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Yaakov
Community TutorTeaches
English
Native
Speaks
Russian
Armenian
Chinese (Mandarin)
Georgian
Korean
Other
Certified IELTS teacher, Linguist and 15 years teaching experience
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Russian
Armenian
Chinese (Mandarin)
Georgian
Korean
Other
Certified IELTS teacher, Linguist and 15 years teaching experience
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
From AustraliaLiving in Brisbane, Australia (07:44 UTC+04:00)
About Me
italki teacher since May 26, 2021InterestsFilms & TV SeriesBusiness & FinanceHistory
Please note: I will be on vacation from 7th January 2026 until 29th January 2026. I look forward to catching up with my students after this date.
Hi, my name is Yaakov and I am a native English speaker from Australia. Although I am from Australia, my accent is mostly British, as I grew up there. I have been a teacher for 17 years overseas and taught in four countries and have been teaching online for 5 years.
Before that, I was a Real Estate Agent and a Linguist in the military. My passions are languages and travel.Me as a Teacher
I like to keep things informal and conversational, looking for weaknesses in structure to bring a student up in all levels of their language. I have had excellent results assisting students with IELTS preparation. I have studied several languages (and use Italki to study more) and this helps me a lot with understanding the challenges that some learners may face. My lessons & teaching style
The great thing about Italki is that you are in charge. I can teach a full curriculum course from A1 to C2 step by step, or have more free flow conversation as you please.My teaching material
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Video files
- Homework Assignments
- Articles and news
- Image files
- Text Documents
- PDF file
- Audio files
5.0
Rating
254
Students
1,278
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
100%
Response rate
English Lessons
General English A1- C2 and conversation. Adults only. Lessons are 28 mins/43 mins / 57 mins
A1 - C2Language Essentials746 lessons completed
USD 6.00+
Package with 7% off
IELTS and Business English. Full Curriculum
A1 - C2Language Essentials260 lessons completed
USD 9.00+
Package with 12% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
70 Reviews
ArtyomGorskii
1 English lesson
James is a nice and engaging teacher who learns languages himself and he gave me useful pieces of advice on how to improve my level of English (can be applied to German also because I'm learning German as a second foreign language or it can be any other language) and he said that my English is actually higher than I thought which is great! It was nice to hear feedback from him and learn advice on language learning for today! It's amazing that he's learning Russian and as a native Russian speaker, I'd say his Russian is good. It was a great class today!
Dec 28, 2025
takashi
21 English lessons
Lesson with Yaakov is fun.
Feb 12, 2025
Józef J
2 English lessons
Everything's fine, curious topics together with working on grammar.
Jan 14, 2025
Charlie
1 English lesson
Teacher James is easygoing and encouraging. He suggested improving fluency and pronunciation by watching TV shows to activate useful words and phrases. It really helps a lot! Practice makes perfect!
Nov 11, 2025
Daria Pershina
1 English lesson
It was a very nice and lively lesson, james shared with me recommendations after it. Thank you!
Feb 2, 2025
임재완
1 English lesson
Very good at me. And teaching very well.
Aug 4, 2024
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