Thomas
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Thomas
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Teaches
German
Native
Slovenian
Native
Danish
Dutch
English
Esperanto
French
Italian
Norwegian
Spanish
Swedish
Speaks
Afrikaans
Czech
Portuguese
Zulu
Thomas - teaching 11 languages, currently learning 3 more
Teaches
German
Native
Slovenian
Native
Danish
Dutch
English
Esperanto
French
Italian
Norwegian
Spanish
Swedish
Speaks
Afrikaans
Czech
Portuguese
Zulu
Thomas - teaching 11 languages, currently learning 3 more
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
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From SloveniaLiving in Ljubljana, Slovenia (19:54 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Nov 26, 2024InterestsWritingFilms & TV SeriesPets & AnimalsTravelReading
My name is Thomas and I grew up bilingually with German and Slovenian. Having discovered my passion for languages very early, I have worked hard to learn to speak and write 11 of them on a level of fluency. I have now been working as a language teacher for 23 years, out of which 18 as an independent teacher.
I have been using italki to learn languages so far, but I have now decided to try out teaching here as well. It is my hope that my beginner's profile does not make you mistakenly assume that I am a beginner in the field of teaching as I have been having about 40 hours of classes weekly in the last 20 or so years.Me as a Teacher
When teaching I take both my schedule and my classes seriously. When a class is scheduled, it is part of my weekly plan and I get ready for it. I conduct a detailed journal of what I have been doing with my student, I write down every session, thus it is easy for me to check what we did on our past sessions.
I used to teach more conventionally, meaning with my students being in the same room as me. In 2021 I started using Skype for my classes and things work out very well. I am always punctual as I respect the time my students take for our class, likewise I do appreciate if my students do the same.My lessons & teaching style
My lessons can be conducted in any of the following languages:
German
Slovenian
English
French
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Italian
Spanish
Dutch
Esperanto
I try to conduct my classes in a way that resembles the conventional school as much as possible. Meaning a thorough explanation of the grammar with several carefully tailored examples, exercises, homework, checking the student's progress, listening and reading comprehensions and once the student's knowledge progresses sufficiently, having a conversation class.My teaching material
- Text Documents
- Audio files
- PDF file
- Articles and news
Teaching experience
2006 - Current
teacher and coordinatorI have been working as a formally registered freelance tutor/teacher and translator since 2006. Prior to that I had worked as a language teacher at different language schools in Ljubljana from 2000.
I usually conduct about 35 to 50 hours of classes weekly.
Education
1996 - 2000
Bachelor’s - German & French languageI studied German and French at the University of Ljubljana.
5.0
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58
Students
405
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Trial Lesson
40 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
Danish - structured classes
A1 - C1Language Essentials11 lessons completed
USD 18.00+
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Oliver England (Oli)
1 Esperanto lesson
Very good first lesson im definitely going to book more. He was very frendly and seemed eager to teach.
Jun 18, 2025
Nina
1 German lesson
Thomas spoke in a very calm and clear manner. He insisted on speaking only German, which I really appreciated, and only translated words into English or Swedish when necessary. My main focus is conversational German, and Thomas’ teaching style suited me perfectly.
Jun 13, 2025
Joseph Loughran
3 Dutch lessons
Ik had een fantastisch tijd met Thomas!
I enjoy my lessons with him!
See you next lesson
Tot ziens!
May 18, 2025
Seth Pitts
12 Norwegian lessons
Amazing teacher, I get great results with him as I am actually starting to understand my target language.
Jun 13, 2025
Massimiliano De Gaet
1 Danish lesson
Ho fatto la prima lezione di prova con Thomas ed è davvero molto competente. Mi ha ascoltato, capito e aiutato molto! Mi trovo molto bene con lui
Jun 10, 2025
Joseph Loughran
3 Dutch lessons
Dank u wel voor de les! I definitely recommend Thomas!
May 14, 2025
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