Kristi Karjatse

Officially I became a teacher of English in 2003 when I graduated from the Tallinn Pedagogical University in the specialty of English philology. My minor was the French language. I already had experience teaching languages in 2000, when as a high school teacher I started teaching English to kindergarten children for the fun of it. I have spent most of my teaching career teaching adults. I have given individual and group lessons to both open courses and various institutions. I have been teaching in Multilingua since autumn 2017.

I believe that the cooperation between the learner and the teacher is essential for language learning. The student must have an open attitude, a positive attitude, and sincere motivation, and then the teacher’s role will be to find the thing that feeds, supports and develops all this. In my work I am primarily trying to create a friendly, positive and motivating learning environment, in order to develop the courage to experiment, participate, learn and develop. Apart from the fact that the classes are purposeful and versatile, they also are usually exciting and fun.

As an adult educator, I: 

• identify the needs and expectations of the study group; prepare training plans and plan learning activities based on Multilingua curricula; 

• create a physical, mental, and social environment conducive to language learning; base my approach on the learners’ needs and adapt learning stages or working methods as required;  

• analyse the learning process, assess learners’ learning outcomes, and inform both the learner and the contact person at Multilingua about the results of the language learning; 

• pay attention to my physical, mental, and emotional well-being, maintain a healthy work-life balance; engage in continuous professional development; update training content and teaching methods, revising and modernizing them as needed; 

• use relevant information and communication technology (ICT) tools (e.g., interactive smartboards, online platforms such as Zoom and/or Teams, ML information system, cloud services such as Google Drive and/or OneDrive, e-learning platforms, etc.) in the preparation, delivery, and evaluation of the teaching and learning process, as well as for supporting my own professional development; am able to search for information online using a critical evaluation of sources. 

I follow the activities of the EPALE community. 

I participate in Multilingua’s in-house training sessions. I have conducted training sessions on the effective use of interactive smartboards.  

I have participated in Erasmus+ learning mobility programmes: job-shadowing at the Linguaviva Language School in Dublin in February 2024, and a training course “The 4Cs: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication and Collaboration in Schools” at the Teacher Academy in Nice, in September 2022.