different cultures! That's just a little bit about me :) P.S. The photo is of me, my brother and his wife at their wedding in 2012.
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    About my recent life.

    l made a Vietnamese friend, and we can do a language exchange.  l think she is a good language partner because she has found many resources on language learning.  l think these resources are very useful for our conversation, because l find out things. When l have a foreign friend for a while, l do not know what l should say.  Because of this, l think when we have the language learning resources, our learning process will make more progress, and l think this way is effective.  This resource has English words, and then has the chinese saying.  There are English sentences and Chinese sentences, and so on.

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    "How to spend your time in Taiwan."

    As you know, Taiwan is a small island which is 70% mountain. Because of our special geographical environment, we have very beautiful mountain and ocean scenes; mountain scenes like Taroko and Yushan mountain, ocean scenes like the beach coastline between the east and west, Ken Ding etc. And you must have heard that we also have the unique culture that is the Night Market, such as Tainan garden night market and Shihlin night market. When you spend your time in Taiwan, you will discover the attitude of the Taiwanese is kind, polite and warm. We are glad to help foreigners if they are lost, and all kinds of help because of education.
    Our economy and city development are also growing very well.  If you want to experience city scene, you can go to our capital of Taipei.  The most famous is Taipei 101 - it used to be the tallest building in the world.  One thing you can’t miss is the night view.  Because we have special geographical conditions, the journey from Taipei city to the mountains only takes 20~30mins, and you can stand on the top of the mountain to see the night view of the city with a coffee, hanging out with friends.

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    Hi Flora! I think the best way to learn idiomatic expressions is to read definitions of the most common ones, and study lots of examples of them being used correctly in sentences. Then, practice creating your own sentences using the idiom! Try writing, then speaking your sentences with the idiom, and get a native speaker to correct you. Regular practice will help you remember. A good website for idioms is: http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idioms_proverbs.html But, be careful! There are many idioms in English, but they are not all used very often. Some are only used in the USA, some are only used in the UK, and some are very old and are not used at all in modern English. It is always best to check with a native speaker. Maybe to practice, you can give an example with your idiom 'to be under the weather'? I hope this helps, Josephine
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