Dillon Gerrity
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Dillon Gerrity
Professional Teacher![]()
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Arabic (Maghrebi)
French
Russian
Spanish
Specialties
BusinessI help people accomplish their language goals🙂
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Arabic (Maghrebi)
French
Russian
Spanish
Specialties
BusinessI help people accomplish their language goals🙂
From United StatesLiving in Porto, Portugal (07:29 UTC+01:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Sep 2, 2021Interest topicReadingScienceHistory
Hi there! I am a CELTA certified English teacher from Austin Texas. I have worked in Russia, Morocco, and Thailand and I am now working and living in Portugal. I love reading, exercising, language learning, watching series, and video games.Me as a Teacher
I have experience with all levels from elementary to advanced. And I have taught all ages. My other experience includes working for the LINE head office in Bangkok, tutoring for IELTS, TOEFL, and TOEIC, and lecturing on gamification in Morocco. I also have taught Business English from elementary to advanced.My lessons & teaching style
I try to make my lessons fun and relaxed. I love building lessons designed around my students' interests and I have made lessons about everything from hair and skin products to organized crime. I focus very heavily on revision so that you are able to see your progress. I will also make you custom study material from the lessons to review on your own. Many of my students are busy, so if you can't do homework tell me and I will design the courses so it won't hurt your progress.My teaching material
- PDF file
- Audio files
- Flashcards
- Text Documents
- Articles and news
- Test templates and examples
- Graphs and charts
- Video files
- Homework Assignments
- Image files
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Quizzes
Certificates
CELTA - International House Buenos Aires - 2015
Certificate verified
CELTA - International House Buenos Aires - 2015Hello! I recieved my CELTA in 2015. It is a 120 hour course and fully prepared me to teach business classes and young learners. In addition you can see on my record that I have taught many business classes on italki with possitive reviews from students.
Certificate verified
Education
2010 - 2014
Bachelor’s - Communications
Work Experience
2015 - 2016
ESL TeacherDuties
-Taught General English from elementary to advanced
-Taught elementary classes for children with ages ranging from 5-9
-Taught preparation course for CAE
Achievements
-Participated in school organized language camps for children and teenagers
with participants ages ranging from 8-16
2016 - 2017
ESL TeacherDuties
-Taught General English primarily focused on intermediate and advanced
students
-Taught preteen courses designed to prepare students for the KET and PET
exams
Achievements
- Within my first three months at the school I designed and standardized the oral
exam for placement tests
- Devised gamification strategy to create novel rewards and incentives for
teaching of language and grammar. Taught these methods to peers at annual
gathering of all the American Language Centers in Morocco.
2018 - 2018
ESL TeacherDuties
-Taught General English adult classes primarily focused on intermediate and
advanced students.
- Taught students in the age range of 12-14
Achievements
-Received commendations for my ability to manage and establish rapport with
young learners
2018 - 2019
ESL Teacher-Taught 1-to-1 classes from pre-literate to advanced
- Taught 1-to-1 courses for various exams including IELTS, TOEIC, GED, SAT,
and TOEFL
-Taught business English on site for a large web company.
-Taught multiple mixed nationality classes from elementary to upper intermediate.
Achievements
- Earned a reputation for encouraging conversation from even the shyest students
-Taught multiple preliterate classes and became quiet skilled at teaching reading
and phonics.
2019 - 2020
ESL TeacherDuties
-Taught children to teenage classes ranging from elementary to advanced
-Received abundant training on online teaching and have taught
young learner and adult classes online.
Achievements
-Received commendations for my willingness to provide additional support to
the school including volunteering for multiple cover classes outside of regular
hours
5.0
Rating
89
Students
1,386
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
Response
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
56 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
Conversational English
A1 - C2Conversation1,290 lessons completed
USD 35.00
Package with 10% off
English for Entrepreneurs
B1 - C2Business3 lessons completed
USD 26.00+
Package with 11% off
Become Confident in English
B1 - C2Conversation0 lessons completed
USD 60.00
Package with 26% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
24 Reviews
Beata Karczmarz
49 English lessons
Dillon is a great, energetic, funny and motovating teacher!
Oct 6, 2024
Wilson
1 English lesson
Excellent experience, Dillan is a great tutor, with lots of resources and attention to the student.
Jul 22, 2024
Echo
42 English lessons
I had a great conversation with Dillion about how to build your own social media account. He shared a lot of useful and practical advice to me. Besides, he also recommended some cases to help me better understand the techniques. Big Thumbs (two) !!!
May 19, 2024
isabel carvalho
61 English lessons
I've been taking lessons with Dillon for about three years now and he's undoubtedly the best teacher I've ever had
Mar 24, 2024
Александр
60 English lessons
One of the best teachers on Italki. I can track my progress and see decent results. And I’m glad that we became friends. So the process of studying is comfortable. I highly recommend everyone to get to know Dillon.
Jan 2, 2024
Echo
42 English lessons
已经跟Dillon上了一年的口语课，个人进度非常大，从开始的哑巴英语到现在无障碍日常英语交流。Dillon是一个很负责、有趣的老师，上他的课完全没有那种学习的枯燥和压力，自己会敢于尝试各种话题，也不怕犯错，真的克服了我之前中式学习的缺点。五星推荐Dillon老师，能力杠杠的～
Oct 8, 2023
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