David

ABOUT ME

I am a fully qualified French and Spanish teacher at an independent school in Buckinghamshire. I have a 2:1 French degree from Cardiff University in French and I have lived and worked in the UK, France and Spain. Having a French Canadian mother, I have been speaking French from an early age.

I am a keen photographer and my other interests include tennis, cycling, playing guitar and European films.

APPROACH TO TEACHING

I offer one-to-one private tuition, and/or online tuition, in both French and Spanish. I believe that effective language instruction consists of motivating the individual by creating an enjoyable, varied and challenging lesson set.

I adopt a personalized and bespoke approach to tuition. Each of my lessons are designed around the requirements and level of the student. I use a range of resources to aid my tuition including course books, my own documents, pictures, online software, music and film.

My bespoke lessons cater for:

- Basic/Intermediate/advanced level (A1 to C1)
- Preparation for GCSE and A-level examinations
- General conversation
- Colloquial French/Spanish
- French/Spanish for business purposes

If you have any further questions or you are interested in arranging an initial meeting, please do not hesitate to contact me. The first meeting is free of charge.

Availability: Weekends / Weekdays (evenings)

Willing to travel: 15 miles

Experience: - 15 years experience of one-to-one tutoring.

- Fully qualified QTS secondary school language teacher. School experience with both French and Spanish pupils up to A-Level.

- Experience teaching in France and Senegal. Tasks included: lesson planning and construction, oral exam preparation, grammar exercises, phonetics and grammar games, correction and feedback, pupil discipline.