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WHO AM I?
and
WHAT IS
APEX ENGLISH TUTORING?

ABOUT APEX ENGLISH TUTORING

After teaching English in China for fourteen years, I returned to Australia and founded Apex English Tutoring in early 2018.

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I decided not to teach beginners, as there are already many, many well established operations who cater for those with little or no English skills at all.

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I discovered a niche in the English teaching field: helping people whose English was "fair to good" but who needed to improve their English by teaching them WAYS to PRACTICE English.

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Based on my teaching experience, I offer the same methods I used in China at Apex English Tutoring. I am convinced that my "simply better" methods are unique because I know of no other teachers using my methods, especially My "simply better" Method: Module A.

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I am passionate about my methods because I know they work in "simply better" ways.

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                                                      "I believe in my methods!"

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My commitment to making my Methods universal is strong because I believe in them - and you will too!

If you get them, you will immediately 'get them' and discover how quickly your English skills will improve.

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Although all My "simply better" Methods are designed as 'self-teaching', I do offer 'after sales service' as Learning Support. And remember, every one of my Modules comes with Lifetime Access.

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For extra validation see my SchoolandCollegeListing here.

ABOUT ME

My name is Michael Finemore and I am an Australian man  - a native English speaker - living in Mildura in NW Victoria, Australia.

MY TEACHING EXPERIENCE

As well as University tutoring (in Sociology and Cultural Technologies), guest lecturing, and essay marking in those subjects, I've taught Conversational English in kindergartens, primary and middle schools, colleges and universities in several cities in China.

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In collaboration with colleagues, I developed an 8 week short course in IELTS preparation in one of the colleges, and presented lectures and conducted workshops in debating and English pronunciation with university students.  I've also engaged in the training of Chinese English teachers, as well as other groups of adult learners in a small range of industry contexts in China. (2002 - 2018) 

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I was also a Volunteer Tutor at TAFE Queensland, working in very small groups and one-to-one, helping improve students' English literacy and numeracy (1998).​

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MY QUALIFICATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AND CREDENTIALS

MY EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

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​Master of Arts (Research) CQU   1996-2002

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) CQU       1995

Bachelor of Arts CQU                   1992-1994

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TESOL/TEFL Certificate, Hangzhou, China  2010

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Certificate III in Volunteer Tutoring (Literacy) Wide Bay Institute of TAFE, Bundaberg 1998

Master of Arts Certificate from Central Queensland University
TESOL Certificate

MY PUBLICATIONS

My Master of Arts Thesis is stored on Trove Australia and can be viewed here.

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I delivered conference presentations and wrote published papers on my research.

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A chapter based on my MA Thesis was published in Burch, D., Goss, J., and Lawrence, G. (Eds) (2020) Restructuring Global and Regional Agricultures: Transformations in Australasian Agri-Food Economies and Spaces (first published 1999).

ISBN 9781138329003       

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MY CREDENTIALS

My ABN (Australian Business Number)                     54451345535

Working with Children Check (Blue Card)                1666195A - 01 (Expiry 13/05/2024)

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My Business address: 471 Sturt Highway, Mildura South, Victoria, Australia 3501

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