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English

Native

Chewa (Chichewa)

Swahili

Spanish

Amharic

Zulu

From United States

Living in Louisville, United States

Chichewa & English Teacher Note: I work full time outside of iTalki so have little flexibility. The busiest time of my day job is Jan-May, but reach out and I'll see if we can work something out. I love languages / linguistics. My languages: 1. Swahili (fluent) 2. Chichewa (fluent - I lived in Malawi for 3 years, and my wife is a native speaker so I get plenty of practice) 3. Spanish (proficient - I haven't used it a lot recently so have forgotten a good amount) 4. Amharic (proficient - I lived in Ethiopia for almost a year and learned this. Amharic is, in my opinion, the hardest language I've ever studied) 5. Russian (basics - I studied it in grad school but haven't used it since) 6. Zulu (currently learning) I have been teaching English for 10 years, inside and outside of the United States. I primarily have experience teaching refugees in the US (particularly one-on-one) and I spent 2 years teaching English to secondary school students in Malawi, a small land-locked nation in Southern Africa. I have a TEFL certification in English and an LPI (OPI) certification from the ACTFL in Chichewa. I think there is a place for native and non-native speakers in teaching. I can help a lot with the grammar and rules of Chichewa, since I had to learn them all myself. ENGLISH: I treat most lessons more like conversations. I take notes as we talk and share these with you in a Word Doc after the lesson so that you can learn what you have done well and what still needs improvement. I usually organize by grammatical...

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