Rick T.

Olá. Meu nome é Rick Thachuk e sou um profissional de negócios canadense que vive no Brasil. Sou economista, autor publicado internacionalmente, consultor de negócios com mais de 10 anos de experiência na cidade de Nova York e instrutor distinto na Udemy.

Eu ofereço aulas de inglês online, VIP ou em grupo, com foco em conversação e inglês de negócios. Também ofereço aulas de inglês corporativos para funcionários. Entre em contato comigo e vamos conversar!

Posso mudar para escrever em inglês?

I've been teaching intermediate to advanced English including conversation and professional business English in Brazil since 2014. I even have my own English language school and I train English teachers.

Need to improve your conversation?
I’m a natural conversationalist with an ability to converse across a wide range of topics. I also have many formal exercises to engage and sharpen your conversational skills.

Interested in business English classes?
The class textbook, the OCA Student Workbook, has an entire section on professional business English, including making small talk, working with numbers, business expressions and idioms and even presenting financial values like what you might do at a meeting.

I've taught clients from international companies such as Dow, Black & Decker, Heineken, Bunge and many others.

Looking for classes that use innovative and relevant content?
I wrote the textbook that I use in my classes, based on many years of teaching experience. It covers 36 practical topics (220 pages in total), some of which can’t be found anywhere else. You can choose the topics that you wish to focus upon, or I can put together lessons that are customized to your needs.

For my classes, I don’t use contracts. Students pay month-to-month and can stop whenever they wish. That’s how you can tell if your students are happy or not – if they continuously choose to stay. Mine do. I’ve had students who have been with me for 2, 3 even 4 years. They’ve taken English classes at many other places, and there are always other options, yet time and again, they choose me. I say this just so that you’ll know you’re in good hands.

Need a formal certificate when we're done?
Not a problem. I offer a formal Certificate of Completion of Hours of Study (minimum 10 hours) issued by my school.

Looking for someone to edit your English content?
I’m an internationally published author with over 25 years of writing experience in financial institutional publications, international business and investment magazines, brochures and web sites.

I have also done English translating (written and oral) and voice-over.

I have a Master of Arts degree in Economics and an Honors Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and Economics.

In teaching, I will be using the Direct Method meaning that the student will be speaking English and not Portuguese in class. I also have activities that employ the Communicative Language Teaching approach which places the emphasis on learning to communicate through interaction in English. This includes fluency-based activities that encourage students to develop their confidence, role playing and improvisations in which students practice and develop language functions, as well as the judicious use of grammar and pronunciation-focused activities.

I offer a free 30-minute class during time which we can get to know each other better, and determine your personal or professional objectives with regard to speaking English.