🌟Karen - Business🌟
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🌟Karen - Business🌟
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Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Afrikaans
Spanish
French
Chinese (Mandarin)
German
Italian
Top 1% of English Italki teachers 2022! 10 years teaching English; love painting, outdoors.
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Afrikaans
Spanish
French
Chinese (Mandarin)
German
Italian
Top 1% of English Italki teachers 2022! 10 years teaching English; love painting, outdoors.
From South AfricaLiving in Johannesburg, South Africa (00:35 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Dec 7, 2018Interest topicMedical & HealthcareArtFoodTravelPets & Animals
Greetings! I'm a person who enjoys meeting new people and engaging in intelligent discussions with people from all over the world. I love engaging and discussing cultural differences; and cultural adaptation - that is one of my specialities. I have also lived in several countries, and travelled to others, so I understand the difficulties and challenges in learning another language. This makes me more capable of helping others gain confidence in speaking English.
I have both a BA and a BSc degree, and have run a business, which enables me to engage deeply on a range of topics.
I love art, science, history and philosophy, as well as any kind of social science.Me as a Teacher
Hello. I love meeting new people from around the globe, I enjoy teaching people English using my TEFL qualification..and am in the top 1% of Italki teachers 2022.
I do Business English - such as preparation for interviews or presentations, conflict resolution, running meetings. I am specialised in cross-cultural topics. I am good at helping people feel confident in speaking.
I tend to use various English-learning websites, newspaper articles, or slideshow presentations as springboards for discussion. We discuss what you prefer - whether practising idioms; or learning what English people never say. Practising tenses, prepositions or any grammar is worked into our conversations seamlessly.My lessons & teaching style
I have a relaxed, easy-going style, even though the subject-matter may be highly intellectual and demanding - whatever level you are at. I can also teach more formally, with goals, objectives and regular feedback. I use websites and presentations, or conversation, depending on your needs. We will use newspaper articles, magazine articles, or topics of relevance, such as resolving workplace conflicts, in order to help you move forward in your language.
I also give homework.
My main aim is to help your fluency and confidence without seeming like it.
I tend to correct your language as we go along, typing both the mistaken and corrected English in the Skype comment section. .My teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Audio files
- Image files
- Articles and news
- Quizzes
- Homework Assignments
Teaching experience
2004 - 2024
TeacherI worked with students of English in the UK and in South Africa, both in formal and informal settings. I taught general conversational English and business English, drawing on a wealth of experience in the business arena.
1991 - 2014
Staff Mentor and TrainerI worked in the business arena for many years, training many in soft skills. There after, I started a business of my own, and ran it for three years. It was a holiday company, so I have experience in starting and running a business. What I don't have is specific, high-level IT or accounting experience. However, I can teach Business English from the point of view of experience and further learning.
Education
1987 - 1991
Bachelor’s - BSc (Occupational Therapy)I studied the treatment of people who had physical, mental and perceptual difficulties. Throughout, we had extensive practicals, and much supervision.
1998 - 2001
Bachelor’s - BA (Theol)I studied Greek, Hebrew and the dissection of texts, as well as marketing, philosophy, psychology and counselling and far more.
2006 - 2007
Other - TEFLI took a TEFL certificate through TEFL Training, and gained my certificate after having stated teaching English to others.
4.9
Rating
851
Students
3,580
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
506 lessons completed
USD 9.00+
Specialist: Group, Business English, Medical English, IELTS or Beginners
A2 - C2Language Essentials535 lessons completed
USD 17.00+
Package with 5% off
Students who have had more than 20 Conversation lessons with me (not available for those on the Business, Beginners, or specialist programmes
B1 - B2Language Essentials985 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Package with 8% off
Build vocabulary, improve conversational grammar and pronunciation, distinguish word subtleties.
B1 - C2Language Essentials1,527 lessons completed
USD 10.50+
Package with 7% off
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524 Reviews
Bo Pang
23 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
In this lesson, Karen helped me with my pronunciation and fluency. I read some articles after her and this helped me improve my awareness of stress and intonation. And then I repeated the sentence that she read without seeing the article, and this is a form of test in PTE, which I'm preparing for. It's an effective lesson.
Oct 10, 2024
Andrew
236 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Awesome, I recommend her classes 100%. She offers a kindly and no judgemental environment. Karen is a very intelligent person, so is not only fun but also informative to talk to her. :)
Waiting anxiously for the next lesson
Jan 31, 2023
Giuseppe
191 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
I did an outstanding conversation with Karen. It was a historical description of Italian economic history. Karen is an amazing teacher who helps me to handle different topics in the right way of speaking. Thank you!
Oct 15, 2021
Viktor Tlustyy
3 English lessons
Very informative, in a relaxed, friendly manner, with grammatical correction. Thank you
Oct 22, 2024
Bo Pang
23 English lessons
Karen is a great tutor. I like the intensity of her lessons. Actually, I'm not a talkative person even in my mather language. Her lessons pushed me forward and made me have to think fast, speak fast. I think the practice of reaching many topics that I've never really considered is really helpful!
Sep 28, 2024
Hazel
2 English lessons
nice teacher💕
Aug 17, 2024
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