Maria

I am Portuguese and after being in the UK for the last 16 years I have been working with both, Reading and West Berkshire Council’s as a Community Language Assistant, Portuguese speaker - Pupil Support Officer and as a Private Portuguese Tutor (European). I also offer GCSE course preparation and for the last 2 years all my students have archived A and A*. Most recent I have begun two after school clubs, offering Portuguese tuition to a wide range of children from different nationalities. I offer one-to-one and two-to-one lessons as well as small group courses from Beginner to Advanced level. All my group courses have a maximum of 8 students. Children`s & Adults.

Availability: Monday to Saturday

Willing to travel: 15 miles

Experience: My role for the Council’s has covered a wide spectrum of functionalities. From supporting Portuguese GCSE students improving grammatical understanding, listening, reading and writing skills to support students from Primary to Secondary Schools to access the curriculum through their first language – Portuguese.

From completely beginner to advanced levels my tuition lessons cover the four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing.

All aspects of the Portuguese language are explored in a dynamic and fun way. My tuition lessons are based on an active and communicative approach through structured learning paths, differentiated and motivating and able to respond to the context of heterogeneous groups of EPE.

From various texts and materials, my lessons proposes several challenges, diverse games and activities of written and oral comprehension, grammar and vocabulary, even making room for curiosities of Portuguese culture.

My tuition lessons are in accordance with the Reference Common European Framework for Languages (CEFR) and the Framework for the Portuguese Education Abroad (QuaREPE)