Melissa Botha
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Melissa Botha
Professional Teacher![]()
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Afrikaans
Dutch
German
Portuguese
Specialties
KidsBusinessTest PreparationTEFL & IELTS Certified. Absolutely love working with children!
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Afrikaans
Dutch
German
Portuguese
Specialties
KidsBusinessTest PreparationTEFL & IELTS Certified. Absolutely love working with children!
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From South AfricaLiving in Cape Town, South Africa (21:09 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Aug 28, 2018InterestsHistoryFilms & TV SeriesFoodTravelFashion & Beauty
My name is Melissa Botha, I am 31 years old and I live in Cape Town South Africa. I have travelled to Mauritius, Vietnam and Singapore and most recently Turkey. I hope to travel to many more countries in the near future. Some of my hobbies include reading, watching movies, being outside enjoying nature and just spending good quality time with loved ones. I enjoy talking about a variety of different subjects from current affairs to history to books to TV shows, and I always love to learn new things to broaden my knowledge.Me as a Teacher
I have many years’ experience working with children of different ages in different capacities. For 3 years I taught children between 3-6 of different backgrounds and levels of English understanding. I had just over a year experience teaching teenagers between 12-18 doing many different activities and lessons. I also coached 15/16-year olds netball. I have au paired for a family and their main reason for employing me was to teach the children English, I used a variety of different activities to help the children improve their English skills. I use many different resources and I enjoy customizing my lesson plans for each student.My lessons & teaching style
My lessons are age dependant and I can customise them according to the needs of each individual that I teach. I expect my students to be hard working and willing to practice their English whenever possible. I will provide assignments to complete after the lesson to help keep what we studied fresh in my students mind and help them apply their new knowledge in their day to day life.
I am a very friendly and easy going, upbeat person and I do my best to make each lesson as fun and positive as possible for all of my students. I am TEFL qualified and I have a great knowledge of the English language and all difficulties it can bring, but I aim to make it as easy as possible for all to learn.My teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Image files
- Flashcards
- Articles and news
- Homework Assignments
- Video files
- Audio files
- Test templates and examples
- Quizzes
Certificates
Intensive Teaching Business English - TEFL UK - 2022
Certificate verified
70 Hour Intensive Teaching Business English - TEFL UK - 2022
Certificate verified
Teach IELTS Exam Preparation Course - eTEFL - 2021
Certificate verified
Teach IELTS Exam Preparation - eTEFL - 2021
Certificate verified
120 Hour Advanced TEFL - TEFL UK - 2017This certificate enables me to teach English as a second/foreign language to people around the world.
Certificate verified
120 Hour TEFL - TEFL UK - 2017Part of my TEFL certificate was teaching children. Besides doing that, I have many years of teaching children in person and online on italki and as a volunteer. I startef volunteering when I was 19 years old in 2012.
Certificate verified
Work Experience
2016 - 2016
Au PairOne of the main reasons I was hired by the family to be the au pair for their children was to help them learn and improve their English as it was not their native language. This experience will help me on italki as I had one on one and teaching with each of the three children every single day. I would help them with homework as well as prepare my own materials to ensure the children were having fun while learning new and exciting things in the English language.
2012 - 2019
Volunteer TeacherI have been a volunteer teacher since I was 19 years old. I have taught people of all ages and all backgrounds with varying levels of English. Although in this capacity my role was not to teach English but to teach lessons in English it has given me great experiences and helped me to grow as a teacher and develop my own teaching style that I feel has already helped me so much on italki as a community tutor. I have taught lessons every single week, sometimes more than once a week.
5.0
Rating
584
Students
7,706
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
199 lessons completed
USD 8.00+
Old Students - Conversational Practice
A2 - C2Conversation2,942 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Package with 8% off
Book Club
A2 - C2Language Essentials69 lessons completed
USD 10.50+
Package with 5% off
Kids Course
A2 - C2Kids3,561 lessons completed
USD 13.00+
Package with 4% off
IELTS Preparation
B1 - C2Test Preparation63 lessons completed
USD 11.00+
Business English and Interview Practice
B1 - C2Business35 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
Package with 5% off
Conversational Practice - New Students
A2 - C2Language Essentials837 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Package with 9% off
Availability
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571 Reviews
Анна
176 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Thank you for the great opportunity to practice English with you, Melissa! Kristina is always happy to see you again and again . And every time she is more comfortable to speak and I'm proud of her!
Jan 29, 2021
Katerina
69 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
It was very cool and funny lesson! We were laughing all the time)) My girls always say that you are their friend, they wait for these talkings. Even my younger daughter (she's 2.5) trying to tell stories in English. But first I thought that she is so little)) And I see that English of my oldest daughter is improving) she is trying to speak more and more, because she likes you so much and she wants to tell you everything)
Mar 19, 2019
Veronika
43 English lessons
Amazing lessons with Melissa as always!
Dec 12, 2024
Katherine
71 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Supportive and friendly atmosphere as always. We talked about different impotant things and shared our thoughts❤️
Jan 27, 2021
Celia
45 English lessons
We really like Melissa’s lesson!
Feb 15, 2025
Saska Petr
2 English lessons
We had a nice chat about our lives.
Oct 9, 2024
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