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🌟Karen🌟
Tuteur communautaireEnseigne
Anglais
Natif
Parle
Afrikaans
Espagnol
Français
Chinois (mandarin)
Allemand
Italien
Top 1% of English Italki teachers 2022! 10 years teaching English; love painting, outdoors.
Enseigne
Anglais
Natif
Parle
Afrikaans
Espagnol
Français
Chinois (mandarin)
Allemand
Italien
Top 1% of English Italki teachers 2022! 10 years teaching English; love painting, outdoors.
À propos de moi
Moi en tant que professeur
Mes leçons et ma méthode d'enseignement
CV et certificats
De Afrique du SudLieu de résidence : Johannesburg, Afrique du Sud (18:02 UTC+02:00)
À propos de moi
Professeur italki depuis le 7 Dec 2018Sujets d'intérêtNourritureFinanceSantéFilmsVoyages
As a seasoned professional with a dual-degree background (BA/BSc) and extensive international experience, I specialize in fostering cross-cultural communication and language confidence.
My expertise lies in Business and in addressing the challenges of cultural adaptation, informed by firsthand experience living and traveling across multiple countries.
I love discussing films and books, and am very good with all ages of adults, from age 18 to 80! I adapt to each age.
With a strong foundation in business, arts, sciences, and social sciences, I engage in intellectually stimulating discussions while helping clients refine their English fluency across professional and academic contexts.Moi en tant que professeur
Hello. I love meeting new people from around the globe, I enjoy teaching people English using my TEFL qualification, and was in the top 1% of Italki teachers 2022.
I do Business English such as preparation for interviews or presentations, conflict resolution, running meetings. I am specialised in cross-cultural topics. I am good at helping people feel confident in speaking.
I tend to use various English-learning websites, newspaper articles, or slideshow presentations as springboards for discussion. We discuss what you prefer - whether practising idioms; or learning what English people never say. Practising tenses, prepositions or any grammar is worked into our conversations seamlessly. Mes leçons et ma méthode d'enseignement
I adapt my style to the student, and enable everyone at every level to engage, even though the subject-matter may be highly intellectual and demanding. I can teach formally, with goals, objectives and regular feedback. I use websites and presentations, or conversation, depending on your needs. We will use newspaper articles, magazine articles, or topics of relevance, such as resolving workplace conflicts, in order to help you move forward in your language.
I also give homework.
My main aim is to help your fluency and confidence without seeming like it.
I tend to correct your language as we go along, typing both the mistaken and corrected English in the comment section. .Mes ressources d'enseignement
- Fichier PDF
- Documents texte
- Diaporamas/PPT
- Fichiers audio
- Fichiers image
- Fichiers vidéo
- Cartes mémoire
- Articles et actualités
- Quiz
- Modèles et exemples de test
- Devoirs
Expérience d'enseignement
2004 - 2024
TeacherI worked with students of English in the UK and in South Africa, both in formal and informal settings. I taught general conversational English and business English, drawing on a wealth of experience in the business arena.
1991 - 2014
Staff Mentor and TrainerI worked in the business arena for many years, training many in soft skills. There after, I started a business of my own, and ran it for three years. It was a holiday company, so I have experience in starting and running a business. What I don't have is specific, high-level IT or accounting experience. However, I can teach Business English from the point of view of experience and further learning.
Formation
1987 - 1991
Licence - BSc (Occupational Therapy)I studied the treatment of people who had physical, mental and perceptual difficulties. Throughout, we had extensive practicals, and much supervision.
1998 - 2001
Licence - BA (Theol)I studied Greek, Hebrew and the dissection of texts, as well as marketing, philosophy, psychology and counselling and far more.
2006 - 2007
Autre - TEFLI took a TEFL certificate through TEFL Training, and gained my certificate after having stated teaching English to others.
4.9
Évaluation
878
Élèves
3,963
Leçons
100%
Assiduité
100%
Réponse
Leçons (Anglais)
Leçon d'essai
521 leçons terminées
USD 15.00+
Specialist: Business English, or Medical English, or IELTS
A2 - C2Essentiel des langues538 leçons terminées
USD 19.00+
Forfait avec 14% de réduction
Students who have had more than 20 Conversation lessons with me (not available for those on the Business, Beginners, or specialist programmes
B1 - B2Essentiel des langues1,193 leçons terminées
USD 8.00+
Forfait avec 10% de réduction
Build vocabulary, improve conversational grammar and pronunciation, distinguish word subtleties.
B1 - C2Pratique de la conversation1,684 leçons terminées
USD 10.00+
Forfait avec 17% de réduction
Cultural Expertise
B1 - C2Pratique de la conversation0 leçons terminées
USD 25.00+
Forfait avec 10% de réduction
Beginners English
A1 - A2Essentiel des langues0 leçons terminées
USD 25.00+
Forfait avec 10% de réduction
English Pronuciation (British RP)
A2 - C2Essentiel des langues0 leçons terminées
USD 16.00+
Forfait avec 10% de réduction
Disponibilité
Mes créations
Vocabulary (4)
Podcast (22)
Quiz (286)
530 avis
Bo Pang
23 leçons en Anglais
Choix du professeur
In this lesson, Karen helped me with my pronunciation and fluency. I read some articles after her and this helped me improve my awareness of stress and intonation. And then I repeated the sentence that she read without seeing the article, and this is a form of test in PTE, which I'm preparing for. It's an effective lesson.
10 oct. 2024
Giuseppe
191 leçons en Anglais
Choix du professeur
I did an outstanding conversation with Karen. It was a historical description of Italian economic history. Karen is an amazing teacher who helps me to handle different topics in the right way of speaking. Thank you!
15 oct. 2021
Gerhard
5 leçons en Anglais
If you want to spend your lessons in a relaxed atmosphere, Karen is the perfect person for you. I can talk to her about all sorts of topics. So I really recommend her. Gerhard
11 nov. 2025
Andrew
339 leçons en Anglais
Choix du professeur
Awesome, I recommend her classes 100%. She offers a kindly and no judgemental environment. Karen is a very intelligent person, so is not only fun but also informative to talk to her. :)
Waiting anxiously for the next lesson
31 janv. 2023
Odile
6 leçons en Anglais
It was nice to speak about South-Africa as I am preparing a trip to this beautiful country.
I booked my first lesson with Karen because she is a star-teacher. After the first lesson, she told me that we will work a little on pronunciation, and on mastering listening to accents and colloquialisms. So I booked a five-lesson package. During the first two lessons we did a bit of reading and watching a South-African comedian but she neither corrected my accent nor told me how to use colloquialisms. Karen was reading messages on her phone during the lessons and was yawning when I was talking.
14 déc. 2025
Ale
62 leçons en Anglais
It is always a good conversation, with interesting topics, new words, and usual expressions.
1 nov. 2025
Leçon d'essai
USD 15.00
Les paiements seront effectués en dollars américains (USD)