• Committed, enthusiastic and motivated
• Highly qualified in English Language Teaching
• Experienced in teaching in many different parts of the world

Annie da Silva has been teaching at IH Johannesburg since 1996. She is a CELTA trainer, trains teachers of young learners and is also an IELTS examiner and IELTS examiner trainer. She is currently the Director of Studies and Teacher Training at International House Johannesburg.

Joanne Newton has been working at IH Johannesburg since 2010. She began teaching in 1998 and has worked in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, China, Lebanon, Poland, Spain and her home country of Canada. She is the Assistant Director of Studies and Training, as well as a Cambridge CELTA, ICELT, CELTYL and DELTA Trainer, CELTA and CELTYL Assessor, and an IELTS and Cambridge ESOL examiner.

Natalija Cameron has been working at IH Johannesburg since 2008. She has been teaching for twelve years and has worked in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Ethiopia and the Czech Republic. She is a Senior Teacher responsible for Self-Access and Resources at IH and also teaches General English, Aviation English and IELTS preparation courses at the school.

Monique Dias completed her CELTA in May 2010 and has been teaching at IH Language Lab ever since. She has an Honours degree in Applied Linguistics and tutored and lectured Linguistics and Text Studies at the University of Johannesburg for 5 and 3 years respectively. She is also responsible for marketing the Professional English courses that are offered at the school.

Damon Pezzutto originally qualified and worked as a high school English teacher, but after completing the CELTA course he found his niche teaching English as a foreign language. He has been teaching at IH Johannesburg since August 2005. Damon has taught English in West Africa and has experience in teaching business English to clients in and around Johannesburg. He is also an IELTS examiner.

Janine Ferreira has been with International House since 2005 and has experience teaching very young learners in the East and IELTS examining. She recently completed post-graduate studies in early childhood development with a particular interest in language acquisition. Besides teaching she loves to practise yoga and learn more about natural health and healing.

Enid Venter has been teaching at IH Johannesburg since 2002. She is a qualified primary school teacher having trained at The Natal Teacher's Training College. She has successfully completed the 7 modules required for the International Computer Driving Licence. She speaks Afrikaans and Zulu.
She teaches General English, Business English and IELTS and gives IELTS preparation courses. She enjoys music and travelling.

Ishbel Hingle trained as an actress but, too large for the job, she turned to teaching as an alternative and hasn't looked back. Experience has included teacher training in Durban, lecturing at the universities of Cape Town and Wits, with sabbatical leave spent gathering degrees in Reading (UK) and Los Angeles (UCLA). She recently spent 5 years teaching English to young Arab women in the Higher Colleges of Technology in the UAE: from there she travelled to many countries in the Middle East, enjoying the funds Middle Eastern oil accorded her.

Julian Bailey has been teaching English as a Second and Foreign language since 1972. He has taught and worked in many countries around the world. He is an Examiner Trainer for the Cambridge Suite Exams and an IELTS Examiner. He works as a consultant to a number of international organisations and institutions. He also works part time at IH Language Lab and likes the interactions of face-to-face teaching.

Fathima Sayed has made a career move from National Insurance Risk Manager to teaching English as a foreign language, with the hope of pursuing her passion for travelling. She completed the CELTA course in 2006. She taught business English in the UAE for a short while. Apart from teaching General English at IH Johannesburg, she has a successful retail and wholesale business in iInteractive and entertainment electronics, hobbies and toys.

Alan Glauber completed his CELTA at IH Johannesburg in Feb 2009 and has been a part-time teacher here since then. He has lectured English Language and Literature at university level, and also has experience in Corporate Event Management and running his own second-hand bookshop. Alan originally trained as an actor and still does the odd acting job. He's just started learning how to play the drums and he's so crazy about Tai Chi that he can't help doing it in the teachers room every now and then.

Alessia Milanese completed her CELTA in 2006 and started working at IH Language Lab in February 2010. Before joining IH Language Lab she worked as a co-ordinator of foreign language short courses. She's been involved in language-related teaching since her varsity days, including teaching beginner Italian and working in a Writing Centre. She has an MA in Literary Studies from the University of Cape Town.