This is a trial lesson to understand more about my teaching styles and approaches to understanding Shona/English.

Shona: Ichi chidzidzo ndechekuti unzwisise kuti ndinodzidzisa sei rurimi rwechiShona kana chirungu.

Shona: Tichange tichidzidza kuti tinotaura sei nerurimi rwechiShona. Izvi zvinobatsira kune avo vachange vachida kushanya munyika yeZimbabwe. Kunyangwe chirungu uri mutauro unoshandiswa zvakanyanya muZimbabwe, ruzhinji rwevanhu runoshandisa Shona semutauro wavo. Zvinogona kutora nguva kudzidza chiShona asi zvinobatsira zvikuru kudzidza kuti ukwanise kutaura neruzhinji rwevanhu vemuZimbabwe. 
English: We will be learning some helpful Shona words and phrases that can be of practical help when you are going around the country. While English is widely spoken, there is a large majority that speaks the other official language of Zimbabwe, which is called Shona. It can take some effort to get used to, but if you take the time to learn a few words, it will help you to understand the locals better.

Basic Shona phrases

Shona: Chidzidzo ichi chinovavarira kuvandudza ruzivo rwekutaura narwo mutauro weShona kuburikidza nekuita hurukuro nerurimi rwechiShona. 

English: This lesson aims to develop one's communicative competence in Shona by having conversations in that language. Conversation practice helps one to improve significantly in their overall fluidity of speech, variation in vocabulary, listening comprehension, and correct use of grammar.

Conversation Practice in Shona

Shona: Chidzidzo ichi ndecheavo vanoda kudzidza manzwi echiShona anehudzamu. Tinenge tichidzidza kuti manzwi aya anoshandiswa sei mumitsara yechiSona uye kushanduka kwaanoita mumitsara yaksiyana-siyana. 
 
English: The lesson is dedicated to those who want to study deep Shona words, how they are used in sentences, and how they change in different situations. We will first learn about prepositions, negation, questions, adverbs, and pronouns including personal, object and possessive pronouns.

Shona Grammar

Training you in all four communication skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Therefore, this package aims at seeking to improve your English skills in a great variety of discourse settings. This will help you develop communicative competence for social and work-related environments through interactive activities simulating real-life situations.

Basic and General English

Improving one's overall fluidity of speech, variation in vocabulary, and correct use of grammar. This area of pragmatics includes elements such as negotiating turns, topic selection, and other patterns of interaction.

Conversation Practice

Preparing and assisting you in writing tertiary level English essays. English for Academic Purposes (EAP) entails that I will be training my students, usually in a higher education setting, to use language appropriately for study. This course will assist you in the development/improvement of the essential skills of literary analysis, the observance of reference systems, the synthesis of associated scholars and the ability of critical evaluation.

Academic English Course

I have teaching experience in numerous fields like Psychology, Social Work, and Criminology; all carried out in the English Language. I am currently a psychology tutor for university students, levels 1, 2 and 3 that has helped me develop personally and professionally. I have acquired considerable teaching skills through being a tutor. Due to the global pandemic, we have also transitioned to virtual teaching, similar to the one on italki.