Category Archives: Private language teachers

Spanish Teacher in London

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Teacher name: Elena 

During the present year I have worked as a supply teacher in a French-Spanish school in Tenerife (Spain) with students aged 5-18 and as a supply teacher of Spanish in a language academy for adults. I have also participated in a research project in Applied Linguistics for the last four years while completing my PhD.

I have finished a six-month postgraduate course in teaching Spanish as a foreign language via the UNED (National Distance Education University, Spain), which has helped me to deepen my theoretical and practical knowledge of the process of teaching and learning a foreign language.

I have vast experience as a private teacher. Since 2008 I have tutored students of different ages and levels, teaching them Spanish, English or through homework help.

One of my greatest strengths is organisation and attention to detail. I am passionate about teaching and languages in general, and I firmly believe that there is always something that would motivate students to learn a new language and, precisely, guiding them through the process so they can, at least, attempt to discover how a language might help them in the future, is one of my main goals.

Regarding my teaching style, I think I try to be flexible and adapt myself to the students’ age, level, needs and preferences. Lessons are then prepared depending on these necessities. I like to combine different types of exercises and skills, and to use authentic materials which provide language in real contexts, including music, films, books, magazines and games. I believe that language cannot be acquired in isolation. It must definitely be taught as part of a culture, so intercultural skills must be emphasized and acquired through the lessons as well.

 

In my opinion, a great teacher should be not only an expert in the area he teaches, but someone who knows how to transmit his knowledge and make it relevant to the students. Passion and patience are therefore key attributes for a good teacher. I believe that the students’ motivation is, to a large extent, due to the teacher’s abilities and attitudes in the classroom. Moreover, the type of activities, materials and lessons must be tailored to the needs, ages and levels of the students, combining different kinds of knowledge, such as lexical, grammatical, pragmatic or cultural. Thus, language should be taught as part of a culture, providing suitable contexts for the students to acquire it and understand it better.

German and Italian teacher in South West and Central London with more than 20 years of teaching experience

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Name of the teacher: Enrico

Born to teach I have been teaching German and Italian since 1989. I always feel myself very satisfied whilst teaching. I have a huge ammount of experience into teaching to young students as well as adults and they always achieved excellent results. A normal lesson always covers grammar, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, speaking and, last but not, least translating. Translating is a substantial part of my teaching method. When students translate they make mistakes and through them we study deeper the grammar and the language style.

First of all a natural inclination to teaching. Then, passion and satisfaction when students achieve their goals

French Teacher in the City of London

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Teacher name: Anna 

Teaching by having fun, but in a professional way. I enjoy doing it, therefore I encourage my students to take as much as they can from my lessons. Using different exercises (reading, speaking, listening, writing) I try to diversify every lesson and give a great satisfaction to students. I also introduce them in real life in France (e.x. culture, customs)
My teaching experience: I taught in Poland from the beginning of my studies. It was mostly French in-home (intermediate level), as well as English at student’s home (2 girls aged 14 and 17). Now I teach French via Skype (one boy from Norway, one men from Switzerland and three girls from Poland; beginner and intermediate level). I worked also in Private School in Poland as a Tutor; holding Master’s Degree in French Philology

Great communication skills, ability to encourage people to work and to gain new knowledge, patience, energy, punctually and professionalism

Spanish, French and Italian teacher in the City of London

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Name of the teacher: Silvia

I worked for several years in a private Language school in the North of Italy, where I taught English, Spanish, French and Italian for foreign learners. In the school I took care of searching and arranging for the materials for the classes and teaching, keeping up-to-date on teaching methods and materials in order to build a complete and rich path of study for the students. I was also responsible to participate to the selection of other teachers for the school given my competency and knowledge of English, French and Spanish (I also spent several months in France and on the island of St. Martin where French is the second official language). I also prepared and corrected the exams the students regularly take. I’m always attentive and interested in improving the quality of the lessons offered, integrating them with notions of culture, history and history of the language related to the language studied, all of this cooperating with the language coordinator. I always engage and captivate my students’ attention also through virtual learning in many different ways and with different means such as cinema, theatre, arts and music, reminding them that the beauty and richness of a culture can better be understood through the complete understanding of its inner language system.

I served as Language Teaching Assistant in the Department of Italian Studies at Wellesley College (Wellesley, Massachusetts USA), through the Overseas scholarship I received from the University of Bologna during my graduate studies, for an academic year, from August 2012 until May 2013. My duties included:

• acting as a language resource for those Wellesley students who had opted to live on the College’s Italian Cluster;
• offering drop-in office hours for students needing extra help with their Italian;
• assisting advanced students with their writing skills;
• organizing weekly Italian Tables for interested students;
• assisting students about to go to Bologna on the College’s Eastern College Consortium program;
• co-organizing two series of Italian films;
• organizing and preparing other Italian-based social events, such as dinners;
• acting as occasional supplemental teacher for language courses.

These teaching experiences have shown me how rewarding is to pass your skills and knowledge on to someone, so doing inspiring the posterity. I wish to transmit to my students the belief that a foreign language is not an exclusive space, on the contrary, as long as there is interest, enthusiasm and commitment, anyone can gain access to it and benefit from it in many ways.

