lessons and workshops for students and managers in the city of São Paulo

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Brazilians This website is made for any student who wants to brush up his or her English, as a second language. No question about that. But.... being a teacher here in Brazil, I am getting more and more specialized in the problems related to using, speaking English freely, Brazilian students are dealing with. It's because of this that I am adding pages, especially aimed at Brazilian students, to the site, on a regular basis.

I'm a Dutch immigrant in Brazil. To be more precise: in the city of Jaguariúna, São Paulo. I use to give private English classes here to students and business-managers who want to freshen up their English. As a rule I do not present myself to them as a "teacher" but more as a person they can use to train there English speaking abilities, to overcome their fear of talking a foreign language. That's where the name "English Sparring Partner" emanates from. As important though, is the fact that I aim to "tailor" my classes to the possibilities and wishes of my students.

DUTCH Language CLASSES
Persons who are going to (live in) the Netherlands, needing or wanting to learn Dutch can contact me to inform about the possibility to have Skype-classes. I'm a qualified Dutch language teacher. Price of a Skype-class will be R$40 per hour.

Workshops The main ideas of the English Sparring Partner site have been worked out in a sequence of four workshops I give in the metropole of São Paulo or Jaguariúna. Though being consecutive of character, all workshops can be fully enjoyed separately: each workshop is complete in itself. Workshops can be adapted to personal wishes. Workshops aimed at learning how to work with the computer,can be created and given as well: just contact me and specify your wishes. Maximum number of persons per workshop: 3 Workshop-duration: 2-3 hrs. Material, requirements : paper notebook, pencils, laptop. Laptop or desktop computer has to be 'internet-ready'. Price: R$50 pp/per workshop [NB: price for workshops given in São Paulo are exclusive travel-costs]
Getting Plugged	Instruction how to work with FireFox, another browser. Learning how to work with 'tabbed browsing' . Introduction into the world of firefox add-ons which will elevate your browsing possibilities, boosting productivity and, in our case prepare the browser to be a versatile learning-supporting tool
Organizing your computer	Organizing, adapting your computer to facilitate adequate working with dictionaries, translation tools and -services. Downloading and installing some needed freeware.
Listening & reading using the computer	Downloading freeware needed to listen and learn English. Training listening using downloaded material. Learning how to create own listening material to use on computer, mp3 player, iPod or any other handheld.
Working with vocabulary building tools	Installing from and introduction how to work with freeware flashcard application. Finding out and training how to create own vocabulary learning material. Overview Web 2.0 tools related to vocabulary acquisition and training.
Creating your own learning material	Setting up a simple blogger-account. Surfing with the right tools to find vocabulary, pictures, songtexts, mp3 files. Using tools to "grab material from the web and put it onto your blog, nicely organized.