Hallo, mein Name ist Jackie Smith und ich bin ein erfahrener Griechisch lehrer, der derzeit in Griechenland lebt. Ich unterrichte Griechisch seit März 2008. Ich biete derzeit eine ermäßigte erste Probestunde mit 50% Rabatt auf meinem normalen Unterrichtspreis für neue Schüler.
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Marc K United Kingdom
Our son has been taking lessons with Ms. Jackie for several years, on and off. He began when he as maybe 9 years old and is now almost 15 years old. Ms. Jackie is very knowledgeable about the Greek language and culture. She is also very patient and kind to our son. If it's all Greek to you, give Ms. Jackie a try!
Duncanpm United Kingdom
Jackie is an absolute joy to learn with. She is very insightful and aware of potential problems in learning. Her lived experience of mastering Greek is used beautifully throughout her lessons. Encouragement when required, cajoling to get the best from the student and review of difficult concepts are part of each lesson.
tennisouthgate United Kingdom
We had an excellent introduction to Greek. Jackie made it engaging and provided us with lots of materials.
KatrinaJane United Kingdom
Jackie is a great teacher, she makes learning Greek enjoyable and is very clear and supportive. I feel there is progress and her sense of humour really helps to make light of a difficult language. I appreciate she is patient and doesn't make me feel silly with any question that I have. She is quick to pick up errors with my pronunciation and try's to work out why I might be making errors. Thank you Jackie!
MargaretBird United Kingdom
My lessons are always interesting and enjoyable and with Jackie's patience and guidance I am making real progress in learning Greek.
Yia sas, my name is Jackie and I was born in London. I have been living in Kefalonia, one of the Ionian Islands, since 1997 and have two grown up daughters who both now live in North America. I came to Greece to learn Greek and fell in love with the language and the culture. At that time there was no one teaching Greek so with book in hand and sheer determination my Greek grew and blossomed.
Abschlüsse und Erfahrung
As a qualified TEFL teacher I was teaching English to Greek children then around 2005 I started teaching Greek to English people here and a couple of years later progressed to teaching on the internet using Skype.
Lehransatz
Teaching private lessons allows me to work with my students at their own pace. As a native English speaker who has learned Greek, I believe my approach to teaching and the material I use for my lessons is unique as it has been inspired by my own journey to fluency. I’m only too well aware of which aspects of the language my students are likely to find difficult because I too have been there.
For those who want a comprehensive understanding of how the Greek language works I use my own material alongside a conventional textbook as it gives me the opportunity to explain some of the more difficult to grasp points of Greek grammar. Because I had to make sense of all this for myself, I strive to put the points across in a way that is more understandable and easier to study. I believe it is important to learn to read and write as well as speak and listen and so I teach all the four skills.
For those who are not excited by Greek grammar and just want to learn conversational Greek, I have developed a compilation of lessons, designed specifically for you. Through dialogue and speech the lessons enable you to build ever more complex sentence structures and covers all the grammar necessary to be able to create your own conversations.
Most importantly of all I like to make my lessons fun and interesting. I incorporate information about the Greek way of life and customs into my lessons and work hard to make the lessons enjoyable. I know that the biggest barrier to learning a new language is the loss of motivation so I want my students to look forward to each lesson and to feel motivated to continue to learn the language that I love.
So, whether you want to be able to chat to locals whilst on holiday, have relatives in Greece you want to connect to or you simply love the challenge of learning a new language, I believe I will have something to offer you.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you would like to find out more about how I teach Greek.
Marc K