
Director and Head of Department
Simon Harrison
MA, DELTA, BA (Hons), CELTA
Simon has worked in ELT for 15 years in the UK, Spain and Brazil, before joining UCT in 2014, where he established the English Language Centre. His areas of interest include systems of collocation, prosodic features of speech, IELTS training, and business development in ELT.

Director of Studies
Monica Boshoff
MA, BA, CELTA
Monica has over 15 years’ experience in the EFL industry and has experience in teacher-training, IELTS & Cambridge ESOL examining as well as working in Academic Management. Monica is passionate about all areas of education, especially alternative progressive models. She also has a keen interest in teacher development.

Assistant Director of Studies
Alex Abdellah
BA (Hons), Delta, CELTA
Since training in Oxford, Alex has worked in a range of teaching, teacher training and ELT management positions in Cape Town and the UK. His areas of interest include motivation in ELT, metacognitive learning strategies, lexical retention and recall.

EFL Teacher, TEFL Trainer and Social Media Manager
Christelle van Niekerk
BA, DELTA, Trinity CertTESOL
Christelle moved from a career in chartered insurance into ELT in 2012. She has taught in London, Manchester and Cape Town, joining ELC in 2015. Her areas of interest include discourse in written production; lexical systems; developing learner autonomy.

EFL Teacher
Caval Stander
BSc (Hons), MSc, CELTA
Caval has worked in EFL for 20 years, teaching in Luxembourg, Angola and South Africa.

Business Development Consultant
Johannes Kraus
Diploma in Labour and Economic Law (Germany)
Johannes ran his own English Language School, Kurus English, for 13 years and he joined our team in 2020 as Business Development Consultant. He brings the Language Excursions, an experiential learning programme to ELC. Johannes is a passionate entrepreneur and marketer in the EFL industry.

Digital Marketing Specialist
Koko Pambo
BComm

EFL Teacher & Accommodation Officer
Catherine Scott
BSocSc (Hons), TEFL
Catherine has worked in Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) and EFL since 2003 in South Africa and Spain. She ran EFL, EAP and TEFL courses at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) before joining ELC. Her areas of interest include English for Academic Purposes and Digital Story Telling as a tool for teaching and learning in ELT.

EFL Teacher
Annaëlle More
BA, PGCE, TESOL, DipTESOL
Annaëlle has been in the field of education since 2007. She has had the wonderful opportunity to work as a high school teacher, EFL teacher and academic manager. Annaëlle loves teaching and interacting with students and colleagues. Her areas of interest include creating materials, developing autonomous learners and blended learning.

Administrator
Loren Claassen
Loren has been working at UCT for the last four years and joined ELC in 2018. As well as reception and admin duties, she also manages the ELC Social Programme.

EFL Teacher
Karen Colvin
BSocSc, MEd, CELTA
Karen has been an EFL teacher since 2018 and before that worked in a range of Educational settings and NGOs. She has a particular interest in curriculumn and materials development.

EFL Teacher
Judith Stewart
BSocSc, BA (Hons), CELTA
Judi has over ten years experience as an ELF teacher, group facilitator and invigilator in China and South Africa. She is also a researcher, writer and filmmaker and is interested in incorporating film into the curriculum.