From IndonesiaLiving in Porto, Portugal (07:41 UTC+01:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Mar 24, 2022
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Hello! Is it me you're looking for?
My name is Karen, a language nerd from Jakarta (Indonesia) who is currently based in Italy!
Even though my educational background is in communication/graphic design, I am passionate about languages and have been learning, teaching & tutoring multiple different languages ever since I was a teenager. Aside from learning new languages, my hobbies include drawing, reading trashy thriller/true crime books, videomaking, cooking, trying to train my stubborn rescue dog & traveling.
I have lived in 6 countries (Indonesia, Canada, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain (IC) & Portugal) and speak 5 languages (ID/EN/IT/ES/PT) with varying degrees of fluency.
My creations
Me as a Teacher
**I do not accept students under 16**
ENGLISH:
I have been tutoring/teaching English ever since I was in High School (from 2009), and have had the chance to work with very young learners (EFL), High School students (ELA & ESL), University students (EAP & EFL), as well as adults (EAP, EOP & EFL). I have helped learners who are starting from 0 as well as those who are a bit more advanced already.
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INDONESIAN:
I have taught some non-Indonesians Bahasa Indonesia from 0 throughout the years, using EN/IT/PT as the language of instruction. I have also tutored the children of Indonesian diasporas.
My lessons & teaching style
I have always preferred the humanistic approach when teaching & learning languages. I would like to get to know you both as a language learner & person in order to better help you with your language learning journey. I believe that by catering to the learners' needs, interests and preferred learning methods, we can achieve better results together. So based on our 1st meeting, we will come up with a lesson plan together!
I also love to share contents in your target language (based on your own interest, of course) in order to help you feed the algorithm of your social media. This way you'll be able to learn your target language while enjoying the contents you like. It's a win-win situation!
My teaching material
Audio files
Image files
PDF file
Quizzes
Text Documents
Presentation slides/PPT
Articles and news
Video files
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5.0
Rating
276
Students
1686
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
Response
English Lessons
English
Indonesian
Trial Lesson
158 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
Exam/Interview Preparations & Formal English
A1 - B2Language Essentials81 lessons completed
USD 15.00
Package with 20% off
Conversational English
A1 - C1Conversation1,103 lessons completed
USD 7.50+
Package with 20% off
Availability
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55 Reviews
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English
Indonesian
Sonnie
17 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
she is a fabulous teacher, she knows the needs of students, and she can consider as students’ thinking very well, when I explain new things as a easy way, that’s what I really want. Highly recommend her!
Feb 29, 2024
Miguel
5 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
She's fantastic! You'll get to learn lots of expressions and feel comfortable as if you were with your best friend. Thank you so much!
Apr 4, 2022
Nuno Azevedo
3 Indonesian lessons
Teacher’s pick
I've been learning Indonesian with Karen for four months.
Karen taught me a very important lesson: To easily learn a language you have to use your intuition!
She is a great teacher and her methods are refreshing and stimulating. Since she can speak many languages so fluently, she has a deep understanding of how languages work. That I consider to be a tremendous asset.
The classes are very interactive and she always motivates me. She explains how and why things work. She always tries to give examples so you can find the answers by yourself.
For me it is really interesting and motivating that I can look back and see that I really improved. Now I can understand so many things and I can also express myself. Makasih!
Mar 30, 2022
Gloria Hazman
20 English lessons
Best english teacher ever. Karen is smart, energetic, talkative also funny. Really enjoy the class! Thankyou Karen 😊