 

I am an enthusiastic communicator with a pleasant personality, I have excellent team working skills, genuine interest in people education; I am highly organized with good time organization and project management skills. I am able to relate in heterogeneous and multicultural contexts. I speak and write fluently English, French and Spanish, and I also read and speak a little of Catalan and German. Thanks to my Master of Arts at the University of Bologna, in Language, Society and Communication I have developed and reached a highly practical competency and deep theoretical knowledge in two languages of international communication, English and Spanish (level C2).

Native Spanish teacher with foreign languages PhD with experience in London

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Teacher name: Natalia 

I am Spanish.I live In Mile End(London) I have Bachelor´s Degree in Advertising and Public Relations (Communication) and with Master Official of Art Management in Barcelona City Council (Spain).I got the second year of my PhD about Photojournalism and Multiculturalism,Visual communication.I have the First Module of Training course Graduate Certificate in Spanish Language Teaching GCSLTA by Instituto Cervantes of London.I am Spanish teacher at Waterloo Library (London) and in another company,I am some students in different areas,I am flexible. I am the Coordinator-Manager in United Kingdom of the cooperation project “Creating Art” (stays of artistic creation between UK-Catalonia,Spain), international project organizated by Paspartú Art Gallery (http://www.galeriapaspartu.com/) of Barcelona City Council (Catalonia,Spain).Some tasks of this role are: communication,translation,design and supervision of website, coaching, advertising and promote the cooperation,content manager, researching and Visual Art manage between Catalonia-London.

Teaching consists of a learning based bidirectional communication.I prioritize a content based more on the usefulness of what transmits that in the information.I don´t copy, I create a method.I teach conceptsand emotions.I defend the cooperative learning intead of the inclusive education.I transform the time.The teaching from groups of cooperative learning. Is necessary to distinguish between important and essentially.I use the TIC like “a friend” never like substitute.I share what I know and what I learn.I change the conflict into an opportunity.Unlearn to continue learning and innovate.I leave my zone of comfort and establish myself in the zone of the challenges.

French private tutor in East London

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Name of the teacher: Aude 

Language: French

I am currently working in a school as a foreign language assistant since September. I have experience from working as a foreign language assistant for one year in Liverpool. I was also a private tutor in my home country, France. My job as FLA was /is to prepare GCSE and A-level students for their exams. Using an example of their exam board, adapting it to each students’ strengths and weaknesses, I first go over what they already know, consolidate their knowledge and from there, move on to the more difficult aspects of language. In each session I incorporate an element of French culture, so that they don’t simply learn a language but the culture as well. In my year as a private tutor (for the French tutoring agency Acadomia), I have had a few adult learners and I have applied this process to them as well, with a few tweaks here and there. The main reason is because they decide to learn French for more specific reasons and I always adapt my lessons according to their need rather than an exam board’s. If they need to learn business French, I make sure to change my lessons so that even examples of sentences may be used by my students. I also research what I need so that I can give them as much information about the field they are targeting. As for homework, I always try to include fun ones, using audio files and videos to work on oral comprehension and production. It is not enough to know the grammar, it is essential to be able to understand the spoken language, especially since French is tricky in terms of speaking/spelling.

What makes me a great teacher is that I care about my students. I am interested in why they want to learn, how they feel about their learning and make sure to know if we are moving too fast for them. I am patient, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and I am creative, both in my lessons and in my approach to any problems. I always find different was of explaining a point. I am adaptable, and I often put myself in their shoes to understand what gives them a hard time. I am friendly, approachable and I never judge. I also know when to push a student and when to stop, when to congratulate them and encourage them.

French Tutor (South Kensington, Chelsea, Fulham)

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Teacher: Stephanie

HI, I have my own students, own website, I work for Cactus Languages as a language trainer (for a class) and I also work for different agencies here in London. My lessons are tailor-made one-to-one, I try to adapt to my students. I am passionate about teaching, my mother used to be a French teacher too. I teach adults and children.

I have a truly multicultural and multilingual background, having a French mother and a Dutch father, and having been educated at French schools while growing up in the USA and in Holland. I have a genuine passion for France and all things French, and studied French language and then translation & interpreting (Fr-En-Fr) at university. French and Dutch are my native tongues. After a rewarding career in project management and translation, I now feel as though I have found my true calling, teaching the languages and cultures that I love. At the moment I have my own students (private tutoring one-to-one), I work for Cactus Languages as a Language Trainer and I have several agencies that hire me to work as a tutor. I also have my own website of which I am very proud of! While I believe that I do naturally transmit my enthusiasm for the French and Dutch languages to students, more importantly, I place a real premium on understanding and then providing the right environment for each student to thrive in. Ultimately, the best way I can share my love of learning languages and cultures is through giving each student a genuine feeling that they are succeeding. My understanding of learning is that confidence is key, and that once that a true level of confidence has been established on a solid grounding of knowledge, students can progress in ways that can affect every area of their live. This is why I enjoy one-to-one tuition so much. I am naturally a friendly people-orientated person and to-date, believe that I have established a good bond with each of my students, predominantly through taking an interest in them and supporting their needs. I particularly enjoy being around youngsters and of course seeing them develop is a true joy.

