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Yaakov

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Teaches

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 (22:22 UTC+04:00)

About Me

italki teacher since May 26, 2021

InterestsFilms & TV SeriesBusiness & FinanceHistory

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

267

Students

1,302

Lessons

100%

Attendance rate

100%

Response rate

5.0

Rating

267

Students

1302

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 - C2

Language Essentials

770 lessons completed

USD 8.00+

Package with 20% off

IELTS and Business English. Full Curriculum

A1 - C2

Language Essentials

260 lessons completed

USD 10.00+

Package with 20% off

Availability

71 Reviews

Daria Iksanova

1 English lesson

Lesson was nice. I got good advise how to improve my English skills.

Feb 12, 2026

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

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