About Marianne

 I love teaching English and helping people feel proud and confident about learning how to communicate well in English!

Between my undergraduate and graduate degrees, I earned my C.E.L.T.A. teaching designation (Certificate of English Language Teaching for Adults) in Thailand, and then taught at the British Council in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

I went back to Canada to obtain my Master's degree in Librarianship but keep coming back to teaching, especially in 2009 when I quit my public library manager job and took the year off to travel in South America. One year turned into 4! I loved living abroad and teaching and working as a librarian for a private language institute. This last job introduced me to being a Teacher  Librarian, which I love. It is a  perfect melding of my library background and love of teaching English.
I went back to Canada in 2013 to have my son and would like to return to Teaching and Librarianship in an international setting again soon!

For the time being I am working and living in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.

 I have taught:

• All levels of English Basic, intermediate, advanced)
• All ages (2 years to 65+ years old)
• At Private Language Institutes,Universities 
• Private lessons

Specifically I experience teaching:

• Resume and job interview skills
•  Business English
• English Conversation
• Academic Grammar 
• TOEIC and TOEFL preparation classes
• Tourism English
• Intro to English for young children (circle time, stories, songs, rhymes with actions, games in English, pronunciation games)
• Conference presentations
• Essay and thesis editing services
• English for Engineers and the sciences  

Check out my testimonials page for more insight into my teaching practices and effectiveness.

Have a question? Feel free to ask me at mgraff.teacher at gmail.com