Elizabeth Legge

I enjoy encouraging my students as they progress and seeing their confidence build. I find this very rewarding. I know that everyone can learn to master a language! It just takes work, patience, and knowing you can do it!

I first began to teach English and other core subjects when the University of British Columbia in Canada hired me as a tutor for the Student Union. There, one of my Chinese students introduced me to a few of his friends so I started a private tutoring and editing business at the same time.

The next year, I decided to go to Japan on a work holiday to teach English. I'd already travelled the world since early childhood, but this was my first time to live on my own in a non-English country. After finishing my second university degree, I decided to go to Thailand for my first graduate program,

People tend usually to study English to improve their career prospects as English is an important universal language. Some students will also study it since they are already studying abroad or planning to do so. A few people will also study English before travelling abroad or as a hobby. Many clients also need to prepare for language level tests for work, school or immigration purposes.

Based on my own and fellow expatriates' experience, if one is serious and does the work, one can learn any language from zero to intermediate level in around 6 months. I taught myself Italian from books in this way, and a friend of mine did the same with several languages. To do so needs confidence and motivation. To improve from intermediate to advanced levels can take a little longer. It also helps to have a teacher or tutor as not everyone has the self motivation!

According to some training centres for which I've worked, most people can improve enough to move to the next language level i

All formal written English in the British Commonwealth is the same. American English differs only in the spelling of a few words but the difference is very small so you'd still recognized the words.

Australian and other countries' English differs only in terms of our different accents, some word pronunciation and stresses on some syllables, as well as in slang and colloquialisms when we aren't speaking formally. But the dialects aren't that different since they are new dialects, so you'd still usually be able to understand us.

I myself grew up more in Canada with parents who spoke BBC Br

Students are very interested in Australian wildlife and often ask me about kangaroos and koalas. Some ask me about local food which is nearly the same as British food. And some seem to think we don't have big cities and live in jungles with snakes and so on which I find amusing! So I'm happy to tell them more about my lovely country.