Passing English

• About this blog and me
• Services and Artwork
  
• Some great ways to help keep this going and get involved

My name is Gina and I am an English teacher and artist. I live in Greece on an island in the Aegean. I love it.

I have created this blog to help students to have more fun studying for their essential English examinations and spend less money. I love teaching English but I have often been upset to realise how much money families have to find to get their young people through the vital exams.

I believe that learning English is costing too many families too much money and too many course books and language schools are making students bored, confused and demotivated. If this sounds like you my goal is to help you.

I’ve been searching the Web for more than a year now and I’ve found hundreds of brilliant resources for English Learners. I believe that students (and their families) could save lots of time and money by making use of Internet resources but they need some help to find these things and to work out how to apply it to their real courses. I can help!

You will see from the posts already here that I am trying to give lots of complete tasks so that anytime you want to work a bit on your English you can come here and find an interesting and valuable way to spend your study time.

The main focus is PRACTICE. Too many books give too many complicated explanations and not enough opportunity to DO what you need to learn until you really have learned it.

Most of the resources here are FREE but I will be recommending just a few products to buy. Not just any products though, If I recommend it, it is because it is a really useful tool and probably one you can use for the rest of your life and share with your family.

There are also some other ways you can help me keep going.  There are a few very good ways you can help me to keep blogging and keep offering this service for free:

• Sign up for some online lessons. Contact me here or at gia23001@yahoo.co.uk . I teach all levels and we have fun. Contact me for an introductory chat via Skype (Send and email and I’ll tell you how to get in touch). Lessons are not expensive and I am committed to helping you succeed.
  

• I am a painter. You can support my language teaching by supporting my artwork. Go and have a look at my other blog and think about buying some prints or cards or even commissioning or buying a painting of your favourite person or place! http://paintingsbygina.wordpress.com/
  

• I am an experienced Copywriter, Editor and Proofreader who worked for many years in a leading Advertising Agency writing for companies like Marks and Spencer, Borland Inprise and many other corporate and training organisations. I can help you fix your website or blog copy or any other written English project. I will make a lesson out of it for you if you want or just do the job and give it back. Email me at the same address: gia23001@yahoo.co.uk
• I can write any marketing or web materials you require. Newsletter articles, brochures, Direct Mail, Email marketing campaigns, flyers – I can design, write and print them all at very reasonable cost. I can provide excellent references from leading agencies if required. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world. I can arrange print through a local printer easily online in most countries or get it sent to you from the nearest, cheapest and best quality source.
• Translation to and from Greek and English. Contact me if you need materials for the Greek market or if you are Greek and need to produce perfect quality English materials for business or other needs. Medical and legal terminology no problem. I have access to perfect practitioners in both fields who will translate for you. Translations to English will be expertly optimised for English-speaking markets by me.

• Donate to Passing English to help me devote time to it. If you are kind enough or interested enough to donate I promise faithfully to honour any help by continuing to provide as much free help to students round the world as I can and you will have my profound gratitude for your help in realising my vision. Go to this independent page to donate safely and securely via Paypal: http://passingenglish.blogspot.com/
  

Have fun and Practice your English every day!