Chrissy (Tutor)

 EFL (primary, ks3, gcse, adult-learner, a-level)

 Spanish (primary, ks3, gcse, adult-learner, a-level)

My name's Chrissy, I'm 21 years old and I'm looking to take on part-time tutoring work to help fund my studies.

I am an experienced EFL (English as a Foreign Language) Teacher and speak advanced to fluent Spanish. I lived in Spain for 10 months total between July 2009 and August 2010, teaching English and improving my Spanish.

I'm a student of English Language and Spanish at Sussex University.

Availability: Evenings from 5pm onwards
Weekends

Willing to travel: 5 miles

Experience: 5th February - 30th June 2010
Business English Teacher
King's Training, Edificio Serantes, 28020, Madrid

Responsibilities:
- Holding private and group classes of up to 5 professionals
- Supplementing business courses with own material to create a dynamic environment

Skills gained:
- Experience teaching in a variety of business environments
- Ability to grade material to suit the individual levels, occupations and interests of each client

1st March – June 30th 2010
EFL Teacher
Ecus Idiomas, Calle de Oña, 109 28050, Madrid

Responsibilities:
- Holding individual and group classes for young learners (aged 5 -18)
- Supplementing business courses with own material to create a dynamic environment

Skills gained:
- Experience teaching Cambridge Young Learner courses
- Ability to create a varied, dynamic enviroment to retain students’ interest; engaging and enthusing students in the context to stimulate language learning and retention

12th July 2009 – 16th September 2009
EFL Teacher (Alicante and Salamanca)
- Provision of 1:1 Conversational English classes for young adults and adults
- Experience teaching adults with a varying level of English and grading my language and lesson materials to suit their individual needs

March 2006 – July 2008
Teaching Assistant and Freelance Languages Tutor (French and Spanish)

Responsibilities:
- Supplementing curricular language learning of young people aged 10-16
- Designing materials and homework assignments to develop oral, listening and writing abilities

Skills gained:
- Ability to assess individual students’ strengths, weaknesses and learning styles, and adapt my teaching methods to accommodate these
- Experience teaching exam classes
- Experience teaching young people and large class sizes (up to 30)

Qualifications: Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) Pass B

3 A-Levels in English Literature (A), Spanish (A) and Biology (B)
1 AS-Level in Psychology (A)

14 GCSEs at A and A* including Spanish, French, German, English, Maths and I.T.

CRB Check: No

Has References: Yes

Will Tutor Online: Yes