English teacher 🌟Karen🌟

🌟Karen🌟

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Afrikaans
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Chinese (Mandarin)
German
Italian
Top 1% of English Italki teachers 2022! 10 years teaching English; love painting, outdoors.
From South AfricaLiving in Johannesburg, South Africa (22:33 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Dec 7, 2018
InterestsFoodBusiness & FinanceMedical & HealthcareFilms & TV SeriesTravel
Are you looking to boost your English for business or global communication? With a dual-degree background and years spent living across continents, I bring real-world cross-cultural expertise to every lesson. Ranked in the top 1% of Italki teachers in 2022, I help adults (18–80) gain confidence and fluency, especially in professional and academic settings. I’m passionate about discussing films, books, and current events, and love connecting with people from all walks of life. My broad knowledge in business, arts, and sciences means our conversations are always stimulating and relevant to your goals. Let’s unlock your English potential together—wherever you are in the world!
My teaching material
  • PDF file
  • Text Documents
  • Presentation slides/PPT
  • Audio files
  • Image files
  • Video files
  • Flashcards
  • Articles and news
  • Quizzes
  • Test templates and examples
  • Homework Assignments
4.9
Rating
881
Students
3995
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate

English Lessons

Trial Lesson
523 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
Specialist: Business English, or Medical English, or IELTS
A2 -  C2

Language Essentials

538 lessons completed
USD 19.00+
Package with 14% off
Students who have had more than 20 Conversation lessons with me (not available for those on the Business, Beginners, or specialist programmes
B1 -  B2

Language Essentials

1,212 lessons completed
USD 8.00+
Package with 10% off
Build vocabulary, improve conversational grammar and pronunciation, distinguish word subtleties.
B1 -  C2

Conversation

1,695 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 17% off
Cultural Expertise
B1 -  C2

Conversation

0 lessons completed
USD 25.00+
Package with 10% off
Beginners English
A1 -  A2

Language Essentials

0 lessons completed
USD 25.00+
Package with 10% off
English Pronuciation (British RP)
A2 -  C2

Language Essentials

0 lessons completed
USD 16.00+
Package with 10% off

Availability

My creations
Vocabulary (4)
Podcast (22)
Quiz (286)

530 Reviews

Bo Pang
23 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
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.
Oct 10, 2024
Giuseppe
191 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
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!
Oct 15, 2021
Gerhard
5 English lessons
If you want to spend your lessons in a relaxed atmosphere, Karen is the perfect person for you. I can talk to her about all sorts of topics. So I really recommend her. Gerhard
Nov 11, 2025
Student Andrew
Andrew
342 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
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
Jan 31, 2023
Odile
6 English lessons
It was nice to speak about South-Africa as I am preparing a trip to this beautiful country. I booked my first lesson with Karen because she is a star-teacher. After the first lesson, she told me that we will work a little on pronunciation, and on mastering listening to accents and colloquialisms. So I booked a five-lesson package. During the first two lessons we did a bit of reading and watching a South-African comedian but she neither corrected my accent nor told me how to use colloquialisms. Karen was reading messages on her phone during the lessons and was yawning when I was talking.
Dec 14, 2025
Student Ale
Ale
62 English lessons
It is always a good conversation, with interesting topics, new words, and usual expressions.
Nov 1, 2025