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Thomas
Community TutorTeaches
German
Native
Slovenian
Native
Danish
Dutch
English
Esperanto
French
Italian
Norwegian
Spanish
Swedish
Speaks
Czech
Afrikaans
Portuguese
Zulu
Teaching 11 languages, currently learning 3 more, 20+ years of experience as a teacher
Teaches
German
Native
Slovenian
Native
Danish
Dutch
English
Esperanto
French
Italian
Norwegian
Spanish
Swedish
Speaks
Czech
Afrikaans
Portuguese
Zulu
Teaching 11 languages, currently learning 3 more, 20+ years of experience as a teacher
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From SloveniaLiving in Ljubljana, Slovenia (22:54 UTC+02:00)
About Me
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Hello! My name is Thomas, a multilingual teacher fluent in 11 languages—with German and Slovenian as my native tongues and with a lifelong passion for studying new ones (I’m currently learning 3). With 25 years of teaching experience (20 as an independent tutor), I specialize in structured, school-style lessons tailored to your goals. Whether you’re starting from scratch or polishing fluency, I’ll help you build and improve skills systematically—just like I did. Let’s turn language learning into an adventure!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 previous 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 (I now conduct my lessons on Teams) and things work out very well. I am always punctual as I respect the time my students take for our lessons, 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
Rating
125
Students
1,229
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Trial Lesson
89 lessons completed
USD 17.00+
German - structured classes
A1 - C2Language Essentials55 lessons completed
USD 21.50+
Package with 10% off
German - structured classes (10 hours package)
A1 - C2Language Essentials99 lessons completed
USD 21.50+
Package with 5% off
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Priya Maria
4 Spanish lessons
Thomas is a great teacher and has helped me not pronounce 'h' in all sorts of Spanish words, even though it seems to be a hard lesson for me to learn. Thomas is very patient and knows a lot about language structure and history. He's also more than happy to translate Bad Bunny song lyrics (my idea) alongside structured lessons on grammar.
Mar 22, 2026
Andrea D'Angelo
7 Slovenian lessons
Mi sono trovato subito a mio agio con Thomas e ho apprezzato molto il suo approccio che è quello che ritengo più adatto al mio profilo di apprendimento. Continuerò sicuramente a imparare lo sloveno con lui e lo consiglio a tutti.
Feb 12, 2026
ada
1 Swedish lesson
Thomas quickly assessed the level of my existing 'knowledge' of Swedish. Next he created a worksheet for what he was teaching me - continuously updating and adding as I kept learning. Time flew by, he most definitely thought in a way that will make it stick.
A very successful start for me; I look forward to many more lessons with Thomas.
Jan 17, 2026
Priya Maria
4 Spanish lessons
Thomas is very encouraging even when I repeatedly pronounce the silent Spanish 'h'. Our classes have lots of grammar, which I love, and curiosity about the origins of words in multiple languages. We cover a huge amount of content in a short time and an hour and a half flies by!
Mar 10, 2026
Louise Hanson
7 German lessons
Thomas is very pedagogical and, in a fun way, went through the German language at the level of my understanding. I had a much better understanding of the language after my first lesson with Thomas. Danke schön !
Jan 30, 2026
Valérie Savard
2 German lessons
Die Deutsche Grammatik ist nicht so einfach. Danke für die Erklärungen. Bis Bald !
Dec 18, 2025
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