From South AfricaLiving in Other, South Africa (21:24 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Oct 28, 2021
Interest topicTravelFilms & TV SeriesFood
I am a qualified teacher with 13 years experience in the classroom. I am a mom of 4. I live in a double decker bus and am traveling South Africa. My big dream is to drive all the way to Europe with our bus house. I love traveling and meeting new people and hearing about life through their different perspectives. My hobbies include watching movies and series, doing arts and crafts of all kinds, making tie-dye shirts, hiking in different scenes of nature and traveling. I have a bachelor of arts degree majoring in psychology and I find people fascinating. I also have a post graduate certificate in teaching, specializing in foundation phase (ages 4 to 13). I have a TEFL diploma.
Me as a Teacher
As a teacher I am patient, friendly and cheerful. I am open about all aspects of life&like sharing personal experiences as well as things about my country&culture. I like to form good relationships with my students&ensuring people feel comfortable around me. My strongest trait is that I can adapt to my students' personal needs&goals. If I do not know something, I am diligent at
researching it&I apply this in my classroom. I prefer teaching grammar and sentence construction in natural flow of conversation - if you make a mistake, I will repeat what you said in the correct way. I may be 2 minutes late to the lesson to accommodate for back to back lessons, but take no breaks in the lesson.
My lessons & teaching style
I adapt my lessons to my students' needs. We can either practice conversational English by having a chat or we can have more constructed lessons where we will follow a theme and practice reading and writing skills about different themes every time. I like to add some activities into each lesson to practice basic language skills. For business language I research the field you work in&have practice activities on anything from interviews to small talk with clients. For children, I adapt lesson to their specific interests ranging all the way from super powers to world war 2 facts... You name it, I will try to make a plan :) I can also help prepare you for tests, exams, debates or revision.
My teaching material
PDF file
Flashcards
Test templates and examples
Articles and news
Image files
Quizzes
Homework Assignments
Text Documents
Video files
Audio files
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English Lessons
Trial Lesson
121 lessons completed
USD 6.00+
General lessons Reading/Listening/Writing
A1 - B2General488 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
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Conversation practice -learning by speaking
A2 - C2Conversation Practice826 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
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Kids
A1 - C1Kids431 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
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Business language
A2 - C2Business74 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
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South African Culture and life
B1 - C2General22 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
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86 Reviews
Sybille
3 English lessons
What an amazing first lesson. I enjoyed every single moment. Thank you very much for the lively chat and see you very soon. Bye for now!
Mar 27, 2024
Monica
14 English lessons
Sonja is great! I have never met such a positive person who can listen, entertain, inspire and teach.
Personally, I have found a friend 😍
Feb 20, 2024
Lidia López
1 English lesson
I enjoyed my trial class with Sonja, she very friendly and kind. Thank you!
Feb 19, 2024
Victoria
6 English lessons
As always had a great conversation with Sonja. She is amazing teacher and conversational partner. She is an excellent listener, very supportive and inspire me a lot.
Jan 19, 2024
Yesica Cho
43 English lessons
Sonja is one of the best teachers in Italky! I enjoy the class every time and get inspired by conversation with her. I will keep having class in the future:-)