have experience teaching?

Infin1ty · September 18, 2011, 12:36pm

Hi,

Someone advertised on another forum that she could teach English. The sentence in italic was quoted from her advertisement:

I have experience teaching english classes and doing english tutoring for whoever is interested.

It seems to me that a preposition was missed in the sentence. Shouldn’t it be “have experience in/of teaching…”? What do you think? Thanks in advance.

Quiltinred · September 18, 2011, 2:19pm

It should have said: “for whomever” is interested.

Dozy · September 18, 2011, 4:36pm

For me, the problem that stands out most is that “english” is not capitalised.

Our_Tort_System · September 18, 2011, 5:45pm

Hi Dozy,

By the way, is it correct to say “I have experience in teaching English classes”?
If it is, is it any different from “I have experience teaching English classes”?

Thanks!

Alan · September 18, 2011, 5:49pm

Hi OTS,

To step in here - I think ‘in’ is a little more precise and therefore would work with ‘English classes’ but wouldn’t really be needed if it was jusr: teaching English.

Alan

Our_Tort_System · September 18, 2011, 5:51pm

Hi Alan,

Thank you very much!

Infin1ty · September 19, 2011, 1:20am

Thanks everyone.