Professional translator/interpreter with more than 10 years in teaching languages
Teaches
Serbian
Native
English
Speaks
Spanish
Turkish
Professional translator/interpreter with more than 10 years in teaching languages
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
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From SerbiaLiving in Other, Serbia (11:29 UTC+01:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Apr 17, 2020
InterestsMusicFilms & TV SeriesReading
Hello everyone, my name is Jelena and I am native Serbian speaker. I studied Spanish language and Hispanic literatures at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade, with English as my second foreign language. I have been working as a translator/intepreter for 6.5 years and as home-based teacher for more than 10 years! Three years ago I began teaching English online, and after that Spanish and Serbian languages as well. I have been teaching Serbian for 12 years, and I had all types of students, so either you want to learn Serbian for fun, pleasure or for business, I am waiting for you! If you wish to learn English with me, I am at your disposal as well. See you soon! :)
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Me as a Teacher
As a teacher, I am kind, charismatic and energetic, but don't let my friendly approach leads you in the wrong direction. I want you to work with me, so if I spent some of my time preparing lesson for you, I expect you to repeat it in the meantime and do your homework accordingly. Overall, there will be no tension between us, I am very pleasant person, but please do your best to keep your progress at a certain level, so that you can improve your language skills.
My lessons & teaching style
Serbian lessons consist of all types of materials: audio recordings, written texts, images, homework assigments, exercises, news articles, etc. If you have never learnt Serbian before, we will start with the alphabet, move on to basic greetings and phrases, and, as time goes by, we will focus mostly on your conversation skills. However, that doesn't mean that we will neglect other skills - we will just try to make you speak Serbian as soon as possible. :) The same goes with English lessons - if you are a beginner, we will start from the very beginning, and if you are intermediate student, we will do our best to improve your English skills and take them to advanced level. :)
My teaching material
Audio files
Test templates and examples
Text Documents
Image files
Articles and news
Presentation slides/PPT
Homework Assignments
Certificates
TEFL certificate - Learn TEFL - Teach English Worldwide - 2019Since I have been teaching English for many years, I also started teaching it for Bibo and for iTutor. One of the requirements from iTutor was to obtain a TEFL certificate, which I did.
Certificate verified
Education
2012 - 2013
Master's - Marketing ManagementMetropolitan University
2008 - 2012
Bachelor’s - Spanish language and Hispanic literaturesFaculty of Philology, Belgrade University
Work Experience
2013 - 2020
Translator/IntepreterPrvi Partizan - Užice, Serbia
5.0
Rating
31
Students
492
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
99%
Response rate
5.0
Rating
31
Students
492
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
99%
Response rate
Serbian Lessons
Serbian
English
Trial Lesson
17 lessons completed
USD 6.00+
Serbian for beginners
A1 - A2Language Essentials110 lessons completed
USD 17.00
Package with 6% off
Conversational Serbian
A1 - C2Conversation62 lessons completed
USD 17.00
Package with 6% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
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36 Reviews
All
Serbian
English
Charles Helms
6 Serbian lessons
Teacher’s pick
Fantastic teacher! Patient, great explanations of grammatical concepts, with excellent materials and a good lesson plan. Highly recommended.
Jun 5, 2021
Javi
202 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Nos ha encantado la clase, repetimos seguro! Muy recomendable
Sep 24, 2020
Lena
24 Serbian lessons
Jelena is a great teacher and I absolutely love our lessons and look forward to them! She is very supportive and nice which helps me not to feel stressed. She also provides a lot of materials that cover a huge area of grammatical themes and situations in life.
Hvala puno na pomoći i podršci!
Dec 3, 2023
Maria R
5 Serbian lessons
Teacher’s pick
So patient and helpful! I loved this lesson. Хвала!! :)
May 30, 2021
Tim D
1 Serbian lesson
хвала пуно на разговору, вежбање са тобом је било веома користно и пријатно
Mar 7, 2024
Maria M.
6 Serbian lessons
Would highly recommend Jelena. She sent me some materials even before our first lesson, customized the lesson to my needs, covered some grammar topics in addition to conversational practice and also gave some helpful language learning tips.
Hvala i vidimo se :)