My Profile

I’ve had the pleasure of teaching ESL to beginner, intermediate, and advanced students of various cultural and linguistic backgrounds in Italy, Spain, and Colombia. Before stepping into this role, I gained experience teaching and coaching in the United States. Through my teaching experiences, I developed critical pedagogic and classroom management skills, along with a passion for teaching English.

I am equipped with the Communicative Teaching Method, a philosophy that I’m excited to implement anywhere in the world. I apply this method in the classroom through interactive, student-centered activities that maximize “student talk time.” I scaffold my lessons so that they include pair and group work, as well as movement around the classroom. By engaging students in speaking, grammar, writing, listening, and reading and appealing to diverse learning styles, I help them improve their accuracy and fluency across key skill areas.

After living abroad, I understand both the excitement and the challenges that accompany learning a new language and living abroad. In my classes, I typically set aside five to ten minutes at the start of each class for students to share their “highs” and “lows” for the week, a ritual that my students have appreciated as they adapted to new surroundings. I aim to support students’ social-emotional well-being as they learn English and deepen their global awareness.

I would be thrilled to join a team of globally-minded educators dedicated to high-quality language instruction. Please feel free to contact me at +1 682.465.0121 or thomasqjohnson91@gmail.com.

Thank you very much for your consideration.