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English Expert: grammar and writing specialist for all ages and levels
Catherine C.

4.9 (268 ratings)

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Catherine is an expert, advanced level English/ESL teacher of over 10 years experience. She is also a cellist, writer, printmaker, jeweler, cartoonist and science fiction fan. She received her first degree, a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Music, from the University of Oregon in 1980, and in 2002 concluded a Teacher Training Program through Northwest Christian College and acquired licenses to teach ESL and middle school maths -in which she was rated Highly Qualified. After a year of...

Catherine is an expert, advanced level English/ESL teacher of over 10 years experience. She is also a cellist, writer, printmaker, jeweler, cartoonist and science fiction fan. She received her first degree, a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Music, from the University of Oregon in 1980, and in 2002 concluded a Teacher Training Program through Northwest Christian College and acquired licenses to teach ESL and middle school maths -in which she was rated Highly Qualified. After a year of substitute teaching in Hillsborough, she relocated to St Paul Island AK, where she taught math and music.

She returned to Oregon in 2004, but faced with poor economic prospects, relocated to Prague, in the Czech Republic, where she taught English from 2007-2015. Ms Chandler was born in Chicago and grew up near Washington DC. Having attended college in Oregon, she met and married David Chandler, an Oregon native, in 1981. She and her husband have lived in San Francisco, CA, Eugene, Florence and Portland, OR, Bloomington IN, and Bethesda MD, as well as in the Czech Republic. In her varied career she has worked as a foot messenger, a convenience store clerk an, office assistant and an outdoor educator, among other things. Catherine speaks Czech (a Slavic language, related to Russian and Polish) at an intermediate level, as well as a little bit of French and Italian. As an English teacher, her special skills are in advanced level grammar and writing.

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University of Oregon
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Northwest Christian College
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ESL/ESOL

ESL/ESOL

I attended and completed a two year program for teacher training at Northwest Christian College during the years 1999 to 2002. In four of those six terms I earned a place on the Dean's List. The program included year long courses in Intercultural Communication, Reading Instruction and Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages. From 2007 to 2015 I taught English as a Second Language in Prague, in the Czech Republic. My students ranged in age from 7 years to adult and in skill level from complete beginners to advanced grammar, writing and English conversation. Letters of recommendation from my supervisors and students from that time can be provided upon request.
Grammar

Grammar

As a certified ESL/TESOL instructor with over 10 years experience, I have a solid understanding of English grammar and conventions. More importantly, I have a great deal of experience explaining many of the more difficult grammar features of English, and have many techniques for getting students to internalize these concepts and become comfortable integrating these concepts into their natural speech. It doesn't matter if you are a beginning English speaker still mastering basic question forms and negatives, or a more advanced students struggling with some of the more complex tenses: I can help you get it.
Writing

Writing

In 20013 I attended a workshop offered by the British Council, preparing English Teachers for the grammar and writing requirements in their tests. I have successfully tutored a number of students for the FCE (First Certificate of English) test, as well as the CAE (Certificate of Advanced English) and the CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English).
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Knowledge and patient

I have been working with her for over a year. She is extremely patient and knowledgeable. I had to write my performance review. I had it as a topics and categories. She was able to help me to make it into sentences. She is very quick if you need help that is not in your request time to take care of your need. She is absolutely a pleasure to work with you.

Sanam, 216 lessons with Catherine

Great teacher

I loved my class. We talked about snow storms and why some schools don’t open and how people clean the road after snow storm.

Ana Paula, 37 lessons with Catherine

Great teacher

I loved my class. We talked about snow storms and why some schools don’t open and how people clean the road after snow storm.

Ana Paula, 37 lessons with Catherine

Helpful, Knowledgeable Tutor

Just off the first lessons she taught many key writing components. She has already fixed many mistakes that I have been making. I look forward to more lessons. She also has very interesting facts and stories that she tells.

Carlos, 134 lessons with Catherine

Great Teacher

Catherine, is very patient and gentle when guiding my daughter in seeing the answer. She has a friendly personality that is relatable even to my teen

Yvonne, 22 lessons with Catherine
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