Fully Qualified German & French Teacher with huge experience
116hrs
Fully Qualified German & French Teacher with huge experience
Newcastle University: BA (Hons) in Economics
I am an Ex-RAF specialist linguist, with operational experience throughout Europe and French-speaking Africa. I was based in Germany for 10 years, training German paratroopers, and spent another decade in Spain.
Following many years of overseas postings and deployments, I finished my military career as a French, Spanish and German teacher at the Defence School of Languages. On discharge I became a journalist in military and education publications.
However, after 10 years of journalism I decided to return to teaching modern foreign languages, and now teach part-time at a grammar school and, when not in the classroom, tutoring teenagers. Moreover, given my background in Latin and other languages, I am invariably the lead in teaching written English.
I am an examiner for AQA and Edexcel at A Level and GCSE, and the iGCSE Board.
My lessons focus on assisting the development of ideas and arguments, that can be applied to exam questions. I am adept at helping students with analytical skills, enabling them to showcase convincing judgements to examiners, as well as perfecting their exam structure.
I encourage engagement in my lessons and provide a space where students feel comfortable to ask questions. Through praise and encouragement, I help students who are anxious or cannot grasp areas of their subjects. I provide a plan of action for going forward and keep parents consulted on their child’s progress. I set homework, to reenforce skills covered in the lessons and will mark and give feedback.
I teach online via Zoom.
The ability to experience each student’s progress at every stage is incredibly rewarding and a wonderful part of my role as a tutor.
I look forward to teaching your son/daughter!
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