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Dava L. (her, 55 Years)

Dagupan, Philippines

IELTS teacher/tutor since 2007

Bio

Teaching IELTS since 2007 in the Philippines, took the exam twice- pen and paper based and computer-based. If you struggle with one skill or all, let us talk about that for perhaps... Read more

Teaching methodology

Straightforward teaching or reverse teaching method. I correct mistakes with reasoning.

I teach at

  • At Tutor's Place
  • Online

Teaching option

  • Private Lessons

Online Teaching Languages

  • English
  • ₱300

    Local Hourly rate
  • $5

    Online Hourly rate

First 1 hr lesson is FREE!

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Educational Qualification

Professional Studies

Brigham Young University

  • United States
  • 2025

Bachelor of Arts (major in English)

Lyceum Northwestern University

  • Philippines
  • 1994

Questions for You

Q: What is your approach to teaching writing, and how do you help students develop their writing skills?

1. Show a question, ask the student's possible way of approaching it because I must know if this will be given in the actual exam and how he or she will approach it. I believe the student alwasy has the potential to excel but only at times unsure of organization. 2. Share the format and discuss each tag questions in the essay, letter writing and graph and/or picture. 3. We discuss an example by collecting his or her idea about the topic then we inject those while we are discussing in the outline. 4. We come up with an essay, letter or graph or picture number of qords required, collect vocabularies needed for the task. 5. After knowing the student's understanding of the work then I will let the student try a new work with the same concept. 6. We check together what are the good points and bad points. May possibly ask for a rewrite.

Q: How do you help students with grammar, spelling, and punctuation?

1. Do a pretest but if you want to proceed with the lesson, I have full lessons for the 8 parts of speech, punctuation and spelling. 2. Identify the wrong spelling, punctuation and grammar in an essay. Justify why those are wrong and the reason why it is wrong then on how to improve it.

Q: What is your approach to teaching reading, and how do you help students improve their reading comprehension skills?

Read the title of the passage then read the instructions. After that we read the questions afterwhich we proceed to reading of the questions and last is the answering of the questions. Look at the questions well, understand some unfamiliar words, get the contextual meaning to answer the questions.

Q: How do you help students with literary analysis and critical thinking skills?

Reading and understanding starts with knowing the title of the topic, knowing how to look at unfamiliar questions, look at the words/ phrase before and after the unfamiliar word.

Q: How do you help students with pronunciation and enunciation?

I must know the country where the student comes from because pronunciation and enunciation matters where he or she comes from. I listen to answers shared then with short sentences provided, I correct the pronunciation. I also listen to rhythm as well as if the word said is a verb or a noun.

Q: How do you help students with public speaking or presentation skills?

Help students gain confidence and how he or she must regard the audience. Gaining an idea about the topic and on rating the presentation's attention catching rate.

Q: Can you explain complex English grammar rules in simpler terms for easier understanding?

Yes

Q: How do you motivate students who struggle with the language?

No one is perfect.

Q: Are you familiar with the English curriculum and course requirements at my school?

I must know what school and what form of entry level then we could say the course requirement as well the English curriculum.

Q: How do you help students prepare for English exams and assignments?

We must know what grade level, course and students abilities.

Q: How do you ensure that students are actively engaged during tutoring sessions?

There is free talk we could pitch in then back to lesson or lesson incorporated during free talk.

Q: Can you help with test-taking strategies for English exams?

Yes

Q: Are you willing to provide additional practice problems or resources for independent study?

Yes

Q: Are you able to provide assistance with English language certification exams, such as TOEFL or IELTS?

Yes

Q: Can you provide guidance on choosing appropriate reading materials for improving English language skills?

Yes

Q: How do you help students with business English skills, such as writing professional emails or conducting meetings in English?

Know what kind of letter to write then salutation, content and closing statement follows. Each point stated in the letter must be addressed per paragraph, correct grammar and content. We will based our reply based on understanding about the question, response needed, grammar and vocabulary.

Q: How do you help students with understanding and applying literary devices in English literature?

Connections to the real world and looking at the theme.

Q: How do you encourage students to pursue their own writing interests in English?

They create a short essay based on his or her experience or favorite.

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