Advert description
Lower level: English, Turkish
GCSE: English, Turkish
A-level: English, Turkish
Higher level: English, Turkish
Exam board exp:
AQA / OCR
Experience with:
KS1 / KS2 / KS3 / KS4
Languages: Turkish (Native), English (Full professional proficiency) , German (Elementary proficiency), Spanish (Elementary proficiency)
Exp with disabilities/special needs: -
Preferred student age group: 6-11
About me:
Hello! My name is Gizem and I am from Turkey.
I am an English teacher. I have approximately 5 years of experience in teaching. I studied English Language Teaching at Istanbul University. I joined the I.U. Language Club and I voluntarily worked as an English teacher where I taught English to university students for a year. At the same time, I worked as a part-time English teacher at the Career Development Center of the university. I gave English Speaking Classes to university students and our university's graduates. After I graduated, before jumping into full-time work, I decided on participating in one of the AIESEC projects. I went to Poland for a volunteer teaching project. I had the opportunity to visit different towns and villages of the country as a volunteer English teacher. Afterward, I started working as a full-time English teacher at the primary level of a private school in Turkey. I worked there for two years. I attended a certified Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language program. I also attended a certified TESOL course and completed it successfully. The certifications I earned helped me improve my knowledge in both English and my native language Turkish related to teaching.
I started tutoring online a year ago. I also started giving Turkish Speaking Classes to foreigners not long after I earned my Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language certificate. I love teaching and helping my students make the target language a part of their lives.
Outside of teaching, learning and reading, playing my guitar and singing are my favorite extracurricular activities to spend my time. Moreover, sketching and drawing help me express myself in ways music cannot. Music and art have a really important part in my life. I also do yoga and meditation in order to keep my body fit and my mind healthy. I have been doing yoga for almost two years now, but prior to that calisthenics had been a part of my life since the beginning of high school. I also like volunteering, traveling, meeting new people and learn about their cultures. I like spending my free time by doing the things that make
