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作者: flyxu 时间: 2003-8-6 22:54
标题: 想学英语的朋友们请进
我有一个好朋友来自多伦多，专职教授英语。我感觉此人功力很深，尤其是善于解决大多数同胞口音方面的问题。而且写作一流，授之以鱼，亦授之以渔。以下是他的个人简历，我只是感觉这个朋友人很好，找一个好老师也不容易，同时顺便帮一些人很想提高英语水平的人提供一条信息。如果有兴趣,直接按本文中的方式联系他.实在不感兴趣，也可以学学个人简历的写法

Derek Maisonville
English Teacher/Tutor
514-485-6568
bugs@oyabuntatsu.com

  I have taught English for one and a half years at Noble Academy in Richmond Hill, Ontario, and privately here in Montreal since May 2003. I have taught both small classes of 2-7 students and individual students. My experience includes teaching students ranging in age from 7 to 49 years old, and I have taught more than 60 students over a period of approximatley 750 hours.

  I have predominantly taught grammar, vocabulary, essay writing and literature, but I have also taught pronunciation, conversation, writing, reading critical analysis, phonics, spelling, and more.

  I was always an A+ English student, although I now study History and Political Science at York University. I am a consistent A to A+ student and I am well known for my writing skills.

  Specific curricula vary according to the needs of the specific student(s). In other words, I will always cater my teaching direction to the specific needs of the student(s).

  Private tutoring is available at a rate of $15 per hour, or classes can be arranged for students with similar learning interests at a rate of $12 per hour per student.

  Furthermore, English editing of business texts or scholary essays is available at a varying rate according to the needs of the client.

  For more information, do not hesitate to give me a call.

Sincerely,

Derek Maisonville

作者: BBA 时间: 2003-8-6 23:19
What is his native language? Apart from English, whatelse language he speaks or knows?

作者: OPEL 时间: 2003-8-7 09:15
我倒，就这种写作水平也号称"well known for my writing skills"

兄台，give me a break!!!

作者: waterwall 时间: 2003-8-7 20:16
To be honest, his writing skill is very good.I believe he is a good teacher.

作者: 55555 时间: 2003-8-7 20:27
To be honest, his $_making skill is very good.I believe he is a good seller.

作者: flyxu 时间: 2003-8-7 21:39
我觉得这种简历水平很不错啊，为什么有人说不好呢？各方面都点到了，各种复杂句式也准确无误的show过了，又不是自传，不可能写成惊险小说吧。不过中国是卧虎藏龙之地，老俞的单词量也比很多美国人多，所以不奇怪。仔细看，至少看起来很舒服，听他说话更是这样，对于英语各方面还不是很熟练的人有很大的帮助。而且他是母语为英语的白人，和我是学法语的时候认识的，当时自称从ABC到Shakespear都可以教授。我受其点拨一二，颇有一番感触，才到这里来推荐。毕竟不是每个native speaker都可以教英语的，至少我的很多朋友都不行，这我自己也能感觉到，就像我们教中文一样。我不知道这里的职业英语教师收费是怎样的，他似乎也不清楚，还说很多人charge a lot，言外之意自己要价已经很低了. 可能行情还是多伦多的

不过要想学，估计这应该可以商量。我们学英语的目的倒不是为了和自己人较量，而是缩小与当地人差距，以免无形中形成一种不平等。如果自己提高了，目的也就达到了，这是事实。祝大家好运 wink

作者: cdavid 时间: 2003-8-7 22:29
如果这是个以英语为母语的人写的，那你还是劝他别干这行了。

说实话，我并不认为他的母语是英语(也许他蒙了你)，就他这两笔刷子，好比你让一个在中国只上了小学的人，来这儿写个简历来在大学里教中文。

费话免了，我还是真的头一回看人家在写do not hesitate时，前面不加Please的。

作者: flyxu 时间: 2003-8-8 14:12
仁兄所说的，我事先也注意到了。但对一个懂一点点法语，其余只会英语的人来说，不用问也知道是native Englsih speaker，也许那就是他的风格. 如果光从不加please就得出那一番类比，好像有点污辱人的意思 :p 而且这也实在没必要蒙吧，又不是培训恐怖分子 :confused: 不过就像有些中国人说本地的french canadian的法语不是其母语一样，咱们中间确实高手如林 :cool:

作者: cdavid 时间: 2003-8-8 15:15
好，姑且我们认可他母语是英语，可这更证明了他的能力差些：首先，他不大懂文章的结构，用最普通的手法把他的教学经验和资历赘述了一番，让人看了不大流畅；其次，他的开篇不好，很生硬；最后，他的语言贫乏，句子结构也不是很美。你看他用了几次have taught，这是写文章的一大忌。

作者: discovery 时间: 2003-8-8 15:36
别争了!

