403-613-0364

troy@smart-tutors.com

Your Best English
Class Ever!

Private ELA or ESL Classes in Calgary

Are you a high school student in ELA 10-20-30? Then you need an experienced, full-time instructor.

Are you a newcomer to Canada and want to speak or write English better or prepare for the IELTS or TOEFL exam? Then you’ve come to right place for help.

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Your English Tutor

Meet
Troy C. Moore

BA, MA Linguistics

Not extremely handsome, just smart! With 20+ years of full-time teaching, you will receive the best private English class possible. Learning to write or speak English better will be an unforgettable journey with Troy. Get ready to be amazed!

Qualifications & Expertise

Assistance with PRTs, CRTs and reading comps

Do you dread essays? Yah, we all do. But Troy will give you specialized help so that you see exactly what your teacher wants from you on those essays.
Also, you will gain tips and insights into reading comprehension tests; score 100%.

Insights into Shakespeare

Will you actually love and understand Macbeth or Hamlet or Othello? No! But you will at least know the important parts to write about on essays. Also, you will see the major themes. You might even learn to enjoy lines like, “<i>I will smooth my way with their headless corpses</i>.” Who talks like that!?

Master of Applied Linguistics and Exegesis (Trinity Western University)

Troy brings his own personal education to your classroom experience.

Skilled in Cross-Cultural Living

Fluent in French and has spent 15 years overseas, in France, the States and seven just in Africa. He understands living and working in other cultures.

Reviews From Our Happy Students

Previous ESL classes with Chinese and Serbian engineers, Japanese doctors, Colombian dentists, French housewives, Brazilian journalists, etc.

Troy was always ready for class! He taught me the strategies I needed to use to succeed and feel more confident in taking a reading comprehension test. I recommend Troy for anyone who needs help with their English class, you will be sure to improve your mark. Fantastic teacher, very understanding!!

Kristina Novicky

Most definitely the best english tutor I have ever worked with, he improved my reading comp and writing skills drastically and gave me many tools and tricks to be successful in my course, and the diploma, which lead to me having great success in my ELA 30-1 course this year.

Jaxson Murphy

How does it work?

Find the class

We offer four types of private English tutoring classes: High School English (ELA), Adult ESL, IELTS and/or TOEFL preparation.

Contact us

Feel free to call, text, or email us for more details about the classes; available Monday to Thursday, 10 AM to 10 PM.

Free consultation

We can discuss your needs and tailor a customized class for you, arranging a suitable time slot for your lessons.

Schedule the class

Once the class is scheduled, you will be on your way to improving your English!

General Questions

  • Higher grades quickly
  • The best PRT / CRT essays ever
  • An understanding of Macbeth, Hamlet, etc.
  • Private, personal lessons (or Zoom)
  • 10- and 20-hr packages available.

  •  Packages as low as $95/hr.

  • High school students are GST exempt

Cash or easy Interact eTransfer® 

Troy C Moore –  Senior Instructor

( He is not very handsome, but extremely smart!)

  • 20 years experience; born and raised in Canada

  • Specialized in writing CRTs and PRTs for the diploma exam

  •  Study and discuss Shakespearean plays (e.g., Macbeth and Hamlet)

  •  office located in lovely Acadia Calgary SE (between Chinook Mall and Ikea)

  • BA Anthropology and Linguistics (University of Western Ontario, 1985)

  •  Master of Applied Linguistics and Exegesis (Trinity Western University, 2003)

  1. At the start of each month, Smart Tutors will send a monthly invoice to each student.
  2. Payment for the whole month is due at the start of the month; e-Transfer is preferred (or cash or cheque).
  3. Each student is expected to attend one (1) class session per week to reserve his/her weekly spot.
  4. Changes to his/her four weekly sessions must be made before the monthly invoice is sent out.
  5. Smart Tutors will give full and total credit if your teacher/tutor needs to cancel a weekly class session.

Other than group classes, Smart Tutors will allow for emergency cancellations for private classes under the following conditions:

  1.  The student must call us directly at 403 613 0364 to notify the teacher of a last minute cancellation.
  2. The phone call must be in advance of two full days from their weekly class session.
  3. Unfortunately, Smart Tutors cannot refund fees for an emergency cancellation that does not follow these guidelines.
  4. Smart Tutors may not be responsible for poor traffic or weather conditions .

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