Luthando Magidimisi

Dedicated and engaging certified Online English Teacher with proven experience delivering personalised one-on-one lessons to international students across multiple age groups and proficiency levels. Holds a TEFL Certificate and brings a natural ability to connect with learners — adapting teaching style, pace, and content to meet each student's individual needs and learning goals. Experienced in managing flexible remote teaching schedules across different time zones, with a stable technical setup and strong command of Zoom and digital learning platforms.

Committed to creating a positive, encouraging, and effective learning environment that builds student confidence and measurable language progress.

Online English Teacher at MPC Connect

Delivered personalised one-on-one English lessons to international students across multiple time zones.

• Delivered engaging one-on-one English lessons to international students across a range of ages and proficiency levels, consistently adapting lesson content and teaching approach to suit each individual learner's needs and goals.
• Improved student communication skills and confidence by designing structured, personalised lesson plans that targeted specific areas of weakness — resulting in measurable progress in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
• Managed a flexible remote teaching schedule independently, coordinating sessions across multiple time zones without supervision and maintaining zero missed or late lessons throughout.
• Utilised Zoom and Google Workspace to deliver high-quality interactive lessons, share materials, track student progress, and maintain clear communication with students and their families.
• Built strong student relationships through patience, encouragement, and consistent feedback — creating a safe and motivating learning environment that kept students engaged and returning for continued lessons.
• Maintained detailed lesson notes and student progress records, enabling targeted follow-up in each session and demonstrating the responsible, dedicated approach to teaching this role requires.

International Work & Cross-Cultural Communication at Planasa & Hermapol

Lived and worked across international environments, developing deep cross-cultural communication skills.

• Communicated daily across language and cultural barriers in a fully foreign environment, building the cross-cultural sensitivity and patience that makes an effective teacher of international students.
• Demonstrated the ability to quickly build rapport and trust with people from diverse backgrounds — a skill that directly supports engaging young learners and adult students from different cultural contexts.
• Developed strong adaptability and resilience working in unfamiliar settings independently — qualities that translate directly into remaining calm, positive, and effective in an online teaching environment.

Customer Service & Communication at Vegan AF Ramen

• Strengthened interpersonal communication and patience under pressure through daily high-volume interaction with an international clientele — directly supporting the ability to engage young learners with warmth and consistency.
• Developed strong active listening skills and the ability to read non-verbal cues — essential for online teaching where understanding a student's engagement and comprehension requires close attention.

Higher Certificate in Information Technology in Cybersecurity (In Progress) – Academic Institute of Excellence

Matric / Grade 12 – Blue Hills College (2018 – 2018)