i have been an English teacher for almost 21 years .

I would like to tell you a little bit about myself; My  name is Alaleh and I have a BA degree in English literature . I graduated in 1998  and to date  I have had more than 20 years teaching experience  ( I was working for the ministry of education in Iran in both state and private schools ). Now I live in Istanbul and work as an IS teacher in a private college.

I’m an ESL teacher and hold private classes  in my spare time, both face-to-face and online.

My certificates include TESOL and I participated in a number of courses  and earned webinar badges awarded by the Cambridge assessment English organization . I also carried out some international research related to my career; the most recent was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2018

I must add that I prefer to work with adults and teens rather than younger children but have experience working with all age groups .

Teaching English to students as a second  language has to be interesting and I try to combine different teaching methods to make learning fun; I generally tend to address grammar problems when they arise rather than spending most of the time working on  grammar; through short stories, for example, I encourage my students to speak in full sentences right from the word go. I encourage them also to learn and understand about the culture of the target language they are learning in order to become more familiar with structures, body language, choice of words and so on. I love my work and I get great pleasure out of watching my students attain their goals knowing that I played a significant role in their road to success.

Best regards

Alaleh lak