From South AfricaLiving in Mangaung, South Africa (00:42 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Jun 14, 2021
My love and passion for creatively teaching, training, and mentoring people and seeing them progress is what drove me to become an ESL teacher. I am eager to utilize my strengths as a public speaker and I am driven by excellence, to guide others in their journey of learning a new language.
My passion for teaching, training & mentoring — seeing growth — drove me to become an ESL teacher. As a confident public speaker driven by excellence, I love guiding students on their language journey.I have substantial experience teaching children (6–18) from diverse backgrounds in classrooms while building strong parent relationships. I’ve also taught & mentored adults (18–52) personally and academically.I specialize in conversational English to identify vocabulary and grammar needs naturally. I use minimal targeted grammar to keep students motivated and build speaking confidence. I coach young people to discover passions and strengths, and provide written feedback after every lesson.
My teaching style is focussed on conversational English, which gives me an indication of the grammar and vocabulary needs of the student, after which I teach very limited grammar (just enough for the student's speaking ability to improve), as I believe that for most students, grammar can be very demotivating. I also give my students proper written feedback after each lesson.
My teaching material
PDF file
Text Documents
Presentation slides/PPT
Audio files
Video files
Flashcards
Articles and news
Quizzes
Homework Assignments
Certificates
IELTS Exam Preparation Course - eTEFL Online - 2023The 30-hour specialist course will:
Introduce you to the IELTS exam
Show you how they are structured and graded
Teach you strategies on how to best prepare your students
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98
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1793
Lessons
99%
Attendance rate
99%
Response rate
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
31 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Standard Conversational English
A2 - C2Language Essentials1,511 lessons completed
USD 11.00+
Package with 17% off
Specific Needs lesson - IELTS Exam Preparation
A1 - C2Test Preparation81 lessons completed
USD 18.00
Package with 7% off
Kids Lessons
A1 - B2Language Essentials2 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 15% off
Availability
32 Reviews
Mark Tanashchuk
22 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Zander is an amazing English teacher! He helped me find new ways to use English I didn't know existed, and it gave me tons of ideas for getting better. He's attentive to my mistakes and creates helpful study plans and topics for our next sessions, which is very interesting for me. I appreciate that he prioritizes my needs and interests, while also being open to casual conversations during our sessions. I highly recommend him!
Nov 8, 2024
Letícia Beltrão
135 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
I've only had two lessons with Zander, but I have to say, I'm excited about the next ones!
He is very attentive and I can see how interested he is in helping me improve my English. He is clear about my strengths and the areas for improvement, and he shares a clear plan on how to tackle them.
Feb 3, 2023
damian rokuszewski
5 English lessons
everything ok
Oct 30, 2024
Roland Német
76 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Zander listens carefully, he is inquiring, provides feedback and has a plan already after the first lesson! I really appreciate his attitude and know for sure that he can help me a lot!
Jun 14, 2024
damian rokuszewski
5 English lessons
everything fine.
Jan 14, 2025
Roland Német
76 English lessons
Zander explains, corrects and gives me feedback al the time. He sees very well where I need to improve. I am exceptionally happy to work with him.