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Exercise on the verb construction 'jemandem gefallen' (to please someone)

Learn the right usage of this verb construction in German

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My name is Laura. I am Italian and I live in London.
I grew up in a small Italian seaside town and I studied Languages and Literature at Bologna University. I also hold a post- graduation in Anthropology and a 150 hours TEFL certification.
I have lived in a few cities around Europe, London being the biggest.

My biggest passion is travelling and learning new languages.
I love teaching and help my students to achieve their goals. I also try to keep my lessons interesting adding new elements.

Contact me if you want to learn Italian and I will be very happy to help you!!!

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Laura is a friendly and professional teacher. She adapts her lesson to her students' needs and help them learn the language with customized materials.

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Isabel is a french teacher who is qualified and has a great deal of experience. She has taught in different countries including the USA and Japan, and counts with different learning materials to help achieve different objectives.

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If you'd like to get to know me and my teaching methods, just contact me and we will do a free trial lesson.
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Of course is a free trial lesson (it's about 20 minutes) possible.

I'm happy to teach you :-)

See you soon! Nina

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Sehr Gut lesson. We read some german news, worked on konjugations. Learned new vocab and really worked on pronunciation.
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My experience with Veronika as a teacher was and still is really good. In order to reach my goals, she has setup a structured schedule and has provided good learning material. Due to my work, I had to reschedule some of my lessons and she always showed understanding in this regards. She is very friendly and easy to talk to. I can only recommend her!

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Milton is a very friendly teacher. He makes his lesson interesting for his students and helps them learn the language with customized lesson materials.

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Sherri is a South African English teacher who is ready to meet your objectives. She has a fun set up with a lot of learning materials especially fun ones for kids! She's had experience with different age groups so she can really adapt to different students.

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Being a native English speaker with a 120-hour premier TEFL certificate and a double major in communications, my lessons deliver value that help you reach your language goals.

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Gaurav is an experienced and professional teacher. He always customize the lesson and the teaching material according to the student's needs. He is very available and friendly. Highly recommended!

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My name's Eleonora. I am from Ukraine.  I am a qualified teacher and a Russian native speaker. 

In 2007 I graduated from pedagogical university and since that time I work as a teacher. I love my job and always ready to share my knowledge with everyone.

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My schedule is quite flexible so contact me and we'll arrange the time for lessons.

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Eleonora is very friendly and methodological teacher, perfectly adapting to students needs. I have enjoyed my every class learning.
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Fantastic opportunity to improve your German with a Native speaker. Christina is really helpful, very friendly and I would fully recommend to anyone!

Christina F. Christina F. DE </div> </a> <p class=Thanks a lot Padraig ..... good luck Thank you very much Padraig and good luck
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Hello everyone and a big warm welcome to all the fellow language learners,

My name is Katerina, I’m a native Russian speaker and a foreign language teacher from St Petersburg, Russia. I’ve always been addicted to learning foreign languages, be it English, German, Spanish, Turkish or Arabic, so turning my passion into my job was just a matter of time. I have a Master’s degree in linguistics which taught me to understand the way the mechanism of a language works and thus to help my students see the logics behind the grammar rules. Being a constant language learner enables me to see the process from both sides and to predict the difficulties my students might face. The fact that I’m not a native speaker of English or German means I’ve been through exactly the same language-learning journey you’re about to take, and thanks to my personal experience as a student, I can make this road smooth for you.

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I offer a short free trial class, for us to give each other a smile and discuss our teaching pattern, in order to ajust it to your goals and make our lessons the bee's knees :) See you soon!

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Katja is a great teacher! She really pushes her students to speak in as much German as they can and the materials she provides are perfectly suited for her students learning goals! I enjoy working with her very much and look forward to our weekly lessons! She has helped me learn many German phrases and vocabulary that I can use immediately.

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