Hello! My name is Nick and I am a professional, Cambridge-certified English teacher. Would you like to improve your General English? Let's have a quick trial lesson to see if we will be a good fit :)

My lessons are largely conversational as I feel this is the best way to learn and improve. I like to focus on pronunciation, vocabulary, error correction, grammar, reading, writing and fun educational activities. All of my lessons are highly interactive and I expect my students to get involved and participate!

See you soon! (",)

This is an opportunity to simply chat with a native English speaker in a relaxed, fun and informal way and practice your English. Topics are varied and flexible, but I like to talk about psychology, health and personal development. You tell me what you'd like to chat about :)

Note: whilst I don't give out homework I am happy to spend a few minutes at the end of each class chatting about pronunciation errors and how to improve.

*** Chat with a native speaker ***

In this lesson I will help you to become a master of the English interview. We will practice possible questions and answers, vocabulary, pronunciation and general interview psychology. Not only this, I will help you with your confidence and answering questions in a positive and detailed way. 

I also enjoy helping students to remain calm by using meditation and positive affirmations. I have already helped many students to get their dream job.

I look forward to helping you succeed in your upcoming job interview!

*** Practice for your job interview ***

Prepare for your important IELTS test with a Cambridge University English Teacher. I specialize in speaking practice and will be with you every step of the way along your journey to a good speaking score. I know how hard it can be to improve your band score; it is really difficult to get that 6 or 6.5 and I have had many students who have struggled by themselves and failed the test many times.

But once we start working together, I see their confidence grow, their fluency improve and step by step, they achieve their goal. This has been a very rewarding process for me as a teacher :) We will do mock tests and I will send you very detailed feedback to work on for future lessons. This is a beneficial process but it can also be FUN :)

See you soon!

IELTS 6.5 Speaking Preparation

As an English teacher at this school I taught ages from 5 - 60 years old. I created interesting and fun lessons, helped organise English camps and workshops, reviewed and marked assignments and essays, provided critical feedback to keen learners, achieved discipline through a variety of positive-reinforcement methods and much more. This experience solidified my ability to lead a group of people towards a future learning goal.

Upon arrival in Cape Town I worked in TEFL education. My work involved teaching classes of up to 15 students; preparation of teaching materials, effective presentation of principles, efficient communication with all students, marking of assignments, strategizing with other teachers and managerial staff, attending weekly brainstorming meetings and so on. I also assisted with the outdoor activities program.

I have been offering online classes for the past year and a half to students from all over the world. My focus is largely on conversation-based learning, vocabulary and sentence structure. I love teaching on Italki and will be doing so for many years.

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As Tutor and Executive Producer I mentored a large group of 2nd year Journalism students. I explained the basics of radio production; recording, interviewing & editing skills. I supervised time-management, team strategy & cohesion, marked assignments, corrected vocal errors, provided critical feedback to learners and much more.

As a participant on this course I engaged with French Congolese students about the inner workings of the English language. I communicated the importance of pronunciation in speech and punctuation, grammar and style in writing. I marked and provided critical feedback on written assignments. This was a highly fruitful and stimulating experience.

At Avalon I taught only children ranging from 6 - 16 years old. A focus was placed on ensuring lessons were fun, engaging and interactive with the smaller children. The older children were taught mainly TOEIC and this was very rewarding. Responsibilities included teaching, marking assignments, verbal assessments, providing pronunciation feedback and more.

I researched and created a detailed and fun activities schedule for the English students, made bookings, received payments, provided informed advice to students, accompanied students on hikes and tours ensuring everyone was satisfied and having a good time.

I run an adventure company specializing in hiking & trekking. I oversee all aspects of the company such as marketing, social media, finances, payment of guides, receiving bookings, transport arrangements, organizing refreshments and so on. We do tours for all the main English language schools in Cape Town providing students not only amazing outdoors experiences, but also teaching them new and interesting vocabulary along the way.