Kevin Colfer
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Kevin Colfer
Professional Teacher
Teaches
English
Native
German
Speaks
Spanish
CERTIFIED TEACHER WITH 24 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Teaches
English
Native
German
Speaks
Spanish
CERTIFIED TEACHER WITH 24 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
From United KingdomLiving in Berlin, Germany (05:24 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Jun 28, 2021Interest topicHistoryReadingTravel
Hello! My name is Kevin, I'm 56 and come from Manchester in the UK. I have been teaching English and German for twenty-four years, twenty-two of them in a language and vocational school. I enjoy hiking, reading, chess, films, music and astronomy. Of course, I also love learning languages. I did French and Russian at university and I also speak Italian and Spanish. I also enjoy studying dead languages. Alongside Latin and Greek, I recently started learning Old English and if anyone's interested, I'd love to teach that too.Me as a Teacher
I have a CELTA qualification in teaching English to adults. I have an MA degree in French and Russian from the University of Oxford and another MA in Translation studies from the University of Portsmouth. I also have a lot of experience preparing students for the Cambridge English exams at different levels. I think that learning a language should be fun. I adapt my lesson to your needs and requests and we can discuss that in your trial lesson. **Please note that I do not teach children or those in their early teens. I only offer lessons to students aged at least 16 years old. **My lessons & teaching style
I think lessons should be student-centred. That means that it's important that the student talks as much as possible and doesn't just listen to the teacher. If you would like to do general conversation lessons, you can talk about anything you like. You can expect carefully prepared and well-structured lessons. I really enjoy preparing students for English exams (Cambridge, IELTS, TOEIC and TOEFL) and teaching business English. I particularly like learning about the different countries and cultures that my students come from.My teaching material
- PDF file
- Audio files
- Text Documents
- Image files
- Articles and news
- Video files
- Quizzes
- Homework Assignments
Certificates
CELTA - Manchester Academy of English - 2013Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults. The course included eight hours of practical supervised teaching practice with feedback from qualified trainers.
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Teaching English Online - Cambridge Assessment English - 2020This was a four-week course that provided further training to those already teaching English to train them to teach online.
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Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom - Goethe Institute - 2021This was a public exam that typically involves around two years of study to demonstrate near-native speaker competence in German (C2 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
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Education
1986 - 1990
Master's - Modern LanguagesI studied French and Russian at the University of Oxford from 1986-1990. I was awarded a BA degree in 1990 and an MA in 2008. I also completed a distance-learning MA degree in Translation Studies at the University of Portsmouth in 2017 (certificate available on request).
Work Experience
2021 - 2024
Online English teacherI have been teaching English to private students online since January 2021. This has been a useful experience for teaching on italki in that I have learnt to use various online tools to teach students, such as an online whiteboard and Google Docs for recording error corrections.
2001 - 2022
English teacherFrom September 2001 to August 2022 I worked for Inlingua Augsburg in Germany. From September 2005, I took on a new role within Inlingua Augsburg training young people as multilingual assistants.
5.0
Rating
61
Students
1,132
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
Response
German Lessons
German
English
Trial Lesson
36 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
German for beginners / Deutsch für Anfänger
A1General81 lessons completed
USD 18.00+
Deutsch für die Mittelstufe / German for intermediates (B1-B2)
B1 - B2General0 lessons completed
USD 18.00+
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
97 Reviews
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German
English
Karin Seiz
1 English lesson
Teacher’s pick
Kevin is an excellent teacher. He is very kind and patient, and his error correction is very thorough. He listened very carefully to what I wanted and needed and was very helpful and professional. I had a great lesson and I'm looking forward to booking more!
Jul 2, 2021
Mariya Potekhina
17 English lessons
Thank you for the lesson! Really glad to return to our lessons after all this time.
Jan 24, 2024
Daniel Stracke
1 English lesson
Kevin ist ein sehr höflicher und freundlicher Lehrer. Es hat so viel Spaß gemacht. Die Zeit verging wie im Flug.
Aug 5, 2023
Emilia & Rosina
104 English lessons
Great, as always!!! :)
Aug 2, 2023
Soledad Barduzal
43 English lessons
Everything ist great! Thanks für you help.
Jun 27, 2023
Celia Carron
21 German lessons
Always an enjoyable and meaningful lesson. Wonderful teaching, which I appreciate.
Dec 2, 2022
Trial Lesson
USD 5.00
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