Hello! I am Gabriel, from Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. I am a very busy teacher on AmazingTalker and cannot wait to meet you 🙂! Please look through the information below and message me if you have any questions. I specialize in English test taking and conversation and writing. I do well in all the four skills areas of English! I look forward to working with you. I'm kind and patient and have over 15 years experience here in Asia. I speak English and Spanish and basic Thai, Vietnamese, and am studying Mandarin. My classes that students like are: IELTS work in all areas (over 5 years of experience) TOEFL work in all areas (over 5 years of experience) TOEIC work in all areas (over 5 years of experience) Speaking and conversational work (over 15 years experience) Interview preparation (over 15 years experience) Teaching in the classroom (over 15 years experience) Course can be in a 25 minute format or 50 minutes. 1. TOEFL class: work on the types of questions you may encounter. 2. IELTS class: work on the types of forms of questions you may encounter. 3. TOIEC: work on types of questions you may see. 4. Conversation work: engage and work on skills to extend conversations and work on new grammar. Pronunciation is corrected but kindly. 5. Grammar work: We can go over examples in writing that you may encounter with essays and with tests. 6. Vocabulary work: We can work on building words in a field or in a subject area. I work hard to personalize your lessons so that we make the best use of your time. I'm kind and patient and I like humor in the classroom. If I do correct you it will be in a kinds way as a teacher would to a student. I look forward to seeing you in class very soon! 😊 My qualifications and experience - ✔ TESOL certificate - Grade-A - I.T.T.T. School ✔ Masters in Education-Grade A, Focus in online education, Michigan State University, grad.2016 ✔ English degree - Grade-B+ - U.C. Berkeley ✔ Freelance English Teacher, Hsinchu, Taiwan (2019 - present) ✔ Finance Translator/Consultant, Bank of America, U.S.A. (1996 - 2001) ✔ English Teacher science teacher, Patai Udom Suksa, Bangkok (2016 – 2019) ✔ English teacher and art teacher, Satit Burapha, Bangsaen, Thailand (2009-2016)