英语比起咱们汉语来简直就象婴儿咿呀学语,
他多重复几遍,你才能听懂,听懂不就行啦!

English is a Terrible Language
author unknown

We'll begin with box, and the plural is boxes;
But the plural of ox is oxen, not oxes.

Then one fowl is goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.

You may find a lone mouse or a whole lot of mice,
But the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
When couldn't the plural of pan be called pen?

The cow in the plural may be cows or kine,
But the plural of vow is vows, not vine.

And I speak of a foot, and you show me your feet,
But I give a boot ... would a pair be called beet?

If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

If the singular is this and plural is these,

Why shouldn't the plural of kiss be nicknamed kese?

Then one may be that, and three may be those,
Yet the plural of hat would never be hose;

We speak of a brother, and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.

The masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine she, shis, and shim!

So our English, I think you will all agree,
Is the trickiest language you ever did see.

I take it you already know
Of tough and bough and cough and dough?

Others may stumble, but not you
On hiccough, thorough, slough, and through?

Well done! And now you wish, perhaps
To learn of less familiar traps?

Beware of heard, a dreadful word
That looks like beard and sounds like bird.

And dead; it's said like bed, not bead;
For goodness sake, don't call it deed!

Watch out for meat and great and threat,
(they rhyme with suite and straight and debt)

A moth is not a moth in mother.
Nor both in bother, broth in brother.

And here is not a match for there.
And dear and fear for bear and pear.

And then there's dose and rose and lose-
Just look them up-and goose and choose.

And cork and work and card and ward,
And font and front and word and sword.

And do and go, then thwart and cart.
Come, come, I've hardly made a start.

A dreadful language? Man alive,
I'd learned to speak it when I was five,

And yet to write it, the more I sigh ...

作者: englishache 时间: 2003-8-8 20:52
阿赖耶识 is just helping us. If you don't want to pay that teacher to learn English, no problem.
But please be nice to others. I found out that a lot of Chinese are really sick here. Why?
I am very disappointed at them, especially some Chinese in Montreal!

作者: flyxu 时间: 2003-8-8 21:58
果然遇到高手了，幸会 wink 就像武学一样，文学的高手也是相对的，凡人不易看出的破绽在他们眼里都像经过放大，确实一针见血。cdavid兄有些客观的话还是有意义的，本人不是文学专业，对语言没有那么敏感，以前只知道英语说得让人听起来比较舒服，而且又容易理解就可以称为好了，但如果确实要从文学角度看，确实差别很大。这才想起来当年吕叔湘所说的"基本属实"，说话是要注意注意。别下次到其他国家论坛自我介绍时，因为用词不当被人说成是中国的小学毕业，母语不是中文来这里招摇撞骗之类的

毕竟相对于北美的英文，我们中国人很多连普通话都说不好（那些不识字的就不谈了）不管说什么，千万不能给自己人丢脸，尤其是面对小日本 wink 多谢kidding兄的理解，你说得虽然是事实，不过cdavid兄不像那种人，只是以职业的角度纠正些错误，有些话可能说得不是很动听，但确实初衷不是针对人，毕竟这里以前也有人当骗子的。大家自己人千万别误会了。cdavid兄要是不介意，能否留个联系方法（不方便就不强求了），毕竟这里需要帮助的人不少，但高手不多 :cool:

作者: cdavid 时间: 2003-8-8 22:56
论坛是讨论问题的地方，有不同的看法都可以拿出来与之商榷。

有人张口，闭口MONTREAL中国人有病，好似他已不是中国人了。

作者: mayi 时间: 2003-8-10 23:50
To subject starter:
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我不知道这里的职业英语教师收费是怎样的，他似乎也不清楚，还说很多人charge a lot，言外之意自己要价已经很低了. 可能行情还是多伦多的
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In Toronto English courses are so cheap like:

LINK: free of charge, plus day care and transit TTC;
ESL: $10 per semester
High School: $20 material fee per semester
, to name a few... and much more to come :rolleyes:

BTW, does this guy have ESLT certificate?

