Daniel

I have recently completed a Ph.D. in Classics at the University of California, Berkeley, and served as a Classics Lecturer there for five years; I also have a Masters degree in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature from the University of Oxford, from where I received my B.A. in Classics. To date I have publications in two peer-reviewed journals pertaining to classical studies.

Awards and Honours:

• Outstanding Instructor Award, U. C. Berkeley (2021)
• Thomas G. Rosenmeyer Greek Composition Prizes, U. C. Berkeley (2017-20)
• George M. Richardson Latin Composition Prizes, U. C. Berkeley (2017-20)
• Doctoral Completion Fellowship, U. C. Berkeley (2018-19)
• Heller Fund Travel Award, U. C. Berkeley (2018, summer)
• Sather Assistantship, U. C. Berkeley (2015-17)
• Jenkyns Exhibition, Balliol College, Oxford (2013)
• Robin Holloway Scholarship, Balliol College, Oxford (2011-13)
• Jenkyns Prize, Balliol College, Oxford (2010)

LATIN, GREEK, CLASSICAL CIVILISATION
My main strength is in the linguistic side of Classics, so I am well equipped to provide tuition in Greek and Latin languages at all levels. I also specialise in the more technical disciplines of classical studies, such as papyrology, palaeography, and textual criticism, all of which complement the study of ancient languages especially well. Alongside the languages, I am experienced at teaching various aspects of classical literature, history, and culture.

ENTRANCE EXAMS, MATHS, ENGLISH
I offer tuition for Entrance/Scholarship Exams in all subjects, as well as Maths and English up to and including GCSE. I have helped students gain places and scholarships at: Eton, Harrow, King's, Winchester, and Wycombe.

Tutoring Experience

See below for feedback from some of my tutees.

Areas in Classics I have taught previously include: Greek at all levels; Latin at all levels; Greek prose composition at university level; Latin prose composition at all levels; translation and commentary for various prose and verse authors. I am familiar with the 'Cambridge Latin Course', 'Greek/Latin to GCSE' textbook series, and the current GCSE and A-level set texts.

Aside from private tuition, I taught Latin and Maths for a short time at Marymount International School (a private all-girls school in London), which involved working with students on a one-to-one basis and in large classes. I was, moreover, employed as a Classics Lecturer at Berkeley, where I taught seminars on classical languages and literature.

Recent success stories include: a GCSE student who was able to achieve a high A grade after getting a D in his mock exams; an international undergraduate student whose quality of work went from an F grade to an A grade; a student at secondary-school who went into the top set of Latin after scoring close to 100% in his end-of-year exams, and has recently won a Latin scholarship at his school (King's); a Classics undergraduate who was offered a place on a Masters course at Oxford; and a Winchester Election candidate who performed exceptionally well on the Latin and Greek papers.

Tutoring Approach

I aim to give my tutees an in-depth understanding of all the required aspects of Latin and Greek grammar, and to reinforce their learning with translation exercises and rigorous analyses of how each word in a sentence relates to others. I am, moreover, very interested in etymology (the study of the origin of words), and encourage tutees to appreciate the linguistic links between Latin/Greek and English in order to learn vocabulary items with much greater speed and efficiency.

For Maths, English, and Entrance/Scholarship Exams: my strategy is governed by the principle 'practice makes perfect'. I first assess the level of the student I am working with and then gradually build them up to the required level, using my own resources and past papers from a variety of exam boards.