1st lesson free
Ashley
- Price $54
- Answer 1h
$54/h
Contact
1st lesson free
- ESL
- English speaking
- English vocabulary
- Business English
- English pronunciation
Retired Librarian Teaching ESL Through Books Quiet Conversation and a Genuine Love of Words Nineteen Years Guiding Six Hundred Ten Adult Learners Toward Real Literacy
- ESL
- English speaking
- English vocabulary
- Business English
- English pronunciation
Lesson location
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At Ashley's house: Brisbane
- online
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at home or in a public space : will travel up to 40km from Brisbane
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About Ashley
I spent decades working as a librarian before shifting into private ESL teaching, and that career gave me a genuinely deep, patient love of books and quiet, thoughtful conversation with people. Nineteen years into teaching now, I have guided approximately six hundred ten adult students, building nearly every lesson around genuine reading and real, meaningful discussion together. My library background gives me an unusually broad, curated sense of appropriate reading material for every level, including materials for adults with varying prior education and literacy backgrounds. I work particularly well with adult learners who want to build genuine literacy alongside spoken fluency, not just conversational skill without reading ability. My teaching style is calm, thoughtful, and genuinely patient, built on decades of quiet library work helping people of every background find their footing with reading. I have guided numerous adult students toward genuine literacy and lasting fluency, watching many develop real confidence reading in English for the first time in their lives. Students consistently tell me our lessons feel supportive rather than intimidating, which I consider genuinely important for adults returning to learning later in life. I take real pride in helping students discover that reading and understanding English is genuinely within their reach. After nineteen years, I remain deeply passionate about this reading-centered approach.
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About the lesson
- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
Decades spent working in libraries shape a teaching approach built around books, quiet conversation, and a genuine, deep respect for the written word for adult English learners specifically. Every student leaves with something to read, carefully matched to their level and genuine interests, since I've watched reading transform vocabulary and confidence more reliably than almost anything else. Lessons stay calm and unhurried, closer to a thoughtful library conversation than a rushed classroom drill, because real learning happens best without unnecessary pressure or noise. Vocabulary grows from genuine reading, discussed together in detail, since words encountered in real context stick far better than isolated lists memorized without meaning attached. Grammar gets explained through careful examples pulled directly from what we're reading, showing exactly how structures function in real, genuine writing rather than artificial sentences. I encourage students to keep a small reading journal, noting new words and reactions, a habit borrowed directly from decades spent helping library patrons track their own progress. Speaking practice happens through genuine discussion of stories and everyday articles, building natural fluency through real conversation rather than rehearsed dialogue exercises alone. I maintain a small, ever-growing list of recommended reading for every student, tailored carefully to their evolving interests, literacy level, and genuine life goals. Every lesson leaves a student with something meaningful to read.
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Rates
Price
- $54
Pack prices
- 5h: $270
- 10h: $540
online
- $54/h
free lessons
The first lesson with Ashley will allow you to get to know each other and discuss your needs for future lessons.
- 1hr
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