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Katie Johnstone

English

Native

Chinese (Mandarin)

Other

Portuguese

From United Kingdom

Living in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Kids & Adults|PET, FCE, CAE & IELTS Exams|Conversation Classes|12 years of experience 👩‍🏫 Hi, I’m Katie—a passionate English teacher from the UK with 12 years of experience. I specialize in exam prep (IELTS, PET, FCE, CAE) and lively conversation classes for kids & adults. Let’s make learning fun, not stressful! 🎓 Qualified & Experienced: MSc in TESOL, Trinity CertTESOL, and a background in Social Anthropology. I’ve taught in the UK, Spain, and China—so your class will be culturally rich and effective. 🌍 Your goals, my focus: Whether it’s acing an exam or chatting confidently, I tailor lessons to you. Bonus? Homework, slides, and feedback to keep you on track! My classroom is fun, fast and energetic. There's no danger of sleeping! I like to choose topics that are of interest to my students, whether they're taking General or Exam English. Learning a language should feel fun, relaxing and not a chore! As a learner of Mandarin, I know how frustrating it can be to motivate yourself when learning a language as a hobby or for an exam, so I always include tasks and activities that are engaging and useful. We'll also keep you on track with a student plan just for you, because every student is unique. I make the most of the time we have in the online classroom and after class I like to send my students feedback, follow-up activities and useful vocab. 📚 Exam English - IELTS, CPE, CAE, FCE, PET, KET 🗣 Conversation classes - speaking, listening, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar ✍️ General English - speaking, listening, reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar ...

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Trial Lesson

120 lessons completed

USD 15.00+

Conversation Classes - Personal PPT ✅ Homework ✅

A1-C1

Conversation

2,405 lessons completed

USD 20.00+

8% off

Exam Preparation (IELTS, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE) - Personal Slides ✅ Homework ✅ Writing Feedback ✅

A1-C2

Test Preparation

1,048 lessons completed

USD 20.00+

8% off

General English - Personal PPT ✅ Homework ✅ Writing Feedback ✅

A1-C1

Language Essentials

928 lessons completed

USD 20.00+

8% off

Conversation Classes - Personal PPT ✅ No Homework

A1-C2

Conversation

1,054 lessons completed

USD 18.00+

8% off

Informal Conversation - Personal PPT ❎ Homework ❎

B1-C2

Conversation

176 lessons completed

USD 16.00+

8% off

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leo

10 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

Teacher is so nice,and the class is very challenging ,i enjoy the class a lot

Ashley

240 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

I've been Katie's student for almost 2 years. I cannot have classes with other teachers since I have class with her, because she's energetic, responsible, and very professional！ She help me a lot in English, we talk about culture, geography, life etc. It's really good to have her as my teacher.❤

Henry

142 English lessons

👍👍👍

Mathilde Leyendecker

8 English lessons

Teacher’s pick

Katie is a great teacher! She is patient and always encouraging! I learned a lot with her and I feel more confident speaking english.

cindy

1 English lesson

谢谢老师，很专业！孩子喜欢！

Klavdia

23 English lessons

I really like Katie's lessons. I was preparing for the CAE Cambridge exam with her and I feel that these sessions helped me a lot in raising my level of English and improving how express myself. Moreover, I had a lot of fun learning English with Katie. We worked together on every part of the exam that caused me difficulties, Katie gave very good advice and recommendations on how to improve my answer and what strategies for completing the test can be used. Katie also gave great feedback about my writing assignments. She is very attentive and organised, a wonderful teacher and conversationalist. Thank you very much! Recommended!