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Teaching Portfolio — English Educator

Teaching Portfolio

Purwanto, M.A, in TESL

English Language Educator ✎

M.A. in TESL Published Author 10+ Years Teaching Lampung Tengah, Indonesia

Whatsapp 0813-8592-8175 · email englishwithpur@gmail.com · Instagram @englishwitpur

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About My Teaching

Ibelieve English is learned best through steady structure and genuine confidence — not pressure. Over more than a decade in classrooms, corporate training rooms, and 1:1 sessions, I've taught everyone from young learners taking their first English lesson to HRD professionals preparing for international work. My approach is shaped by an M.A. in TESL and by writing my own grammar guide — I don't just teach rules, I know how to explain them so they finally make sense. Most of my current students today come through referrals from parents whose children I've already taught, which I consider the most honest measure of whether my teaching actually works.

— written the way I'd explain it in your living room, not a classroom ✓

Credentials

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M.A. in TESL

The English and Foreign Languages University, India (2017–2019) — specialized graduate training in language teaching methodology.

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Published Author

Author of "Unlock Your English: Mastering Expressions and Grammar" (ISBN 978-6-34011-068-x).

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Corporate and Professional Training Experience

Delivered workplace English programs for HRD, staff, professionals like doctors, lawyer, lecturer.

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B.A. in English Education

Universitas Bandar Lampung (2011–2015) — foundational teacher training.

Programs I Teach

Young Learners Foundational English built through interactive, communicative activities — designed to make a child's first years of English enjoyable, not intimidating.

Junior & Senior High Grammar, writing, and speaking instruction aligned with school material — the core of my current practice, built on years of referral-based trust from local families.

Exam Preparation Structured TOEFL and grammar coaching for students working toward a specific score or academic milestone.

Conversation & ESP Fluency-focused coaching for adult learners and professionals who need English for specific, real-world contexts.

Corporate Training Workplace English programs for companies — speaking confidence, communication, and staff development.

How I Teach

Communicative and Interactive Learning, Not Just Grammatical

Students speak and use English from the first lesson — grammar supports communication, it doesn't replace it.

Individual Feedback, Every Session

Progress is tracked per student, with specific feedback parents can actually see and understand.

Real Materials, Not Just Textbooks

Lessons draw on real-world content — the same instinct that shaped my published grammar guide.

Built on Trust, Not Just Marketing

Most students join through a parent's recommendation — reputation, not advertising, is my main source of new students.

Track Record

10+Years Teaching

7+Institutions

2Published Books

M.A.TESL Graduate

Published Work

Unlock
Your
English

Unlock Your English: Mastering Expressions and Grammar

ISBN 978-6-34011-068-x

A practical grammar and expressions guide written for English learners — the same explanatory style I bring into every lesson. I also contributed to the anthology "Warna-Warni Kisah di Tanah Gandhi" (ISBN 978-6-23613-091-x).

What Parents Say

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