Information About Claire - Mildenhall teacher - (50 reviews)
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Languages Taught
French |
Price Guide |
| Beginner | £35.00 |
| Intermediate | £35.00 |
| Advanced | £35.00 |
| Expert | £35.00 |
Spanish |
Price Guide |
| Beginner | £35.00 |
| Intermediate | £35.00 |
| Advanced | £35.00 |
| Expert | £35.00 |
Personal Description:
I qualified as a French and Spanish teacher in the UK and I have 12 years of teaching experience in the UK and abroad, in both schools and private tutoring. I have lived in France and Spain and also worked in French and Spanish business environments and so I have knowledge of the languages in the “real” world. I have a criminal records check for your peace of mind.
Teaching Experience:
I have taught in the UK and in Spain with experience teaching students from 3 to 75 years old. I have taught in secondary schools in the UK, a private school in Spain and private tutoring both face to face and online. I have extensive experience working with GCSE and A Level students of French and Spanish, helping some to achieve the highest grade, and others to build their confidence enough to achieve a pass when they were struggling. I am very familiar with the structure and syllabus for the exams and what is required to achieve each grade. I have also experience with adult learners working towards French DELF exams or Spanish DELE exams, as well as those learning for conversational, business or leisure purposes.
Teaching Approach:
I offer a wide range of resources for all ages and levels. I like to get to know my students and adapt the learning style and content of the lessons to their needs and interests. I offer friendly, fun and flexible lessons and can set homework if they wish. I incorporate a variety of skills into my lessons, including reading, writing, speaking, listening, grammar, vocabulary. Resources can vary from
PowerPoints to news articles to books to roleplays. I always chat with the student beforehand to find out what they would like to focus on and plan around their needs. I am positive and encouraging with my feedback and corrections, and like my students to feel a sense of achievement and capability and build confidence. Please see my reviews below :)
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Native Language: English (British)
Additional Languages: French, Spanish
Availability: Weekdays (all times)
References Available: Yes (✔ On File)
Additional Languages: French, Spanish
Availability: Weekdays (all times)
References Available: Yes (✔ On File)
Qualifications:
- EBC Idiomas (2022) - Trinity CertTesol with distinction (Level 5 "Teaching English as a Foreign Language" course) (Other) (✔ On File)
- Department for Education (2012) - QTS (QTS) (✔ On File)
- University of York (2011) - BA Hons Modern Languages & Linguistics (Bachelors) (✔ On File)
Claire's Feedback
| Total Amount Of Feedback: | 50 |
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From Sara (/5): Claire has been an excellent gcse Spanish tutor for our daughter in year 11. She is communicative, engaging and sets tasks that are correctly pitched and relevant. She also takes into consideration examining boards and school information which is very helpful. We would definitely recommend Claire!
From Philip (/5): Claire is a really great teacher/ tutor - very knowledgeable with Spanish, gives clear guidance and her lessons are very enhoable!
From Vlora (/5): My son’s progress in Spanish has been remarkable thanks to Claire’s exceptional teaching. She has a unique ability to make each lesson engaging and enjoyable, which has really kept him motivated. Claire’s patience and personalised approach have made a huge difference in his understanding and confidence with the language. We are incredibly grateful for the positive impact she has had on his learning!
From Emma (/5): Claire is super friendly and not intimidating in her manner at all. She has been really flexible in how we structure lessons and always takes the time to answer my questions, even if they don't relate to what we are learning at that time. She is very knowledgeable and I am learning a lot.
From Jing (/5): Just wanna say a Big thank you to Claire!
I also want to express my deepest gratitude for the lessons you've given to my three children. Thanks to your dedicated teaching, their French has improved remarkably quickly, and we are all thrilled and proud of their progress.
Your patience, expertise, and enthusiasm for teaching have sparked a genuine interest in French for the children, and their rapid advancement is a testament to your hard work and commitment. We truly appreciate all that you have done for them.
Thank you once again for your invaluable help and care.
I also want to express my deepest gratitude for the lessons you've given to my three children. Thanks to your dedicated teaching, their French has improved remarkably quickly, and we are all thrilled and proud of their progress.
Your patience, expertise, and enthusiasm for teaching have sparked a genuine interest in French for the children, and their rapid advancement is a testament to your hard work and commitment. We truly appreciate all that you have done for them.
Thank you once again for your invaluable help and care.
