Certified IELTS teacher with over 5 years of experience
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Portuguese
Afrikaans
Spanish
German
Certified IELTS teacher with over 5 years of experience
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From South AfricaLiving in Cape Town, South Africa (18:29 UTC+00:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Apr 9, 2018
InterestsArtMedical & HealthcareFood
Would you like to become a fluent and confident English speaker? Then my classes are for you! Book your first lesson right now and we will get you speaking comfortably and fluently in no time! :)
Me as a Teacher
I'm a passionate language teacher and learner. Having already studied languages, I know that a conversational active approach is the most effective way to master a language!
My lessons & teaching style
My lessons are adapted to the student's needs and will be focused on conversational fluency and pronunciation. During my lessons the main objective is to get you, as the student to speak. You are welcome to bring your own material to discuss during our lessons, if you don't have any material you'd like to work with, I will just focus on normal everyday conversation topics.
If you have a specific English goal, please tell me when you book a lesson so I can prepare something. For example, what topic you'd like to discuss. Feel free to send me texts or any of your learning material before a lesson so I can work with it during our lesson.
My teaching material
PDF file
Text Documents
Image files
Articles and news
Homework Assignments
Video files
Presentation slides/PPT
Certificates
IELTS Teacher Training - IDP - 2021
Certificate verified
TEYLT - Cape Town TESOL Training Institute - 2017
Certificate verified
TESOL - Cape Town TESOL Training Institute - 2017
Certificate verified
Education
2018 - 2020
Other - Modern LanguagesUniversity of Coimbra
5.0
Rating
128
Students
1,451
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
5.0
Rating
128
Students
1451
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
10 lessons completed
USD 9.00+
Conversational Classes (Intermediate to Advanced)
B1 - C2Conversation979 lessons completed
USD 13.00+
Package with 7% off
English Conversation Course + Homework (Blended learning) (A2,B1,B2,C1)
Diana helped me prepare for the IELTs exam and I achieved a band 7.5. She provided me with various exercises and materials to study between lessons. We focused on the speaking part during our lessons. Diana corrected my mistakes and gave me many tips on how to make my answers more fluent. She also provided materials related to reading, listening, and writing. She checked my writing tasks and gave me some helpful vocabulary. Moreover, she is a very supportive and friendly person. She has extensive knowledge and is easy to talk to. If you want to prepare well for your exam or improve your English, don't hesitate to book a lesson with Diana.
Feb 8, 2024
Jindy
67 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Diana is always positive and kind with her wide smile. She conscientiously prepares interesting lessons according to your need, but you can also simply let the conversation naturally flows, because she is interested in so many topics… The time with her is never boring. She is patient and encourage her students a lot. She makes notes with vocabs and mistakes throughout the session, so you can refer back to them later. If you consider to buy a lesson with her, I recommend you all to do it! Thank you very much for all your lessons, Diana. :-)
Jan 30, 2022
Julia
163 English lessons
After more than 100 lessons with Diana, she is the best English teacher I've ever had. I remember that when I started lessons with Diana, I was so afraid about speaking in English, but I am not scared anymore, and I want to continue this adventure :) Diana helped me a lot with my preparation for IELTS and presentations at my university. I am grateful that I decided to book a lesson with her. Thank you very much Diana :D
Apr 24, 2023
Yip Fu Keung
33 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
I have had 30+lessons with Diana. One lesson each week becomes kinda my fixed weekly schedule now. I believe learning language is a long journey and requires persistence. That’s why people need to have a tutor that they are comfortable with and can encourage them to speak as much as they can in various interesting subjects. So you won’t want to miss any lesson but instead to kinda expect it. I think Diana is the right tutor for me because of that. She is patient and competent English tutor. I like the way she adopts the engaging teaching style which put your interests at first. If you wanna to learn how native speaker speaks, she will be a great assistant to let you have a better understanding of the expressions and let you practice. If you wanna to improve your grammar, she will be there to correct you. She makes me see the fun side of learning English. After those lessons, I feel like my pronunciation and presentation become more native. I hope I can keep progressing in the future:)
Jan 20, 2024
Yip Fu Keung
33 English lessons
Thanks Diana! It was a pleasant lesson and I like the idea of commenting some statements. And it was very helpful for typing the difficult words for me :)
Apr 30, 2023
italki551749
4 English lessons
Ella es una profesora muy adecuada para ejercer tus habilidades orales y mejorar el aspecto gramatical. Además, Diana es una persona paciente, por eso, te va a explicar los conocimientos que no sabes antes.