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A Personalized Path to Confident English
Looking for more than just standard lesson plans? I design and lead interactive, digital-first classes tailored to your specific goals. Instead of following a generic curriculum, we’ll build your skills through structured lessons centered on the topics that truly resonate with you.
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The internet is flooded with options: massive platforms and established companies, private tutors and ‘proven’ methods from across the globe. Once you peel back the marketing it’s hard to know what works.
I started Ositos English because I don’t think you should have to choose between rigid structure and actual flexibility. You can have a class that is structured but flexible, serious about progress and genuinely fun. That is the balance I aim for.
Kids to Adults
Beginner to Advanced
My Philosophy
Language learning works best when it’s active and personal. Every student is different, and online lessons need to reflect that.
At Ositos English, I don’t just ‘teach.’ I build lessons that integrate speaking, listening, and grammar into a flow that works for your level.
• Beginners need movement, visuals, and a massive confidence boost.
• Intermediate learners need to be challenged with variety and given the floor to speak.
• Advanced learners need precision, depth, and topics they actually care about.
And I prioritize real progress over rushing through a curriculum.
Flexible By Design
Your Topics. Your Pace.
Originality in Lesson Design
All lessons are designed by me using PowerPoint, built specifically for online teaching and are part of a growing library of original lessons I’ve created, which continue to expand over time.. They are colorful, visual, interactive, and designed to keep students involved throughout the lesson.
Lessons include animations, images, GIFs, sound effects, videos, quizzes, discussion slides, and guided speaking activities. Many lessons are completely original creations, and that number continues to grow. Others incorporate carefully selected material from the internet, always incorporated into my original designs and adapted to fit the student and the lesson goals.
The goal isn’t just to ‘get through’ a slide; it’s to keep the student constantly involved to make the lesson feel less like a lecture and more like an interactive workshop.
Structured Lessons to Build Real Progress
Behind the visuals and interactivity, I’ve developed a clear, coherent, and effective structure for building each lesson.
I use a step-by-step approach where students experience all key aspects of the English language. Using original short stories as a foundation, a typical lesson includes listening to a passage, answering a comprehension question, reading it aloud to improve pronunciation and reinforce understanding, and completing exercises focused on spelling, sentence structure, and vocabulary, followed by guided discussion.
This repeated, layered exposure helps students move from recognition to understanding, and from understanding to confident use, forming a complete and balanced approach to language development. This process begins once students have mastered the basics and continues all the way to advanced levels.
In short: Students develop their English proficiency through a step-by-step approach, ensuring the comprehensive development of all language skills. [Read more about my lesson design approach.]
Fun Images, Animations, Sound Effects and GIFs
Diverse Background, Extensive Experience
I bring over a decade of classroom teaching and private one-on-one instruction with adults across three countries, along with more than ten years of online teaching experience with children and teenagers.
Outside the classroom, my interests are broad — from sports and food to science, history, and current events — and those interests naturally shape the lessons. Drawing on topics from the real world helps make English more relevant, memorable, and useful for students at any level. I also hold a Master’s degree in History, and years of living and traveling throughout Latin America have shaped both how I teach and how I understand language learning. As an advanced Spanish speaker, I know firsthand the challenges of learning and using a second language, and I use that perspective constantly in my teaching.
Over 20 Years Teaching Experience
Personalized Lessons
I like to start lessons begin with a personalized title slide featuring the student’s name, a simple question, and a colorful image. It’s a small detail, but it shows the student that this lesson is for them.
We then usually tackle one or two short conversation questions designed to help students relax and get comfortable using English. This serves to help me to get to know the student as an individual with their own language strengths and weaknesses along with their specific interests. Through this I can tailor upcoming material to things the student actually wants to talk about. Moreover, when students feel known and comfortable, they participate more, focus better, and progress faster.
As students move into higher levels, flexibility increases even further. Lessons can focus more deeply on topics that interest the student or are relevant to their life, school, or work. With a large library of lessons already designed as well as the ability to modify or create new material as needed, it’s always possible to find content that generates interest and keeps the student engaged.
I also always consider each student’s pace. I’m more interested in the student genuinely making progress with their English than finishing a ‘unit’ by a certain date. Whether we meet for 25 or 50 minutes, the priority is to have a quality and productive lesson. I can also provide periodic progress reports for students and parents to show how the student is doing and what we need to work on.
Over time, this approach has allowed me to continuously refine and improve lessons based on real student experience.
Choose Your Niche
Current Events, Science, Cooking, Sports, Environment and Climate
One thing often emphasized for language teachers teaching online is the importance of developing a niche. Rather than locking lessons into a single theme, my approach allows the student to choose theirs. With a strong academic background and a wide range of interests including current events, sports, food, science, and global issues I’m well suited to shaping lessons around topics that genuinely matter to the learner.