Parli italiano? Qualified Italian teacher – One to one lessons

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My name is Karen M. I am an Italian citizen (Italian is my native language) with solid and extensive experience in teaching Italian overseas.

In 2004 I graduated from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (Milan, Italy) with a Bachelor of Arts, Honours in Media/Film Studies. In 2005 I moved to Melbourne (Australia) where I became a fully qualified teacher after completing my Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Secondary Teaching), and taught Italian here for 9 years.

I recently decided to move to London to be closer to my family.

While overseas, I taught Italian at all levels (beginners to advanced) to students of all ages and abilities in both language centres and high schools.

When teaching, I employ a variety of teaching methods such as the communicative method; as well as audio-lingual, direct and sociocognitive approaches among others.

This means, for instance, that my learning activities include a varied range of tasks that mimic the use of the Italian language in real life situations. Grammar rules are never the focus of a lesson. Grammar is taught inductively; rules are generalised from practice, experience and examples.

The acquisition of the ability to speak in another language has mainly communicative purposes. In that sense, it goes beyond grammar, including body language, cultural assumptions and it is context specific. Learning a language is a social activity and it should be fun! Learning Italian also means developing an understanding of Italian culture, customs and traditions.

In my lessons I like to create a friendly and enthusiastic environment were everyone feels comfortable in participating and is engaged in the activities.

When teaching, I like to incorporated the use of ICT both in class and to support individual extended learning outside classroom. I aim to create lessons that focus on the development of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills using all sort of authentic material (newspaper, magazines etc.), audio-visual texts (tv commercials, songs, films etc.) and recordings, just to mention some.

I am very passionate about Italian language and culture and I am writing to you in the hope to be able to continue teaching Italian also in London.

Thank you,
Karen

Qualified Spanish teacher in London

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My name is Elisabet M. I am a qualified Spanish teacher by the Instituto Cevantes, with the accreditation of Roehampton University, with experience in the private sector and I feel a great teaching vocation.

I am a very organized person and my knowledge and experience will allow me to provide to your classes a work dynamics based on a communicative approach, developing lessons plans where the four language skills are exercised through thematic units in order to capture the attention of the students in a participatory way, and gradually incorporating the content in a affordable manner.

Why are you a good teacher?

I consider myself a hardworking, self motivated teacher, certified in teaching Spanish, who enjoy developing my skills and knowledge like educational teaching the Spanish language and I believe I am prepared to give Spanish classes in a dynamic environment, making the study of it entertaining and interesting, keeping the control of the classroom and the progress of every student.

Private Language Tuition in London

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Valeria V. – Italian language teacher

Education

CELTA certification to teach English Some college: University of Rome La Sapienza, Cognitive Psychology, Sep 2009 to Sep 2012

Style of Teaching
I always strive to keep my students engaged and interested. The student is always at the center of the learning process. Objectives, preferences and topics are discussed with the student during the first class. My method is based on conversation and on the development of the student’s speaking skills. I also focus on developing the student’s listening, reading and writing skills.

Teaching Experience.

From February 2013 to September 2014, I worked as an Italian Teacher at a professional level for two private language schools, Fluent City and Italiano Italia. I taught to adults and children through individual and group lessons. I also prepared daily lesson plans, organized Italian events, planned and updated the curriculum and collaborated to the hiring process of new teachers.

Laurene – French teacher in Camden

Education

English degree at Universite blaise pascal in france. I spent my last two years teaching french at the boarding school Rugby school in Warwickshire. I had one to one conversations with a levels students, small groups of Gcse and was helping out and supervising a girl’s house one evening per week. I would like to study a journalism course at Westminster University in January.

Style of Teaching
Confidence is the key. I am always keen on teaching my language and sharing my culture to foreigners. I try my best to make the learner comfortable and to get confident. I like mixung grammar, listenning, culture and oral debate in one session.

Teaching Experience.
I spent my last two years teaching french at the boarding school Rugby school in Warwickshire. I had one to one conversations with a levels students, small groups of Gcse and was helping out and supervising a girl’s house one evening per week.

Tong – CHINESE Teacher

Education

MSc. Human Resourse Mangement

Style of Teaching
My open personality brings me up to a softspoken teacher. I like exploring students needs and find the best way of improve thire langrage abilities. I believe there are no bad students, only poor tearchers.

Teaching Experience.
-Kindergarten Chinese teaching -One to one Chinese teaching

 

Cristina – Italian teacher

Education

Native Italian speaker with a master in languages and mass media communication (English and French) I spent one year in Paris at the Sorbonne University studying and working in a press office. After this experience I decided to complete my studies with an MBA in media relations at the University of Milan.

Style of Teaching.
I’m a passionate teacher used to work with children and adults. I really enjoy teaching and I always try to establish a positive relationship with my students, to help them to reach their goals. I’m patient and respectful and I always use different methods according to the needs of my clients.

Teaching Experience.
– Private lessons one to one or with groups of 6 or more

Availability

I’m available all days, except for Friday afternoons and sometimes Monday afternoons as wel