Anna

I am an experienced English teacher and have tutored for 10 years as well as teaching English language and literature to IGCSE and IB levels for 5 years in an International School where I was responsible for the year 7 to 9 English curriculum. I tutor GCSE, IGCSE, KS3, A-level and adult English at all levels including IELTS and have been a speaking test examiner. I also create vocabulary and exam resources and creative writing examples for KS3 and GCSE to focus on the language and analysis skills most useful for the new GCSE reading and writing exams.

My teaching is individualised to assess and then teach to the student`s needs and what they need to improve, particularly preparing for GCSE. In general, at KS3 and 4, I focus on essential areas which tend to be less covered at secondary school, such as learning vocabulary, spelling, punctuation and sentence structure, planning and structuring creative writing and literature essays, opinion writing, analysing unseen poetry and example analysis with example written texts.

My teaching is also informed by research and my degree studies and interest in psychology. As such, I focus on making sure long-term learning is actually happening.

The key skills and experience I bring include being knowledgeable about the subject and assessment, clear communication, a sense of humour, patience, interest in the student and motivating people to achieve and critical thinking, as well as wider reading, knowledge of other languages, living abroad, science, sport, ethics, current affairs...

I can do group lessons for a small extra charge per person.

I am happy to provide further references.

Willing to travel: Home Only

Experience: I have taught for 15 years including 5 years teaching English Language and Literature to IGCSE and IB levels at the British School of Costa Rica, 10 years as a tutor in London and 5 years teaching English as a foreign language. I have tutored English GCSE, IGCSE, A-level, KS3, IELTS, EFL from beginners to advanced to children and adults.