For some students, that might mean sports, cooking, or popular culture. For others, it could be science, the environment, or understanding the world through current events. More recently, plans have been made to develop lessons for younger learners that explore climate change and imagine positive, realistic futures. This can include short comprehension stories that involve themes like clean energy, transportation, food systems and daily life. And there is potential for this to become a much larger focus over time, while nevertheless continuing to offer other meaningful directions a student can choose.
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Beginner Lessons
Beginner 1: Getting Started (approximately ages 4-8)
I want my youngest students to feel excited the moment they enter the class.
After the personalized ‘hello’ slide, we usually kick off the lesson with a short song or movement-based video. While certainly fun for the kids, it more importantly helps them feel comfortable, happy, and ready to get involved in the lesson.
Next up in class is a comprehensive, sequenced curriculum that I’ve built.
Because most students at this age aren’t reading yet, I’ve built this course to be visual and auditory, and designed to take a child from zero English to confident basic conversation. Students learn greetings, letters and sounds, numbers, colors, animals, family, school vocabulary, actions, and early sentence patterns through visuals, repetition, pronunciation practice, and guided speaking.
We end the class with another song and video, often chosen by the student.
By the end of Beginner Level 1, students are comfortable with basic English sounds and vocabulary, can answer simple questions, and most importantly, are having fun learning English.
Beginner Level 1 Goals
• Recognize basic English sounds and vocabulary
• Respond to simple questions
• Build confidence speaking English
• Develop positive associations with learning English
Beginner 2: Building Confidence (approximately ages 4-8)
In Beginner Level 2 the student will build on their existing knowledge while being encouraged to use English with more guided interactive lessons.
I keep a familiar structure, so students naturally increase their comfort level while adding more ambitious content. Once again classes begin with a personalized welcome slide and simple conversation prompts to get students talking right away.
Short, child-friendly videos are then often presented to further vocabulary and increase comprehension skills. I reinforce the vocabulary with fun quizzes.
Next up is the backbone of the class: content from a structured 12-unit curriculum I am developing. This section of the lesson focuses on phonics, everyday vocabulary, and simple sentence building across clear thematic units such as school, clothes, places, weather, time, animals, and daily routines. Basic grammar is introduced naturally through use, not through formal explanations.
As the student’s confidence grows, I introduce original stories I’ve written specifically for young learners. We break these down into manageable parts: listening to audio, answering questions, and reading aloud.
We also have the flexibility to dive into my Beginner Food series. This 12-unit dynamic resource I designed for fellow teachers can be integrated into longer sessions or in lessons for students with a specific interest in food.
And once again we end the class with music, with a “good job” slide and silly dancing GIFs.
Beginner Level 2 Goals
• Strengthen phonics and pronunciation
• Build simple sentences with confidence
• Improve listening and early reading skills
• Speak more freely in guided conversations
Older Beginner Students (Older children, teenagers, adults)
For older beginners, I move away from the ‘songs and movement’ approach and focus on functional independence combined with more personalized lessons.
The goal here is to get the student speaking in full sentences as quickly as possible and expand vocabulary and comprehension skills. I often incorporate modified slides from my core beginner curriculums, but also include topics that actually matter to an adult or teen: work, travel, and real-world interactions. Vocabulary often includes time, weather, school or work, food and restaurants, common verbs, and basic introductions.
Lesson Breakdown
Lessons begin with personalized warm-up questions, followed by short activities such as tongue twisters, “What’s wrong with this picture?” visuals, or simple Fun Facts slides with videos to get the brain into “English mode.”
In addition to the modified slides from the beginner curriculums, original short stories that I’ve recorded with multiple voices form the core of the lesson. This is a deliberate choice, as it trains the student’s ears for real-world accents rather than just a “teacher voice.” Throughout these stories, students will listen, read, and complete comprehension, vocabulary, and sentence-combining quizzes.
Unlike with younger learners, grammar is presented explicitly at this stage to build a strong functional foundation. I focus on showing how the simple present, present progressive, and simple past work in context, ensure students pronounce the “ed” correctly in past tense verbs as well as start to become familiar with English’s many irregular verbs.
We finish the lessons with engaging content the student will enjoy. This can include anything from animal facts and science topics to sports or short simple fiction, all supported by visuals, highlighted vocabulary and interactive questions.
Older Beginner Goals
• Build confidence speaking in full sentences
• Develop listening skills across different voices
• Develop basic vocabulary
• Understand and use basic grammar structures
• Read short texts with increasing independence
🔎Focus option: From animals and cooking to science and positive future-focused climate topics, lessons can also be shaped around specific interests.
See how students can choose their niche.
Intermediate Lessons
The intermediate stage is an important step up. It can be broad and as such best thought of as three smaller levels: lower intermediate, mid-intermediate, and upper intermediate. I consider these differences as I determine class content.
