Hello all !!
My name is Greg Vlant and I am from Melbourne, Australia. I am a fun, but serious individual in both my personal and professional life.
I consider myself to be somewhat of an adventurer, liking to learn what it is like to live in a different culture.
Japan has a very different way of life to Australia, and I might add to alot of other countries around the world. I guess that is what is most attractive about this country.
Other that being an native English speaker, I am also able to speak Greek extremely well. This is due to my background being Greek. In Australia I used to teach English to International University Students who needed help with assignments and essays. They more so wanted to widen their vocabulary range at most, but also understand proper structure an so forth.
Other than teaching in Australia, I have worked in several different jobs over the course of the last ten years. Begining in the most easiest of jobs, at a fast food restaurant then moving up the ranks and moving around to different jobs. Whether it was retail clothing sales, or selling food, working in a cafe, working for a phone company, washing dishes, cooking, or even building, I always believed that you gained some kind of experience that is a stepping stone for something new.
Aside from the teaching and other paid jobs that I have done, I also am interested in Film-making. I have made two short films in Australia and am currently writing a third one to try and film in Japan. Japanese film has been quite an influence for my style and therefore the main reason for my reason in Japan.
In any case, with my teaching style, I am very open and easy, patient, but quite serious that you learn and understand what you are doing. I take time to explain and care that you are happy with the results. I am able to teach English in a few different styles, depending on what you want to learn and for what reason. But, basically in the end, give you more depth and meaning to what you are saying, or writing, or reading, or listening to.
Well, everyone, you take care have fun..

　 Guten Tag, mein Name ist Dominik Hoepfner. Ich arbeite seit Januar fuer IHCWAY als Deutschlehrer und liebe den Beruf.
Ich habe bereits schon mehrere Schueler, mit denen ich Deutschunterricht mache. Im Laufe dieser 3 Monate habe ich bereits seinen sehr guten Weg gefunden um meinen Schuelern die deutsche Sprache besser beibringen zu koennen.
Die deutsche Sprache ist oft eine sehr bildliche Sprache und um meinen Schuelern das Lernen zu vereinfachen, erklaere ich ihnen auch bildlich die Bedeutung der Woerter. Ich habe gemerkt, dass das meinen Schuelern sehr gut geholfen hat und viele von ihnen sich bereits sehr gesteigert haben. Das macht mich als Lehrer natuerlich auch sehr froh.Ich wuerde mich also freuen wenn noch andere Schueler, die Interesse an der deutschen Sprache haben, ihren Weg zu mir finden wuerden.
Mit meiner "bildlichen" Erklaerung wird euch vieles leichter fallen und ich denke das ihr euch sehr steigern werdet.
Mit freundlichen Gruessen

Dominik Hoepfner

　 Bonjour et enchantée ! Je m'appelle Barbara, j'ai 24 ans et je viens de Normandie.
J'ai étudié le japonais à l'Université à Paris, donc je peux parler japonais si besoin. J'aime enseigner cette très belle langue qui est le français et partager mes connaissances.
Pendant mes cours, nous pratiquons beaucoup l'oral, la grammaire et le vocabulaire de façon ludique et intéressante.
J'essaie de varier la méthode d'enseignement pour que les cours ne deviennent pas ennuyeux et afin que les élèves progressent le plus vite possible.
Merci d'avance et à très bientôt !

　 Hello everybody,
To start off, my name is Daniel Andreano. I am 21 years old and a student at the University of Virginia in the US. Currently I am am an exchange student at Sophia University (上智大学) studying Japanese and have been here in Japan for 6 months. As I student, I understand the difficulty that comes from trying to learn a language.
Teaching through IHCWAY has become of my most enjoyable experiences while studying abroad. I hope to one day come back to Japan and teach English at high schools. So I especially enjoy the opportunity to not only build strong relationships with my students, but also to see how they improve from week-to-week. I think that is one of the best reasons to learn through IHCWAY. Having the chance to get so much face-to-face speaking practice and share each others culture.
I make an effor to push my students to speak as much as they can, not just in the classroom but also during the week when they aren't meeting with me. Still, I hope that people won't hesitate to send me questions by e-mail during the week.
I hope we will meet each other soon, and motivate each other to learn!

Daniel

　 Hello IHCWAY students. My name is Richard from Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.
I have been working for IHCWAY for almost 6 months now, and in that time I have met many interesting new people from all sorts of backgrounds and abilities.
Of course, I was a little apprehensive about teaching at first, but as time went by and I got to know my students, I found teaching not to be as daunting as I originally expected. I actually enjoyed doing it, especially when I could see my students improve.
I can tell you from my own experience, it is vital to constantly target a student's language weakness if they ever wish to improve, and that does mean a lot of hard work, both in lesson time and at home. Repetition seems to be the key to this, as repetition forms habits that imprint in the student's mind.
I'm also always telling my students to read English texts in their own time (preferably aloud). Even if it's for 5/10 minutes a day. They can then see how the English language is structured.
Overall, I love the freedom IHCWAY gives you to pick and choose your lessons. It has given me the chance to customize my lifestyle, so not only do i get to meet a lot of new people and exchange cultural differences, but I also have enough free time to see the beauty of Japan.

Happy learning, Mina san.

Richard, England.