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Top 1% of English Italki teachers 2022! 10 years teaching English; love painting, outdoors.
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Engels
Moedertaalspreker
Spreekt
Afrikaans
Spaans
Frans
Chinees (Mandarijn)
Duits
Italiaans
Top 1% of English Italki teachers 2022! 10 years teaching English; love painting, outdoors.
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Ik als leerkracht
Mijn lessen en manier van lesgeven
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Uit Zuid-AfrikaWoont in Johannesburg, Zuid-Afrika (12:34 UTC+02:00)
Over mij
italki leerkracht sinds 7 Dec 2018InterestsMedical & HealthcareArtFoodReizenPets & Animals
Hello there! 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.Ik als leerkracht
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.Mijn lessen en manier van lesgeven
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. .Mijn lesmateriaal
- PDF-bestand
- Tekstdocumenten
- Diapresentatie/PPT
- Audiobestanden
- Afbeeldingsbestanden
- Artikelen en nieuws
- Quizzen
- Huiswerkopdrachten
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.
Opleiding
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
Overige - TEFLI took a TEFL certificate through TEFL Training, and gained my certificate after having stated teaching English to others.
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Beoordeling
862
Studenten
3,687
Lessen
100%
Aanwezigheid
100%
Beantwoord
Engels lessen
Proefles
513 lessen voltooid
USD 8.00+
Specialist: Business English, or Medical English, or IELTS
A2 - C2Algemeen536 lessen voltooid
USD 19.00+
Pakket met 14% korting
Students who have had more than 20 Conversation lessons with me (not available for those on the Business, Beginners, or specialist programmes
B1 - B2Algemeen1,033 lessen voltooid
USD 14.00+
Pakket met 10% korting
Build vocabulary, improve conversational grammar and pronunciation, distinguish word subtleties.
B1 - C2Conversatie oefenen1,578 lessen voltooid
USD 15.00+
Pakket met 14% korting
Cultural Expertise
B1 - C2Conversatie oefenen0 lessen voltooid
USD 25.00+
Pakket met 10% korting
Beginners English
A1 - A2Algemeen0 lessen voltooid
USD 25.00+
Pakket met 10% korting
English Pronuciation (British RP)
A2 - C2Algemeen0 lessen voltooid
USD 16.00+
Pakket met 10% korting
Beschikbaarheid
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Vocabulary (4)
Podcast (22)
Quiz (284)
522 Beoordelingen
Bo Pang
23 Engels lessen
Keuze van de leerkracht
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.
10 okt. 2024
Giuseppe
191 Engels lessen
Keuze van de leerkracht
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!
15 okt. 2021
Bo Pang
23 Engels lessen
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!
28 sep. 2024
Andrew
274 Engels lessen
Keuze van de leerkracht
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
31 jan. 2023
Viktor Tlustyy
4 Engels lessen
Very informative, in a relaxed, friendly manner, with grammatical correction. Thank you
22 okt. 2024
Hazel
2 Engels lessen
nice teacher💕
17 aug. 2024
Proefles
USD 8.00
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