For all three levels we keep the familiar structure of warm-up, core work, grammar, and engaging content but the variety and challenge increase significantly.
Warm-ups now include basic trivia, follow-up discussion questions, jokes and riddles, poems for pronunciation and vocabulary, kid-friendly news, and more personalized speaking prompts.
At intermediate levels I focus more on developing speaking skills. Students are asked to describe real world photos, encounter decision-making scenarios, answer “would you rather” questions, and explain their thoughts with increasing detail.
Stories become more complex, grammar expands into perfect and future tenses, modal verbs, comparisons, and beyond. Science and animal topics get much more detailed, and lessons increasingly reflect the student’s personal interests. I will sometimes include music videos with lyrics to add variety and enjoyment.
Upper intermediate lessons maintain this structure while raising the difficulty further. We will explore grammar topics such as gerunds and infinitives, past habits, countable and uncountable nouns, and nuanced language use. The student will expand their vocabulary further as our stories and science topics get increasingly intricate.
Lower Intermediate Goals
• Speak more confidently and at greater length
• Understand longer listening passages
• Use expanded grammar structures accurately
Mid-Intermediate Goals
• Explain ideas clearly with detail
• Handle more complex grammar and vocabulary
• Engage in sustained conversation
Upper Intermediate Goals
• Speak fluently on familiar and unfamiliar topics
• Use advanced grammar with control
• Prepare for advanced-level study or work
🔎Focus option: From animals and cooking to science and positive future-focused climate topics, lessons can also be shaped around specific interests.
See how students can choose their niche.
Advanced Lessons
At this level, the lessons shift from ‘learning the language’ to ‘mastering the nuances.’
We move away from a rigid structure and focus much more on the specific goals. Our warm-ups might involve deconstructing a famous quote, practicing advanced pronunciation, or diving into long-form storytelling.
I will also introduce longer original stories with high-level vocabulary and challenging listening exercises and vocabulary quizzes.
In terms of grammar, we dive into complex topics such as passive voice, conditionals, phrasal verbs, adjective clauses, and idiomatic language. I have developed several engaging idiom lessons that I often add to our class content.
Specialized lessons may include debating skills, logical fallacies, language concepts like metaphor and hyperbole. And with my background in history and my interest in current events we won’t have to stick to ‘textbook’ topics. We can explore advanced topics in science, food, travel, or professional fields.
I ensure speaking remains central. One useful technique I’ve found is to show students short, high-quality videos. To encourage detailed explanation and discussion I present the students still frames from the video.
At this level, we are much freer to modify the typical format. Lessons may shift away from a typical more fixed structure and instead focus on two or three areas that target specific weaknesses or involve topics the student really cares about. I can also adapt the class to focus primarily on increasing conversation skills and adding vocabulary if that’s what the student wants.
In the end I aim to provide the precision and confidence the student needs for the real world.
Advanced Goals
• Speak clearly and confidently at a high level
• Use advanced grammar and vocabulary naturally
• Discuss complex topics with precision
• Prepare for academic, professional, or real-world demands
• Satisfy any specific needs the student may have with their English
🔎Focus option: From animals and cooking to science and positive future-focused climate topics, lessons can also be shaped around specific interests.
See how students can choose their niche.
Any Age
Any Level
Throughout every level, I follow the same philosophy: lessons should be visual, interactive, and genuinely engaging. You’ll see animations, sound effects, and custom quizzes that provide immediate feedback and keep lessons moving.
I know firsthand how challenging it is to learn a second language. After more than twenty years teaching English, and through my own experiences learning Spanish, one thing has become very clear: without motivation, progress is always limited. At Ositos English, every lesson is designed to keep students interested, confident, and moving forward, while making language learning personal, effective, and enjoyable.
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• I offer a free trial lesson so you can experience a class before committing.
• One-on-one lessons are $18 USD for 30 minutes or $32 USD for 60 minutes for new students.
• Small group classes (2–4 students) are available for families or friends with similar English levels and goals. Group lessons offer a reduced price per student compared to private lessons. Please inquire for details.
• Lessons are taught live online using interactive teaching platforms.1 I may also begin testing ClassIn in the future. ClassIn is a professional virtual classroom platform designed specifically for online education, with tools that allow students to interact directly with lesson materials. Students in China usually join lessons through Voov Meeting (Tencent Meeting). International students usually join through Zoom. Both platforms are easy to use and work well for interactive lessons with screen sharing and student participation.
• Please fill out the form below with your details, who the lessons are for and their approximate English level, your country, and three preferred times in your local time zone. I’ll review your request and get back to you shortly to confirm which times are available.
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• Monday to Friday: 6 am to 12 noon. Saturday 6 am to 10 am (Eastern Standard Time).
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