About me

My teaching journey

Hi, my name is Rachel and I would like to tell you a little bit about myself and my teaching experience. 📝

I have been teaching English for over 25 years now, first starting out teaching English in Japan after I graduated from university. I really know what it is like to learn a foreign language ( I had to learn to use Japanese to communicate every day while I lived over there ) which I think is very important as a language teacher because I can understand how my students feel. It’s not easy! I have taught English in Australia for about 20 years to many different students from all over the world which I absolutely love. I have also taught Japanese to Australian students.

I am a teacher trainer which means I have taught the Certificate IV in TESOL, teaching and training people to become English teachers. I worked as an academic manager for about 8 years, which involves managing, training and supporting teachers as well as academic counselling for students and overseeing classes.
I love teaching all levels of English from elementary classes to advanced exam preparation classes.
I am very experienced in teaching TOEIC and Cambridge Exam preparation courses (PET, FCE, and CAE).
I also teach IELTS and PTE as well as proofreading and editing essays for university or any written text.
I think online teaching and learning is fantastic as I can teach people from all over the world and I’m looking forward to meeting you!

My qualifications: 🎓

• Bachelor of Arts (Languages) – The University of Adelaide

•Graduate certificate in TESOL – Bond University

•Diploma of TESOL

•Cert IV in Assessment &Workplace Training

Read on if you want to know a little more about me…
As I said on the home page, I’m a language geek and I just LOVE languages and teaching English. Apart from teaching, I love travelling to different countries , socialising with family and friends, helping out at my messianic church and teaching the youth in our congregation, heading to the beach, going to gym classes, cooking and reading. I’m also an avid animal lover.

Please click on the video below to see one of my lovely students learning about the present perfect tense.

Volunteering at an aged care facility with my lovely student. This is a great way to help people in need and a wonderful opportunity to practise English for my students.
This is where my teaching journey began more than 30 years ago in Osaka, Japan. The English school has gone but the building is still there and it brought back many memories visiting it again after such a long time.
Some students are happy to study online while others prefer face to face classes 📝

It is wonderful to meet online students in person and enjoy some time practising English over a meal together. Big smiles all round

English conversation time with some of my lovely students over a snack and a drink 🍷
A fantastic day meeting a fabulous student face to face for the first time after teaching her online for many months 🥰

It was such a delight meeting my students in Adelaide for the first time in person after teaching them online.
It was a privilege to catch up in person with my fabulous students who I teach online while holidaying in Cairns 😊
It was exciting to meet another fabulous online student of mine for the first time in person in Cairns 🌴
Another wonderful experience meeting one of my fabulous students for coffee and seeing her face to face. I love teaching her online, but it was great seeing her in person today.

I was so happy to catch up with my gorgeous student who was visiting the Gold Coast from Melbourne. She is always such a delight to teach.
It was wonderful to have a class in person with my lovely student who I have been teaching online while she was living in Perth.
It was so much fun catching up with my dear student for lunch at the beach and meeting her lovely aunty visiting from Brazil.
Luckily my lovely student loves cats and didn’t mind having a study buddy for her IELTS class.