“When one teaches, two learn”.
 (Robert Heinlein)

Elena Monti
ESL Teacher

About Me

I am an ESL Teacher with more than 30 years of experience in various education environments.

I am bilingual in English and Italian.

I teach ESL learners how to develop their skills in presentations, interviews, daily conversations, reading, listening and writing.

I am an expert in English phonetics and phonology, which I teach.

As a linguist, I developed an interest in etymology, which I teach on request, specially related to English words.

I teach the following CAMBRIDGE QUALIFICATIONS AND COURSES:

      a. B2 FIRST (formerly FCE)
      b. C1 ADVANCED (formerly CAE)
      c. IELTS

I provide LEGAL ENGLISH courses for lawyers, legal professionals and law students whose first language is not English.

I have developed expertise in teaching BUSINESS ENGLISH to employees and company managers both in small groups and individual lessons.

English Online Courses

ENGLISH ONLINE

live, teacher-led online lessons

NUMBER OF LESSONS

choose from 1, 2 or 3 online lessons per week

PRICE

customized prices are applied for weeks and longer periods

CLASS SIZE

a. individual lessons

b. small groups: maximum of 8 students per class

LESSON DURATION

1 hr – 1 hr 30 – 2 hrs

INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAM PLANS

each course is tailored to individual students’ needs, interests and skills

COURSE LEVELS

B1 – Intermediate

B2 – Upper-Intermediate

C1 – Advanced

!! NO beginners – NO children – NO high-school students  !!

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Lesson Content

GRAMMAR

a. morphology → how to analyse the internal structure of the word for word recognition and word formation
b. syntax → how to create well-formed sentences
c. word order → how to determine the proper sequence of words
d. spelling → how to form words with the correct letters in the correct order
e. punctuation → how to show pauses and questions, separate phrases and sentences and indicate the emphasis on some thoughts and ideas in order to help the writer convey the message and the reader understand the meaning of it ​

VOCABULARY

a. vocabulary development → how to improve fluency and communication effectiveness

b. semantic fields → how to learn set of words related in meaning

c. use of the dictionary → how to use a monolingual dictionary

d. vocabulary building → how to use words in context

PRONUNCIATION

a. phonetics and phonology → how to be aware of the way your mouth, lips, tongue, teeth move to produce sounds
b. proper pronunciation → how to avoid misunderstandings

CONVERSATION

a. practising language → in my classes students are asked to discuss tasks and ideas, communicate needs, give opinions on different subjects, ask questions, clarify their own understanding, speak about themselves
b. improving a student’s speaking skills → conversation is the ability to show what a student learnt

Plus

COLLOCATIONS

a.word partnerships → a collocation is a combination of words which frequently occur together

b. how words work together → appropriate handling of collocations helps learners sound more precise, more natural and more accurate

IDIOMS

a.fixed expressions in everyday conversation → an idiom is a group of words in a fixed order that has a figurative meaning conventionally fixed and understood by native speakers

b. using idioms to sound natural and fluent → I help students learn and understand idioms by organising them in a proper context

 

HOW TO USE A DICTIONARY

a.no bilingual dictionaries → most ESL learners use bilingual dictionaries because they desperately want translations. Actually, just translating an English word into your own language is useless. It’s a passive, fruitless effort

b.I provide guidance to learners on how to use a monolingual dictionary only

By using a monolingual dictionary you can

-find out grammatical information about a word

-find the synonyms and antonyms of a word

-look up the collocations of a word

In other words, you have to think in English

 

FORMAL VS INFORMAL REGISTER

a.using the appropriate register for the appropriate context → most ESL learners cannot associate the formal and informal language with particular choices of grammar, vocabulary and collocation

b.understanding registers → how to use different registers in different contexts

 

Cambridge Qualifications and Courses

a.B2 FIRST (formerly FCE)

b.C1 ADVANCED (formerly CAE)

c. IELTS

TARGET STUDENTS

ESL students

COURSE LEVELS                    

a.Intermediate

b.Upper-intermediate

c.Advanced

!! NO BEGINNERS – NO CHILDREN – NO HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS !!

