From South AfricaLiving in Other, South Africa (16:14 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Oct 28, 2021
Interest topicTravelFilms & TV SeriesFood
I am a qualified teacher with 13 years experience in the classroom. I am a mom of 4. I live in a double decker bus and am traveling South Africa. My big dream is to drive all the way to Europe with our bus house. 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, making tie-dye shirts, 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.
Me as a Teacher
As a teacher I am patient, friendly 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&ensuring 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 for back to back lessons, but take no breaks in the lesson.
My lessons & teaching style
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.
My teaching material
PDF file
Flashcards
Test templates and examples
Articles and news
Image files
Quizzes
Homework Assignments
Text Documents
Video files
Audio files
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English Lessons
Trial Lesson
99 lessons completed
USD 6.00+
General lessons Reading/Listening/Writing
A1 - B2General430 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
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Conversation practice -learning by speaking
A2 - C2Conversation Practice696 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
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Kids
A1 - C1Kids309 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
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Business language
A2 - C2Business64 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
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South African Culture and life
B1 - C2General18 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
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78 Reviews
Paola Cagnazzo
2 English lessons
Very good teacher! Sonja is very well- prepared and she makes you comfortable during the class!
Nov 23, 2023
Julie K
22 English lessons
I took lessons with Sonja for me to improve my English and now she's also teaching my 4 and 6 years old daughters. She's so nice with kids, my girls love their lessons and are looking forward to each of them. I can only highly recommand Sonja, she's great!
Nov 2, 2023
xi Tommy
9 English lessons
the kids like the lesson quite much
Oct 21, 2023
Serena
4 English lessons
It is always interesting having lesson with Sonja: extremely fun and professional!
Oct 13, 2023
胡tiger
3 English lessons
I had a very enjoyable conversation during the class. The teacher's ability to create a comfortable and engaging environment made the learning process enjoyable.
Sep 13, 2023
Sofia Hilders
8 English lessons
Wao I loved my lesson. it was my first one however I felt so comfortable that I really forgot the time. Highly recommended!!!