From James (/5): I took around 20 lessons with Claire while working towards my DELF B2 exam. She was a super tutor during this time - very knowledgeable, flexible to my needs, and always cheerful and friendly. Claire catered each lesson to areas I needed to work on, and allowed me to build confidence to make sure I was ready for the exam.
Thanks to Claire's preparation, I was able to pass my exam with a high grade, I would recommend her to anyone!
Thanks to Claire's preparation, I was able to pass my exam with a high grade, I would recommend her to anyone!
From Louise (/5): Can't recommend highly enough. My child looks forward to these fun sessions which are topic based and include listening / writing/ reading/ speaking and weekly homework too. Interesting topics are prepared each session with a variety of activities all with a focus upon the weekly aims. My child is making great progress. Thank you to Claire for doing a great job.
From Olivia (/5): Claire is an outstanding teacher. The lessons are engaging, clear, and very effective. Her interactive methods have greatly improved my daughter’s French skills. Communication is always clear, and the feedback is timely and helpful. The supportive and patient teaching style creates a positive learning environment. Highly recommended!
From Gabriella (/5): Claire was an amazing tutor who made the sessions fun! She helped me work towards specific targets/areas which really helped me to improve. Having the lessons completely in spainsh helped to develop my spoken spanish and informal conversation. I would recommend her to everyone!
From Caroline (/5): Claire has just starting tutoring my son in his GCSE year for Spanish. I am extremely happy with the lessons and so is he (despite him being a bit against the concept of tutoring in the first instance). The lesson are well paced, with excellent explanations, active engagement, tips for exam questions etc. I highly recommend Claire as a tutor.
From Kim (/5): Claire was an excellent tutor for my daughter in preparation for her Spanish GCSE. Claire's knowledge of the exam style and content was evident throughout her input. Claire understood exactly what areas my daughter needed support in and delivered her online lessons in a clear, structured and supportive manner. Claire's input undoubtedly encouraged confidence in my daughter's learning of Spanish. I have no hesitation in recommending Claire as a tutor, our only regret is that we did not find her sooner. Thank you Claire, we're very grateful for your tutelage!
From Annabel (/5): Claire is a wonderful tutor. Each lesson is tailored to what I want to work on, which she asks me on a weekly basis in order to help guide our lessons as to how I would most prefer them. She spends time preparing for the class, which is evident in the broad range of worksheets and exercises developed to help practice everyday conversation and grammar. She is lovely to speak to, and this makes the classes go so quick! I have learned so much and my confidence in speaking Spanish has grown enormously, all thanks to Claire.
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From Aneta (/5): Claire is an excellent tutor. Very professional and experienced. Her classes are well prepared, structured and varied. She utilises various online and traditional teaching resources and tailors the content to your specific learning needs.
I can highly recommend her as a teacher.
I can highly recommend her as a teacher.
From Juliana (/5): Lovely teacher! Friendly, efficient and organised. My daughter is finding her Spanish lessons helpful and always looks forward to it.
From Clare (/5): My daughter has recently started learning Spanish with Claire, and how lucky we are to have found such a professional tutor. From setting up the online lessons from the start of the journey has been flawless. My 8 year old daughter finds the classes very interactive and comfortable as she was a little shy at starting lessons this way, but Claire friendly and professional approach as put her at ease and we look forward to many more lessons with Claire as my daughter is learning as well as enjoying them. I would recommend Claire to anyone with young children starting there journey of learning Spanish.
From Kirstin (/5): I was looking for a tutor to help my daughter practice her Spanish speaking, listening and grammar in preparation for her GCSE. Claire is friendly and patient and always prepared with relevant materials. My daughter has been finding the lessons very useful and they have really built her confidence in speaking.
From Christina (/5): Claire has helped my daughter feel much more confident to excel in the A level Spanish exam. She has shared specific pointers as to what examiners are requiring. Even though Spanish is not Claire's native tongue, her use of the language is perfect. We will definitely be continuing our weekly classes with Claire and can recommend her to fellow students.
From Narinderpal (/5): Claire is a great tutor and I would recommend her for anyone looking to learn Spanish. She is very patient and fun which anyone that takes a language needs and it’s very comfortable to practice conversations, which is also a huge plus. I enjoy my lessons and recommend her highly 10/10
From Laura (/5): Claire is timely, professional and an excellent teacher. Claire has built a good rapport with my daughter and delivers engaging weekly online lessons.
I trust my daughter will make excellent progress in her Spanish GCSE with Claire supporting her.
