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🌟Karen🌟
Tutor della CommunityInsegna
Inglese
Madrelingua
Parla
Afrikaans
Spagnolo
Francese
Cinese (mandarino)
Tedesco
Italiano
Top 1% of English Italki teachers 2022! 10 years teaching English; love painting, outdoors.
Insegna
Inglese
Madrelingua
Parla
Afrikaans
Spagnolo
Francese
Cinese (mandarino)
Tedesco
Italiano
Top 1% of English Italki teachers 2022! 10 years teaching English; love painting, outdoors.
Informazioni su di me
Che tipo di insegnante sono
Le mie lezioni e il mio metodo di insegnamento
Curriculum vitae e certificati
Da SudafricaVive a Johannesburg, Sudafrica (09:52 UTC+02:00)
Informazioni su di me
Insegnante di italki dal 7 Dec 2018Argomento di interesseCibo
FinanzaSaluteFilmViaggi
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.Che tipo di insegnante sono
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. Le mie lezioni e il mio metodo di insegnamento
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. .Il mio materiale didattico
- File PDF
- Documenti di testo
- Presentazioni con slide/PPT
- File audio
- File immagine
- File video
- Flashcard
- Articoli e notizie
- Esercitati con un quiz
- Modelli ed esempi di test
- Assegnazione compiti
Esperienza d'insegnamento
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.
Istruzione
1987 - 1991
Laurea triennale - 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
Laurea triennale - BA (Theol)I studied Greek, Hebrew and the dissection of texts, as well as marketing, philosophy, psychology and counselling and far more.
2006 - 2007
Altro - TEFLI took a TEFL certificate through TEFL Training, and gained my certificate after having stated teaching English to others.
4.9
Valutazione
876
Studenti
3,902
Lezioni
100%
Frequenza
100%
Risposta
Inglese Lezioni
Lezione di prova
521 lezioni completate
USD 15.00+
Specialist: Business English, or Medical English, or IELTS
A2 - C2Elementi essenziali della lingua538 lezioni completate
USD 19.00+
Pacchetto con 14% di sconto
Students who have had more than 20 Conversation lessons with me (not available for those on the Business, Beginners, or specialist programmes
B1 - B2Elementi essenziali della lingua1,151 lezioni completate
USD 8.00+
Pacchetto con 10% di sconto
Build vocabulary, improve conversational grammar and pronunciation, distinguish word subtleties.
B1 - C2Conversazione1,665 lezioni completate
USD 10.00+
Pacchetto con 17% di sconto
Cultural Expertise
B1 - C2Conversazione0 lezioni completate
USD 25.00+
Pacchetto con 10% di sconto
Beginners English
A1 - A2Elementi essenziali della lingua0 lezioni completate
USD 25.00+
Pacchetto con 10% di sconto
English Pronuciation (British RP)
A2 - C2Elementi essenziali della lingua0 lezioni completate
USD 16.00+
Pacchetto con 10% di sconto
Disponibilità
In base al tuo fuso orario (UTC+00:00)
Le mie creazioni
Vocabulary (4)
Podcast (22)
Quiz (286)
530 Recensioni
Bo Pang
23 lezione/i di Inglese
La scelta dell'insegnante
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 ott 2024
Giuseppe
191 lezione/i di Inglese
La scelta dell'insegnante
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 ott 2021
Gerhard
5 lezione/i di Inglese
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
336 lezione/i di Inglese
La scelta dell'insegnante
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 gen 2023
Odile
6 lezione/i di Inglese
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 dic 2025
Ale
62 lezione/i di Inglese
It is always a good conversation, with interesting topics, new words, and usual expressions.
1 nov 2025
Lezione di prova
USD 15.00
Il pagamento finale sarà eseguito in dollari americani