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Natasha Papangelis
I’m an English language teacher. I have been teaching for 21 years.I’ m currently working with little children at Hill school, a private primary school in Athens, but I have also worked with teenagers and adult learners teaching general English, exam preparation classes and Business English. Apart from that, I have also worked as a coordinator and teacher trainer.
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