Fun, patient, compassionate, sassy and straightforward teacher who teaches, listens and entertains.
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Fun, patient, compassionate, sassy and straightforward teacher who teaches, listens and entertains.
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Ik als leerkracht
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Uit Zuid-AfrikaWoont in Other, Zuid-Afrika (12:43 UTC+02:00)
Over mij
italki leerkracht sinds 28 Oct 2021
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I am a qualified teacher with over 13 years experience in the classroom as well as 3 years on italki. I am a mom of 4. I first traveled for 3 years and now live in a double decker bus on a farm in the Cape in a community setup. I love traveling and meeting new people and hearing about life through their different perspectives. My hobbies include watching movies and series, doing arts and crafts of all kinds, hiking in different scenes of nature and traveling. I have a bachelor of arts degree majoring in psychology and I find people fascinating. I also have a post graduate certificate in teaching, specializing in foundation phase (ages 4 to 13). I have a TEFL diploma.
Ik als leerkracht
As a teacher I am patient, friendly, flexible and cheerful. I am open about all aspects of life&like sharing personal experiences as well as things about my country&culture. I like to form good relationships with my students&ensure people feel comfortable around me. My strongest trait is that I can adapt to my students' personal needs&goals. If I do not know something, I am diligent at
researching it&I apply this in my classroom. I prefer teaching grammar and sentence construction in natural flow of conversation - if you make a mistake, I will repeat what you said in the correct way. I may be 2 minutes late to the lesson to accommodate back2back lessons, but take no breaks in the lesson.
Mijn lessen en manier van lesgeven
I adapt my lessons to my students' needs. We can either practice conversational English by having a chat or we can have more constructed lessons where we will follow a theme and practice reading and writing skills about different themes every time. I like to add some activities into each lesson to practice basic language skills. For business language I research the field you work in&have practice activities on anything from interviews to small talk with clients. For children, I adapt lesson to their specific interests ranging all the way from super powers to world war 2 facts... You name it, I will try to make a plan :) I can also help prepare you for tests, exams, debates or revision.
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Teaching English as a foreign language - i-io-i Gatehouse Awards - 2021GA level 5 diploma in teaching English as a foreign language 300 hour diploma TEFL course
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138 lessen voltooid
USD 6.00+
General lessons Reading/Listening/Writing
A1 - B2Algemeen562 lessen voltooid
USD 10.00+
Pakket met 10% korting
Conversation practice -learning by speaking
A2 - C2Conversatie oefenen1,041 lessen voltooid
USD 10.00+
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Kids
A1 - C1Kinderen544 lessen voltooid
USD 10.00+
Pakket met 5% korting
Business language
A2 - C2Bedrijf109 lessen voltooid
USD 10.00+
Pakket met 9% korting
South African Culture and life
B1 - C2Algemeen22 lessen voltooid
USD 10.00+
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95 Beoordelingen
Marina
5 Engels lessen
My 5y old son likes Sonja's lessons very much because they are fun but still very educating through games, songs and other activities.
7 nov. 2024
Roberta
1 Engels les
Sonja is the perfect teacher. She has the same style of life and the ideas like me. She is professional, humble and smily person. It's a pleasure to speack with her
29 okt. 2024
Guilherme
13 Engels lessen
Sonja´s lesson was so great! She got connected with a shy 6 year old girl who speaks no other language then Portuguese. Beautiful!
11 okt. 2024
Sybille
8 Engels lessen
Thanks for having that entertaining lessons with you. We really get along with each other, so let's meet again after my vacation. Have a nice time and thank you very much for your excellent work.
11 sep. 2024
Junia Neves
12 Engels lessen
I had my first lesson with Sonja today, and it was great. She's very friendly, encouraging, and attentive. Thank you, Sonja; I hope to meet you again soon!