Avraham Ish Shalom English as a Foreign Language
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Hi!

My name is Avi and I'm a British-born Israeli citizen.

I love sharing my passion for the English language with students of all ages and levels. Do not worry if you think your English to too low-level or if you think it is too difficult to start to learn, I will support you on your learning journey every step of the way with patience, kindness and humour!

If you already have a strong foundation and want to improve your advanced English to improve your academic grades or to get a promotion at work, then I can help you reach those highest levels of English - I want to help you achieve a near-native level of spoken and written English.

I can also help with checking your English writing tasks before you submit them, and suggest ways to improve your writing skills.

If you have very young children and you want them to start learning English early, I have helped design early-learners' reading courses and will help your child achieve verbal fluency through a variety of games, arts and crafts and other fun activities.

I speak British English, but I am happy to teach you whichever dialect you prefer (American or British).

Subjects

  • English Beginner-Expert

  • English Literature Beginner-Expert

Experience

  • Head of Development and Expansion and Teacher (May, 2023–Present) at Speak Up, Haifa
    ● Designing from scratch Speak Up’s online course, including seeking a suitable LMS,
    creating marketing materials, developing the curriculum according to CEFR and SU’s
    unique teaching methodology, and leading a team to create this digital content.
    ● Taking over and streamlining Speak Up’s frontal course renovation project, including
    redesigning and restructuring the curriculum, creating new artwork and producing new
    physical classroom materials in Canva and GIMP, and leading a team to create this
    content.
    ● Recruiting new staff for all parts of the business (acting HR manager), including
    liaising with recruitment agencies, designing and producing recruitment material for
    online advertising on social media, attending jobs fairs, etc., and onboarding and
    training of new frontal and online teachers.
    ● Teaching students of all ages (from 3-90) in their homes or in small groups in their elementary schools.
  • Teacher (Jul, 2021–Sep, 2022) at Wall Street English Myanmar, Yangon
    ● Taught adults and teenagers from across Myanmar both online and in-person.
    ● Created new course content to meet the unique needs of Myanmar students.
    ● Led the IELTS course at WSE as the only foreign teacher, specialising in the IELTS
    speaking test. All students achieved or surpassed their predicted final test score.
    ● Worked with the sales team to generate internal revenue and with the events team to
    organise and execute various events for students and prospective students to enable
    continued growth during a very difficult period for the Myanmar market.
  • Coordinator of Academic Affairs and Teacher (May, 2020–Jul, 2021) at Direct English Myanmar, Yangon
    ● Created necessary course materials to supplement online learning in-centre.
    ● Instituted proactive professional development programmes for both local and foreign
    teachers.
    ● Designed and implemented eight 10-15 hour online language workshops (creative writing, business English, poetry, email writing, and more) that were also leased for use at
    GUSTO University, Yangon.
    ● Taught IELTS courses for teenagers and young adults to help them secure places with companies and universities abroad.

    Unfortunately, following the tragic coup and subsequent, ongoing civil war, DE Myanmar closed down in 2021.
  • Teacher and Service Manager (Apr, 2015–Feb, 2020) at Wall Street English Israel
    ● Worked closely with each teacher individually to help raise standards and help each
    teacher achieve his or her full potential within the company. Professional development
    was key to improving the success of the Petah Tikva Centre.

    ● Organised several successful events for students and their friends/family, raising the
    general reputation of our centre, bringing lots of referrals, creating the “family”
    atmosphere for which WSE is famous, increasing student retention - and having lots of
    fun at the same time!

    ● Helped create and implement a phonics course to teach reading and writing to young children (a really fun experience as a teacher!!).

    ● Helped hundreds of students of all ages and aptitudes reach their personal learning goals for English!

Education

  • Study of Religions (Anthropology) (Sep, 2009–Jun, 2013) from University of London School of Oriental And African Studies, London

Fee details

    ₪75–150/hour (US$20.89–41.78/hour)

    For basic and beginner English, the fee is lowest. For higher-level academic and business English, the fee is higher.

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