Rosemary Elman

Growing up in Montreal, I was confronted with the beauty of bilingualism as a toddler, and had the privilege of learning French from a young age. I earned my college diploma in Fine Arts and spent my post-post-secondary time working in Fashion retail and E-commerce, as well as travelling. During my travels, I rediscovered my love of languages, sparking a new interest in teaching. In the past 10 years I have taught English in Spain and Germany, as well as online and in my hometown of Montreal. I have had students as young as 4 and as old as 65 years old. I know basic, conversational Spanish and

The interest began as I was travelling through New Zealand with Germans. It became stronger during my year abroad in Spain.

In my experience, people want to learn English to travel or to further their careers and future endeavours.

I think it depends on your native tongue and other spoken languages. Conversationally, English vocabulary is strongly based on Germanic roots, whereas academically, it is rooted in Latin. So if you have any knowledge of German or Latin languages, it would be much easier to learn when compared with an Asian language, for example. That being said, English is one of the only languages that when asked why something is a certain way, the answer is simply 'because', and there is no logical reason for it being that way, it just is and you need to memorize it. So each individual's learning style is a

Canadian English is quite unique, as it is neither American nor British English, but rather a combination of both.

The hardest part of teaching English is timing. It's easy to over or under estimate how long something will take in class. With experience, it has become a lot easier to manage class time!

Someone who wants to learn.

As I said in a previous answer, I think the hardest part of learning English is learning to accept that sometimes there is no rule to follow, it is simply a question of memorization.

Be kind to yourself and remember that each individual learns at their own pace.

Yes, absolutely. My partner is German and his English is impeccable.