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Annemarie Koeleman
Professional TeacherTeaches
Afrikaans
Native
English
Native
Speaks
Other
PROFESSIONAL TEACHER WITH OVER 1 700 CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH AND AFRIKAANS LESSONS TAUGHT
Teaches
Afrikaans
Native
English
Native
Speaks
Other
PROFESSIONAL TEACHER WITH OVER 1 700 CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH AND AFRIKAANS LESSONS TAUGHT
About Me
Resume & Certificates
From South AfricaLiving in Mogale City, South Africa (07:54 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Sep 15, 2020InterestsReadingTravelHistoryEnvironment & Nature
My name is Annemarie, and I am based in Johannesburg, South Africa. With approximately 23 years of general teaching experience and 6 years as a Conversational English and Afrikaans Professional Teacher on Italki, I bring a wealth of expertise to my students. I am passionate about helping learners gain confidence and fluency in both Conversational English and Afrikaans, and it is truly rewarding to see their progress. To date, I have taught over 1,700 lessons and I still love my job!
I would describe my teaching style as very interactive. I prefer to create a teaching environment that encourages critical thinking and elicits responses from my students rather than having them merely retain and repeat information. I make use of different websites and encourage my students to read to improve both vocabulary and fluency. And then: revise, revise, revise!
My lessons are tailor made to suite the individual needs of my students. My lessons are interactive and inclusive and I use a conversational approach rather than a lecturing approach, depending on the interests and goals of my students. I think that I have an edge because, after a lesson where grammar was included, I usually do an audio version of the lesson materials so that my students have the correct pronunciation on their WhatsApp profiles on their mobile phones. This is very handy for revision work! Having taught for more than 26 years I have a vast array of experience and methodology to implement, depending on the ...My teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Image files
- Articles and news
- Graphs and charts
- Test templates and examples
- Flashcards
- Audio files
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Video files
- Quizzes
- Homework Assignments
Certificates
TQUK - The TEFL Academy - 2018
Certificate verified
Classroom TEFL Course 20 hours - the TEFL Academy - 2018
Certificate verified
Higher Education Diploma - Rand Afrikaans University - 1977
Certificate verified
Work Experience
1977 - 1980
Teacher
1981 - 1997
Deputy Principal
1998 - 2014
Campus Principal
5.0
Rating
56
Students
1,703
Lessons
99%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
English Lessons
English
Afrikaans
CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH
A1 - C2Conversation784 lessons completed
USD 20.00
Availability
169 Reviews
All
English
Afrikaans
Daria
1 English lesson
Annemarie is amazing - she is so welcoming, organised, and encouraging. She is also very attentive to her students' needs. I enjoyed our session very much.
Aug 11, 2025
Victoria
321 Afrikaans lessons
Excellent! Such an awesome experience
Jan 3, 2025
hillion isabelle
180 English lessons
japprecie enormément ce professeur,très à l'écoute de l' 'élève,attentionné,agréable,souriante et explique clairement,je continue de prendre des cours car jai beaucoup progréssé avec ce professeur.
Jun 17, 2024
hillion isabelle
180 English lessons
i appreciate my teacher and the lessons.
Anne marie,she is very patiente,agradable,evething ,its ok i continue learning with her ,she is a good teacher.
Feb 15, 2025
hillion isabelle
180 English lessons
J 'apprecie les cours avec Annemarie,elle est toujours agreable,patiente,douce ,et explique corectement et doucement les exercices.
prends le temps de bien expliquer.
Oct 23, 2024
Vickie Henderson
15 Afrikaans lessons
Excellent teacher and lesson. So much guidance and encouragement.
May 24, 2024
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