Reed James

Hi! My name is Reed and I love speaking, reading and teaching languages. In my free time, I like playing the piano and reading good books. I love teaching, and have been doing so for the past twenty years or so. I teach conversation, because speaking is the most important component of language, as well as business English, because there are many executives and other employees who need English to do their jobs, and I want to be part of that process.

Students should expect a tailor-made course that includes everything they need to know to be successful in conversational and/or business English. In the first place, students are evaluated so that I know what their level of English is. Then, based on this, I put together a curriculum that includes a short text to read with vocabulary and questions. Then there is a model conversation that I read with the student as a role play during which I correct pronunciation and anything else that comes up.

I have taught in diverse settings here in Santiago, Chile. I started out with conversational English with adults in institutes as well as business English to executives at companies. I also helped children prepare for tests. After a few years, I also taught at a school from grades five to twelve.

I hold a Bachelor's in languages (Spanish and German). Due to my own learning process, I know what it takes to learn a foreign language; that is, I am able to see and feel what the student is going through. As a professional freelance translator, I am aware of the mechanics of languages and how students should put together sentences satisfactorily without translating directly.