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I am a qualified social worker with several years experience in working therapeutically with children and families from various cultures, races, nationalities and socio-economic backgrounds. I am currently an independent online ESL tutor and am TEFL certified. I have a special interest in educating children and parents on emotional awareness and regulation, building self-confidence, and strengthening parent-child relationships. I apply my training, knowledge and experience in working therapeutically with children and parents, within the academic learning context and find that this brings value to the families I work with. I have a strong belief that we as adults need to learn to understand the individual needs of the children with encounter, whether they be our own or in a different capacity such as teaching. In my daily work and interactions I see the strong and meaningful impact of showing compassion, empathy and love, and how this positively influences others. I do what I can to share this message with my students and their parents.

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I am fully fluent in English which is my first language. My second language is Afrikaans (only spoken in South Africa), and I also speak some Dutch.

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I spent several years backpacking in my 20's and have visited and/or worked in a few different countries. These include:
Israel, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, England, France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and several African countries such as, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Swaziland. I love to travel but don't get much opportunity to go abroad anymore.

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While working as a social worker, I was part of a team that offered a prevention program in some local schools and gained some exposure to the classroom environment. I started with online tutoring in early 2020, and worked for two Chinese companies offering English tutoring. Since June 2021, I have been working independently offering online English tutoring to Chinese students.

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I am fortunate enough to love working with children and families and find great joy in the work that I do. It was my goal to become an independent tutor after gaining some experience working with companies. I would like to grow my business and get to a point where I can earn more while working fewer hours. I am a hard worker and a bit of a perfectionist which has some pros and cons. The upside is I offer quality service and always do my best for my clients - both the students and the parents. The downside is that I tend to hyperfocus and get lost in all the details as I tend to be very hard on myself, and expect more from myself. I would like to streamline my process where possible, and get firm structures in place that I can stick to so that I have the time to spend on growing my business and not only managing it. I feel that my therapeutic experience and how I am learning to apply this in the online ESL setting would benefit others, not only the families I work with, but also other online teachers. I am just not yet sure how to grow my business in that direction.

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Cavendy de Villiers-van Zyl, also known as 'Cavy'.