MUKUMBI MINGANJA IELTS Specialist/ Business English/TESOL Certified
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My name is Michael Mukumbi, I am from Zambia. I am a passionate English Language teacher with over 4 years of experience teaching of which three years were spent teaching online. I am TESOL certified. I am also Certified as an IELTS Specialist and Business English Specialist and have taught adult learners on a one-on-one basis and in a classroom set-up. I have also experience teaching Business English Language and public speaking. In the last 4 years, I have interacted with and trained over 350 students in the English Language.

My class sessions mainly start with open conversations that allow me to learn about my student and also make an assessment of how best can help them make improvements. I like to ask the student what goals or targets they may have and also get to have a picture of what weaknesses or strengths they believe they have in English.
My approach may take a contextual or topical approach to get the student to understand the use of nouns and verbs. These go on to take a role play-based approach to help the student apply the right use of tenses, adjectives, and pronouns. I also like to take on new word challenges to teach my students new words. I also like to take pronunciation exercises and give practice tasks. However, I am also open to directions and reading material my students may like to take.

I’m passionate about making education accessible and fun. There’s a lot I love about teaching, but my favorite moments are hearing comments from the students like “This class is so much fun” and “This doesn’t feel like regular school!” Also, the lesson topics are engaging and it’s great to see the students’ personalities come alive on screen.

Subjects

English Beginner-Expert
IELTS (Academic & General)
Business English Communication Beginner-Expert
English (A Level)

Experience

Teacher (Mar, 2020–Present) at italki,preply
English Tutor (Apr, 2019–Jun, 2021) at Empire Skills Academy

Working as a Tutor for high school learners. The learners were mostly preparing for their examinations
ESL Teacher (Jan, 2019–Sep, 2021) at Hut to Hut

I taught English to Adults to non-native speakers online
English Trainer (Aug, 2017–May, 2019) at Success Practitioners

It involved teaching English to Adult learners over the age of 40. Mostly these were beginner learners who were foreign nationals who came from None English speaking Countries but were now working in Zambia.

Education

Preply Language Teaching Certificate (Jul, 2023–Aug, 2023) from Preply site
IELTS Specialist (May, 2023–Jul, 2023) from Global Language Training, 20-22 Wenlock Road London, N1 7GU, England. Registered in England: No.7854–scored A
TESOL (Jun, 2021–Sep, 2021) from International Open Acedemy
Bachelor of Arts (Oct, 2014–Sep, 2019) from The University of Zambia, Lusaka

Fee details

US$5–15/hour (US$5–15/hour)

The fee will vary depending on the nature of the class or the level of expertise/ specialization required b the student. The higher the expertise and content required for the class the higher the fee charged.
A discounted rate or price is also given for students who will be ready to book or schedule for a minimum of 5 classes.

Courses offered

BUSINESS ENGLISH
- USD150
- Duration: 20 hours
- Delivery mode: Online
- Group size: Individual
- Instruction language: English
- Certificate provided: No
In this lesson, students learn vocabulary for typical work tasks and leisure time activities. The worksheet presents adverbs of frequency (never, rarely, sometimes, often, etc.) as well as once/twice/three times a week/month/year. There are lots of How often ...? questions and opportunities for students to communicate with each other using the target language. The lesson includes a look at the title 'I have been to'. introduces students to the present perfect form of the verb 'be'. The worksheet also looks at grammar 'going to' + infinitive.

We proceed to more advanced material as we continue in the lesson. We introduce a topic on customer service. Students read an article about the opinions of business travelers on customer service at hotels in different parts of the world. Words and expressions for describing customer service are practiced. In the grammar section of the worksheet, tenses for describing a past experience are studied. At the end of the lesson, students talk about their own customer service experiences.
IELTS/ INTERVIEWS & EXAM PREPARATION
- USD200
- Duration: 22 hours
- Delivery mode: Online
- Group size: Individual
- Instruction language: English
- Certificate provided: No
This lesson caters to students who are either preparing for their examinations such as the IELTS and the Cambridge B2 First exam
A level placement test has been designed to be used for determining a student's level according to his/her speaking ability and categorized into one of the following: Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate, Upper intermediate-advance.
This lesson plan is designed to prepare IELTS candidates to talk about different topics in Parts 1, 2, and 3 of the IELTS Speaking test.

The lesson includes a topic on Expressing Opinions. In the IELTS speaking test, the examiner will ask for the candidate's opinions on different topics. This lesson plan gives students practice in expressing their opinions using a variety of structures
In the IELTS speaking test, the examiner might ask difficult questions and the candidate may need some time to think about how to respond. This lesson plan gives students practice in using 'time fillers' -- words and structures that allow them to buy time to think without affecting their fluency score.
For the students who will be preparing for a Job interview, the class will take the following approach:
The worksheet presents key adjectives for describing personal characteristics as well as common words and expressions used in everyday English.
OPEN CONVERSATIONS
- USD200
- Duration: 30 hours
- Delivery mode: Online
- Group size: Individual
- Instruction language: English
- Certificate provided: No
My class sessions mainly start with open conversations that allow me to learn about my student and also make an assessment of how best can help them make improvements. I like to ask the student what goals or targets they may have.
The lesson plan carters for General English depending on the preference of the student.
In this lesson, students learn and practice vocabulary to talk about a city break. Exercises cover places to go, what to pack and how to get around a city. There is also a grammar activity on there was/there were, in which students complete.
In the lesson package, students learn the structure like, don't like, hate, love + -ing. Students listen to a short conversation about likes and dislikes. There is also an online video-aided exercise in which students watch a series of video clips and make sentences using the target language.

The third lesson introduces elementary students to the present continuous. The target language is presented in a dialogue and there are several activities in which students practice the new structure. The worksheet also presents expressions for describing typical holiday/vacation activities and revises language from previous lessons.

In the next lesson, Students define free-time activities and listen to a conversation between two people with different lifestyles. They learn how to ask present simple questions about habits and routines and how to use adverbs of frequency in their answers. Students interview their partners about exercise and food habits. There is also a short optional extension activity related to sports collocations with the verbs go, play, and do.
By the 5th lesson, Students revise and extend phrases to describe leisure activities and listen to two short interviews about how people spend their free time. The language point is (really) + like/love/hate/prefer + verb with -ing. Students practice the target language in a speaking activity and there is a short optional extension activity
GROUP CLASSES
- USD150
- Duration: 10 hours
- Delivery mode: Online
- Group size: 3
- Instruction language: English
- Certificate provided: No
These classes mainly cover those that aim to learn and practice as a group. The subjects include Open Conversations, IELTS Preparations, Interview Preparations, and Business English