作者: mayi 时间: 2003-8-11 00:14
To OPEL,

Agree with your insight on his originality.
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我倒，就这种写作水平也号称"well known for my writing skills"
兄台，give me a break!!!
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As per my Toronto ESL teacher, he would rephrase some expressions in that letter.

one and a half years - one year and a half;
my experience..., and I have... - structure prob.
I have..., but I have... - structure prob.
I was always..., although - tense, struct prob.
... plus many wording and punctuation errors.

However, honestly his English is good enough as a second language. I believe his English proficiency is for sure above the average of us Chinese new immigrants in Montreal. wink

作者: OPEL 时间: 2003-8-11 02:27
Thanks to mayi

作者: woodcome 时间: 2003-8-13 02:57
sorry everyone i have a question to ask
what is the meaning of opportunity makes thief
it is my landlord words it is a proverb?
thanks!

作者: discovery 时间: 2003-8-13 09:14
Once a thief, always a thief.
it is a proverb 2!!!

作者: discovery 时间: 2003-8-13 09:36
your landlord may know this Irish Proverb:
"It is not easy to steal where the landlord is a thief."

wink wink wink

作者: uwdanny 时间: 2003-8-13 11:01
I don't see anything wrong with his job-seeknig letter. To me, and to most ppl, language is for communication purpose, we don't make a living on English literature skills. If that person is experienced in helping ppl to improve oral skills, then each of us should definitely go for it. There's really no point to zoom in others' single word, as to criticize much.

作者: cdavid 时间: 2003-8-13 11:38
有的人包容心还挺强，岂不知也会间接害人。

不错，语言是交流工具，但不能因此就把教师的水准降低，误人子弟。

试想，一个有小学文化的人你叫他写一找工作（建筑工人）的广告如尚可的话，你能就说你写的满不错的，再怂恿他写一个去大学教中文的求职信吗?

作者: uwdanny 时间: 2003-8-13 13:21
Well, the post is up here. You could choose to follow its words or simply ignore it. There's nothing called "standard" here, to evaluate others' suggestions. Please cut your crap.

作者: cdavid 时间: 2003-8-13 13:26
明白了，原来有人自认英语很好，也要招两学生。。。

作者: mayi 时间: 2003-8-15 00:29
Choose follow or ignore? Is this your 'standard 'multiple choice quiz?

What if we take the freedom to add our own comment? Is this all right, boss? :rolleyes:

作者: uwdanny 时间: 2003-8-15 02:18
Yup. Sure. Each has his/her own standard and right to make up his/her own choice. Just try not to criticize others too much, especially try not to criticize ppl who wanna help others out.

作者: cdavid 时间: 2003-8-15 10:21
uwdanny,　怎么看你怎么象一托儿。

他要不收费，那叫help; 收费的充其量也是互助而已。

作者: uwdanny 时间: 2003-8-15 10:25
He charges far below the avg price in the market. It is up to you to decide my purpose or whatever. However, I don't find it necessary to question others too much if one just tries to provide info here. Right? Honestly, from that guy's job-seeking letter, I find it OK according to his asked price. Again, it is simply my point of view. It is totally UP TO YOU to spit off.

作者: uwdanny 时间: 2003-8-15 10:34
To cdavid, 哦，对了，俺是学 abstract数学的热血小青年，不太喜欢象，类似，接近等模糊用词，请您给本人准确定位，托就是托，不是托就不是托。譬如，我不能说，您似乎会英语，对不？ ^oo^

作者: cdavid 时间: 2003-8-15 10:36
你的英语比那小子好，看起来流畅。你要替他去教，我就来学。

作者: cdavid 时间: 2003-8-15 10:39
对不起，你还是受着点吧，我是学‘模糊数学’的。

作者: uwdanny 时间: 2003-8-15 10:41
不是啊，我的英语太口语化了，很滥。也不知道为什么，我看那人的求职信，挺顺眼的。仅此而已。

作者: cdavid 时间: 2003-8-15 10:43
所以谁你是托儿呢－没花钱雇来的托儿。

作者: uwdanny 时间: 2003-8-15 10:58
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作者: atongmu 时间: 2003-8-21 18:23
it's said the common price is $40/H for 1-1 teaching.

u can try this website i just got :

www.toastermasters.org

作者: englishache 时间: 2003-8-30 01:17
up

作者: paladin 时间: 2003-8-30 22:19
BTW, what does it mean, "ppl"?

作者: englishache 时间: 2003-8-30 22:45
up

作者: heysexylady 时间: 2003-11-3 02:52
ppl is an abbreviation for people, ain't it?

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