Sunil Pathiraja

GMAT GRE IELTS AND TOEFL ONLINE INSTRUCTOR
Male, 45 Years| CLEARWATER - 33760, United States

Member since: Jan 13, 2009

Last active on: Jan 05, 2013 at 08:33 AM (EST)

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About Sunil Pathiraja

Your interest is not in reading about me, but what I can do to help you and how that will help you. Read on.

IELTS ONLINE

Complete online preparation course for IELTS Academic and General Training modules.
Totally customized to suit your level and convenience, this totally online IELTS course will prepare you to get your target IELTS BAND. Practice materials are carefully selected from an extensive collection of IELTS test preparation works by well known publishers.

TOEFL ONLINE

Complete one-to-one online preparation course for TOEFL iBT tailor made to your exact needs.This TOEFL iBT online course will, in depth cover all TOEFL iBT test areas. TOEFL iBT Speaking and Writing will be extensively practised. Longman TOEFL iBT, Barron’s TOEFL iBT and Princeton Review of TOEFL iBT will be fully covered.

GMAT ONLINE

Complete one-to-one online course for GMAT extensively covering GMAT Quantitative and Verbal sections based on GMAT OFFICIAL REVIEW. Step by step approach to GMAT Critical Reasoning, GMAT Sentence Correction and GMAT Reading. GMAT Analytical Writing is practiced in fine details. .

GRE ONLINE

Complete one-to-one online preparation course for GRE General Revised Test covering GRE Quantitative Reasoning, GRE Verbal Reasoning and GRE Analytical Writing. Your GRE online course is uniquely designed to address your unique needs in GRE preparation.

ENGLISH IN USE ONLINE

Have a look at what you will practice in my online Conversational English classes.

01. INFORMAL ENGLISH

Informal English is the language that you use to communicate with your friends, family members and others who are close to you.

Using a popular BBC drama series, I will teach you how to deal with informal or familiar settings.

02. PRACTICAL ENGLISH CONVERSATIONS

One main use of language is to get things done by others. Our daily life brings many situations where we have to use the language in a polite and clever manner to function well in the world outside us.

Real life British and American conversations are used to give you the best practice in useful day-to-day conversations.

03. SPEAKING AT LENGTH

Language is not always about conversations only. Sometimes you have to talk on a given issue for a few minutes. Think of a situation where you need to give a presentation to a group of people or explain the benefits of your product or service to your customers in a convincing way. In a more closer-to-home setting, you will have to explain a situation to a friend of yours. These all involve talking at some length. How do we improve these skills ?

Using real life recorded examples, you will learn by doing in my online classes.

04. TALKING ABOUT ISSUES

Formal conversations call for formal language. At work, you need to do well in a group discussion. It may be a conference where questions are asked and you are required to use the appropriate language to answer them. At college or university, it can be a tutorial class where you converse with your tutors and other students. What language to use and how to acquire it ?

I strongly believe in 'practice makes perfect' philosophy. Based on the reading and listening materials provided by me, you will engage in a formal discussion on selcted issues in my online classes.

05. LISTENING TO LECTURES

If you are a student, sizable part of your learning time is spent on listening to your lecturers. Do you know how to listen well and take notes ? Do you have the skills to summarize your lectures and present it in a talk.

This is what we learn to do in this section. You will listen to selected mini lectures and practice note taking, summarizing and interpretation skills with me.

WHERE YOU GET THE PRACTICE MATERIALS

All the practice materials are provided by me. After your class is scheduled, I will email you the links to my online library, so that you can download the reading and listening materials used in class.

My online classes are most popular among the students who want to get actively involved in the learning process. They have learned enough grammar, listened to enough teacher talking and learned in traditional 'teacher talking' classes. Now, they look for something different: more creative, more efficient and effective. They want to express themselves and 'learn by doing'. They need to talk more and they want their teacher to listen and guide them. Now, they know that 'only that will work'.

All online one-to-one test preparation courses have a personal coaching element that will keep you motivated until you reach your goal.

One final word to conclude.

"I am not a teacher but a fellow traveler of whom you’ve asked the way. I point ahead, ahead of myself as well as you." - George Bernard Shaw

Teaching Preferences

Online Teaching

One-on-One at $10-20 per hour

Group Teaching at $0-10 per hour

Offers free trial classes

Teaches following Subjects/Exams
English (Others)
Language of Instruction: English
IELTS, TOEFL, GRE, GMAT, MCAT
Personality Development (Body, Mind and Soul)
Language of Instruction: English
Self-Confidence Mastery, Personality Typing, Socializing, Realationship Mastery, Personality Conflicts, Estabilishing Stability, NLP, Self Improvement
Life Coaching (Body, Mind and Soul)
Language of Instruction: English
Life Coaching Explained, Life Coach's Role, Setting Master Plans, Defining Objectives, Action Plans, Monitoring Progress, Measuring Change
Analytical Writing Assessment (GMAT)
Language of Instruction: English
Critical Reasoning (GMAT)
Language of Instruction: English
Data Sufficiency (GMAT)
Language of Instruction: English
Problem Solving (GMAT)
Language of Instruction: English
Reading Comprehension (GMAT)
Language of Instruction: English
Sentence Correction (GMAT)
Language of Instruction: English
Critical Thinking and Analytical Writing (GRE)
Language of Instruction: English
Quantitative (GRE)
Language of Instruction: English
Verbal (GRE)
Language of Instruction: English
Paper-based Test: Listening Comprehension (IELTS)
Language of Instruction: English
Paper-based Test: Reading Comprehension (IELTS)
Language of Instruction: English
Paper-based Test: Structure and Written Expression (IELTS)
Language of Instruction: English
Paper-based Test: Writing (IELTS)
Language of Instruction: English
Internet based Test: Listening (TOEFL)
Language of Instruction: English
Internet based Test: Reading (TOEFL)
Language of Instruction: English
Internet based Test: Speaking (TOEFL)
Language of Instruction: English
Internet based Test: Writing (TOEFL)
Language of Instruction: English
Internet based Test: Writing (TOEFL)
Language of Instruction: English
IELTS (Other Test Prep)
Language of Instruction: English
IELTS Essay Writing, IELTS Report Writing, IELTS Letter Writing, IELTS Reading Skills, IELTS Listening Skills, IELTS Common Mistakes, IELTS Grammar, IELTS Time Saving Tips, IELTS Writing Correction
Teaching Experience

IELTS and TOEFL Instructor

Ceylinco Business School CBS, Sri Lanka

Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

IELTS, TOEFL and English Language Diploma Students

Director Language and Culture Training

ELCTD, Sri Lanka

Jan 2001 - Jul 2005

Practical English, English Nursing, English Medical Students, English Culture and Business Communiation


As the first director of the institue, I introduced the Team Teach approach to language teaching.

English Language Instructor

Jinarathana Vocational Training Institue, Sri Lanka

Jan 2002 - Mar 2004

Spoken English, English Grammar, English Communication


Introduced teaching English through English and content based language practice.

Education

MBBS

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Mar 1990 - Jul 1996

Professional Exams & Certifications

Advanced Selling Strategy

Saudi Arabia

Year Of Passing: 2008

Content Based Language Teaching

Japan

Year Of Passing: 2004

Clinical Hypnotherapy

New York, United States

Year Of Passing: 2002

Clinical Attachment in Psychiatry

Sri Lanka

Year Of Passing: 1996

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