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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
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From SloveniaLiving in Ljubljana, Slovenia (11:10 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.
When teaching I take my work seriously. A scheduled lesson becomes part of my weekly plan and I get ready for it. I conduct a detailed journal of what we have been doing, thus it is easy for me to check the content of our previous sessions.
I used to teach students in physical classrooms. In 2021 I started using Skype for my lessons (today it's 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 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 lessons 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.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
132
Students
1,326
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
Trial Lesson
94 lessons completed
USD 17.00+
Spanish - structured classes
A1 - C1Language Essentials61 lessons completed
USD 21.50+
Package with 10% off
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Massimo
13 Slovenian lessons
Hvala Thomas, zelo dober ucitelj si
Apr 13, 2026
Priya Maria
5 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
12 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
Nina Gautschi
2 Slovenian lessons
Thomas è stato molto calmo e attento durante la lezione. Ha subito cercato di comprendere il mio livello, adattando la lezione a conseguenza. La sua lezione è stata piacevole da seguire e mi sentivo a mio agio. Hvala lepa!
Apr 2, 2026
Priya Maria
5 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
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