Yvonne

My approach to tutoring is fairly relaxed but very structured in terms of preparation and planning to provide for individual student needs. I administer an initial placement test and needs analysis and then design an ongoing `course` of lessons linked to the length of study time required and the student`s personal objectives
I am flexible, adaptable to needs, and willing to travel to individual homes or invite you here to my own in which I have a purpose built teaching space, with lots of resources.

I believe in expression of voice and opinion, especially when studying literature, and encouraging students to reach their full potential. Above all, I hope to instil my own passion for language into the teaching I provide, leaving students fulfilled and genuinely having learnt something, whatever the outcome or objectives they wish to achieve. As well as 1:1 tuition and some online teaching from home I undertake temporary or long term contracts at colleges and universities throughout the year as required and run my own literature courses Sept -March as need demands.

Availability: Mon - Fri daytimes/early evenings and some Saturdays/Sundays from 9am - all by prior arrangement.

Willing to travel: 20 miles

Experience: I have 16 years teaching experience, covering a wide age range including Primary & Secondary after -school tuition, SATS/GCSE and ALevel preparation. I do 1-1 private tuition and groups. I also teach EFL at all levels from beginner to Proficiency, with particular emphasis on Cambridge Exam Preparation - PET/FCE/CAE/CPE & IELTS with a good success rate. I have tutored undergraduates preparing for Finals at Oxford and advised researchers on historical/literary background. I spent a year working in Madrid teaching top executives Business English in-company.
My first Bachelor of Arts degree is in English Language & Literature and I graduated from Oxford University.
I then completed a Further Education diploma (teaching adults in Further Education ), and a CELTA/DELTA diploma for EFL teaching. The DELTA diploma has enabled me to set up my own tutorial service in Oxford but I continue to take on extra tuition outside of this.

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