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🌟Karen🌟
Tutor da ComunidadeEnsina
Inglês
Nativo
Fala
Africâner
Espanhol
Francês
Chinês (Mandarim)
Alemão
Italiano
Top 1% of English Italki teachers 2022! 10 years teaching English; love painting, outdoors.
Ensina
Inglês
Nativo
Fala
Africâner
Espanhol
Francês
Chinês (Mandarim)
Alemão
Italiano
Top 1% of English Italki teachers 2022! 10 years teaching English; love painting, outdoors.
Sobre Mim
Minha atuação como professor
Minhas aulas e estilo de ensino
Currículo e certificados
De África do SulMora em Johannesburg, África do Sul (07:39 UTC+02:00)
Sobre Mim
Professor da italki desde 7 de Dec de 2018Tópico de interesseComidaFinançasSaúdeFilmesViagem
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.Minha atuação como professor
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. Minhas aulas e estilo de ensino
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. .Meu material de ensino
- Arquivo PDF
- Documentos de texto
- Slides de apresentação/PPT
- Arquivos de áudio
- Arquivos de imagem
- Arquivos de vídeo
- Cartões didáticos
- Artigos e notícias
- Jogos de perguntas e respostas
- Modelos e exemplos de teste
- Lições de casa
Experiencia de ensino
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.
Formação educacional
1987 - 1991
Do bacharelado - 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
Do bacharelado - BA (Theol)I studied Greek, Hebrew and the dissection of texts, as well as marketing, philosophy, psychology and counselling and far more.
2006 - 2007
Outro - TEFLI took a TEFL certificate through TEFL Training, and gained my certificate after having stated teaching English to others.
4.9
Avaliação
876
Alunos
3,902
Aulas
100%
Presença
100%
Resposta
Inglês Aulas
Aula Experimental
521 aulas concluídas
USD 15.00+
Specialist: Business English, or Medical English, or IELTS
A2 - C2Fundamentos de Linguagem538 aulas concluídas
USD 19.00+
Pacote com 14% de desconto
Students who have had more than 20 Conversation lessons with me (not available for those on the Business, Beginners, or specialist programmes
B1 - B2Fundamentos de Linguagem1,151 aulas concluídas
USD 8.00+
Pacote com 10% de desconto
Build vocabulary, improve conversational grammar and pronunciation, distinguish word subtleties.
B1 - C2Prática de Conversação1,665 aulas concluídas
USD 10.00+
Pacote com 17% de desconto
Cultural Expertise
B1 - C2Prática de Conversação0 aulas concluídas
USD 25.00+
Pacote com 10% de desconto
Beginners English
A1 - A2Fundamentos de Linguagem0 aulas concluídas
USD 25.00+
Pacote com 10% de desconto
English Pronuciation (British RP)
A2 - C2Fundamentos de Linguagem0 aulas concluídas
USD 16.00+
Pacote com 10% de desconto
Disponibilidade
Com base no seu fuso horário (UTC+00:00)
Minhas criações
Vocabulário (4)
Podcast (22)
Teste (286)
530 Revisões
Bo Pang
23 Inglês aulas
Escolha do professor
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 de out de 2024
Giuseppe
191 Inglês aulas
Escolha do professor
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 de out de 2021
Gerhard
5 Inglês aulas
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 de nov de 2025
Andrew
336 Inglês aulas
Escolha do professor
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 de jan de 2023
Odile
6 Inglês aulas
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 de dez de 2025
Ale
62 Inglês aulas
It is always a good conversation, with interesting topics, new words, and usual expressions.
1 de nov de 2025
Aula Experimental
USD 15.00
O pagamento final será efetuado em dólares americanos