Daniel

I am a hard working individual who is passionate about the English language. I have a large degree of writing and proof reading experience, achieved through working in both China and Japan, along with many media related roles within the UK. I am a native English speaker who has a very strong command of the language both orally and academically. I hold a 2:1 degree in Mass Communications and I am CELTA qualified, a Cambridge affiliated teaching qualification. I have a strong interest in China, I speak Mandarin to near fluency and I aim to achieve proficiency in the near future.

I achieved a Pass B grade in terms of my CELTA qualification which I completed in August 2015. Only a minority of trainees receive such a grade, which is above standard, which proves I have an excellent command of the English language both orally and academically.


At the moment I provide a focus on the following:

English Language GCSE and TESOL.

In terms of TESOL, I have experience teaching English as a foreign language to people of all ages and will certainly be able to help in any area of the language you wish to focus on.

For non-native speakers of English studying in the UK, I can help with writing essays as I have a large degree of writing and proof reading experience, along with achieving good marks in all of my essays at university.

For Language GCSE tuition I can successfully improve leaners` ability when writing to argue, persuade and describe. This will be done through effective planning, structuring, a variety of punctuation and vocabulary while building towards a climax and writing memorable conclusions. It is important to include the rule of three, alliteration, personification, appealing to the senses, rhetorical questions, emotive language, emotive anecdotes, a variety of sentence and paragraph lengths and so on. I also have an emphasis of going through past papers and teaching students how to successfully answer questions that require a focus on the writers` feelings and thoughts, comparing language features and identifying effective language etc.

Availability: I am moving to teach in China at the start of June.

I am now looking for new students up until then so I am offering deals in terms of pricing.

For ESL tuition I will offer 1.5 hour lessons for £20.

For GCSE tuition my lessons will now be £10 ph. I will only teach English Language GCSE to students in St.Albans or Hatfield.

I have a very flexible schedule for April and May so please do not hesitate to contact me if you wish to discuss my availability.

I look forward to accepting new students!

Willing to travel: 20 miles

Experience: Key teaching skills:

Writing skills – I have excellent writing skills and can help learners of English improve their writing in a variety of ways from cover letters, CV’s, creative writing to academic essays and preparation for writing exams.

Pronunciation – I am a native English speaker born in London so I have an accent very close to the Queen’s spoken English. I can successfully improve learners pronunciation of spoken English. I have knowledge of the phonemic scri pt and can help with individual word stress and sentence stress. For young speakers, I have experience of teaching phonics.

Professional English – I am able to teach English suitable for professional working environments

Reading – Reading for gist, scanning, reading for specific information, reading for detail and extended reading. Also helping young learners to improve their reading both native and non-native speakers.

Grammar – I enjoy helping learners improve their grammar and recognise the importance it holds. This is especially important to those learning English as a second language.


I have experience teaching in China both before and after my university graduation. I have taught English to both young and adult learners. With young learners I have taught general English, whereas with adult learners it is mostly professional English. I have achieved fantastic results and improved my learners of English both in private and in group tuition. I pride myself on helping my students as much as I can and find nothing more satisfactory then seeing progress made.

At the moment I am teaching Japanese students (mainly young learners) for a teaching company in London. I pride myself on maximising speaking and getting my students to speak as much as they possibly can.