LESSON CONTENT    

a. READING paper-based tests

b. USE OF ENGLISH paper-based tests

c. LISTENING paper-based tests

d. WRITING paper-based tests

e. SPEAKING tests  

TEACHER-SUPPLIED MATERIALS     

a. GRAMMAR REVISION to help students focus on grammar topics needed for the exam

b. MOCK TESTS to assess a student’s level of preparation before the final exam

c. TIPS on how to approach the exam and avoid mistakes

OFFICIAL CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH PREPARATION MATERIALS                    

Cambridge English and Cambridge University Press have developed a range of SUPPORT MATERIALS, BOOKS and PRACTICE TESTS to provide students with everything they need to prepare for their exam

Legal English Courses

TARGET STUDENTS

a. Lawyers

b. Law Professionals

c. Law students whose first language is not English

COURSE LEVELS                    

a. Intermediate

b. Upper-intermediate

c. Advanced

LESSON CONTENT    

a. various types of AUTHENTIC LEGAL TEXTS in English, of the kind encountered by law professionals

b. both WRITTEN and SPOKEN text materials accompanied by a wide range of tasks designed to build the skills needed for reading, writing, listening and speaking

c. a  selection of LEGAL TERMINOLOGY and VOCABULARY needed in each legal topic area 

Business English Courses

TARGET STUDENTS

a. Company Managers

b. Employees

COURSE LEVELS                    

a. Intermediate

b. Upper-intermediate

c. Advanced

LESSON CONTENT    

a. writing EMAILS in English

b. arranging and preparing for MEETINGS

c. speaking ON THE PHONE:

  • answering the phone
  • making and taking calls
  • leaving and taking messages
  • making appointments
  • confirming arrangements
  • booking hotels/restaurant

d. dealing with WORKPLACE SITUATIONS

e. giving a PRESENTATION

f. placing ORDERS

g. dealing with PROBLEMS

Teacher-made Materials

1. teacher-made practice tests to help students get used to how the exams or the activities are structured

2. teacher-made grammar revision materials to help students focus on grammar topics needed for the exams or activities

3. teacher-made materials accompanied by a wide range of tasks designed to build the skills needed for the exams or the activities

Career 1988 - Present

2020-present             Online ESL Teacher

  1. Cambridge Qualifications and Courses

      a. B2 FIRST (formerly FCE) exam preparations courses

      b. C1 ADVANCED (formerly CAE) exam preparation courses

      c. IELTS exam preparation courses

  1. Legal English One-To-One courses

2018-2022             ESL Teacher

1.Big Ben Institute Torino

     a. B1 First exam preparation courses

     b. Business English in-company training for managers

2. Excalibur Torino

    a. B1 First exam preparation courses

    b. Legal English courses

2013-2019             ESL Teacher

1.Fondazione Università Popolare di Torino

     a.B1 First exam preparation courses

1988-2019             ESL Teacher

  1. Abbey National Bank Milano
  2. Agilent Technologies Leinì
  3. Alenia Spazio Torino
  4. CSI Centro Studi Informatici Torino
  5. Connor Language Services Milano
  6. Centro Formazione Texilia Biella
  7. CEQ Centro Euro Qualità Torino
  8. Centro Studi Raffaello Torino
  9. CMF Consorzio Mondo Formazione Torino  
  10. Dialogue Torino
  11. Effetto Formazione Torino
  12. ENAIP Borgomanero
  13. Ferrero Pino Torinese  
  14. Linguarama Torino
  15. MIT Centre Torino  
  16. Oxford Centre Torino
  17. Politecnico Torino
  18. Precision Settimo Torinese
    a. Business English in-company training for managers
    b. general English in-company training for managers
    c. general English in-school training for students
  19. Istituto d’Istruzione Superiore Curie – Vittorini – Torino
  20. Primo Liceo Artistico Statale – Torino
  21. Liceo Artistico Cottini – Torino
  22. Liceo Berti – Torino

2000-2003             Italian Teacher

  1. American Clubs Torino
  2. University of Turin
  3. Linguarama Torino
    a. Italian language and culture courses for foreigners

1999-2002             French Teacher

  1. Corte D’Appello Tribunale di Torino
    a. French courses for Law Professionals
  2. Oxford Centre Torino
    b. French courses for Italian managers

1989-2023             Ancient Greek and Latin Teacher

  1. Italian High Schools

EDUCATION

1999                Bachelor’s Degree in English
                          – University of Turin

 

1991                Intensive English Language Course (Advanced)    
                         – King’s College of Further Education – Bournemouth UK

 

1990                Intensive English Language Course (Advanced)
                         – King’s College of Further Education – Bournemouth UK

 

1989                Intensive English Language Course (Advanced)
                          – King’s College of Further Education – Bournemouth UK

 

LANGUAGES

ENGLISH                    bilingual in English and Italian

FRENCH                      excellent

SPANISH                      very good

ITALIAN                      bilingual in English and Italian

ANCIENT GREEK        excellent

LATIN                          excellent

PERSONAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH                24 December 1968

Contact Me

info@myclassyteacher.com

Messenger: Elena Monti

Monday – Friday 09.00 – 13.00 / 14.00 – 19.00