I trust my daughter will make excellent progress in her Spanish GCSE with Claire supporting her.
From Alfie (/5): It really is extraordinary to get one on one French lessons from someone as knowledgable, and skilled as Claire for this price. Highly recommended!
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From Alastair (/5): I'm trying to turn a reasonable amount of basic French vocabulary into something more coherent and be able to converse with locals when travelling to France. Sessions with Claire have been incredibly helpful in building confidence and knowledge of the language. They are informative but relaxed and I'd certainly recommend Claire to others.
From Monica (/5): Claire has been a fantastic support for my sons GCSE French. She spent time organising the lesson beforehand and focussed on the areas we needed help in the most. This was mainly with the Speaking and Writing parts of the exam. She was patient and engaging and has helped my son achieve a Grade 9! We're really happy with the Claire and would highly recommend her tutoring services!
From Emily (/5): Great tutor, really enjoying my lessons with Claire. She plans and prepares her lessons very well. Her lessons are very engaging and useful. I would highly recommend her to anyone who is interested in learning/improving english.
From Sam (/5): I can thoroughly recommend Claire’s Spanish lessons.
My son (14) is loving his weekly hour long lesson with Claire. He says the time flies by and the lessons are giving him terrific confidence.
Claire is well organised, always on time, patient and good fun and she is highly recommended.
My son (14) is loving his weekly hour long lesson with Claire. He says the time flies by and the lessons are giving him terrific confidence.
Claire is well organised, always on time, patient and good fun and she is highly recommended.
From Amber (/5): I started studying Spanish with Claire in January. She's an excellent teacher. She's so knowledgeable about the language: she can answer any obscure question about grammar I throw at her, but more importantly she knows how Spanish is actually spoken in real life e.g. the differences between how it's spoken in Spain vs Latin America, or how people commonly phrase things (as opposed to the formal phrases you usually learn in books). She's also really encouraging (I'm shy at speaking) and patient when I ask her the same questions over and over again! She's such a good teacher that I started doing French with her as well and have recommended her to lots of friends. Thanks Claire :)
From James (/5): Claire is a brilliant teacher and is so flexible and friendly. I have learnt so much already in my first 2 lessons. She is patient, fun and knows how to explain things in a way for me to understand. I would definitely recommend her!
From Kranthi (/5): Very poor communication. Had to cancel before first lesson. Totally understand if it was an emergency but given the events, did not appear like it was one.
Reply from: Claire: Hi Kranthi,
I didn’t cancel. I was running a little late home from work due to an unexpected circumstance and politely asked to postpone by a half hour or hour, also offered lots of other time options or days, and apologised. I find that it was a little bit extreme (and rather rude) for you to then say you wanted to cancel the whole arrangement, say that I was a liar and then block me before I had chance to send a polite response back. Furthermore,
when we were talking on First Tutors before details exchanged, I explained that Mondays at 11am could not be guaranteed and may sometimes have to change due to me having to go in to work on Monday mornings and you said that was fine.
I have lots of very good reviews from very happy students and I’m an excellent teacher. I think you are quite demanding and I am a relaxed, friendly, flexible tutor who respects my students and has a great relationship with them and lots of communication. These are the kind students I love to work with - it is a joy.
(See other reviews below). Nevertheless I wish you all the best with another tutor. ;)
Kind regards,
Claire
I didn’t cancel. I was running a little late home from work due to an unexpected circumstance and politely asked to postpone by a half hour or hour, also offered lots of other time options or days, and apologised. I find that it was a little bit extreme (and rather rude) for you to then say you wanted to cancel the whole arrangement, say that I was a liar and then block me before I had chance to send a polite response back. Furthermore,
when we were talking on First Tutors before details exchanged, I explained that Mondays at 11am could not be guaranteed and may sometimes have to change due to me having to go in to work on Monday mornings and you said that was fine.
I have lots of very good reviews from very happy students and I’m an excellent teacher. I think you are quite demanding and I am a relaxed, friendly, flexible tutor who respects my students and has a great relationship with them and lots of communication. These are the kind students I love to work with - it is a joy.
(See other reviews below). Nevertheless I wish you all the best with another tutor. ;)
Kind regards,
Claire
From Rick (/5): I took the step to try FirstTutors, so I could expand on my listening and speaking in French. I am glad I found Claire. Claire is very knowledgeable of the language and regularly sends new material for us to try, but she is also very patient, friendly and professional. I have no hesitation in recommending her to others. Thanks Claire
From Alison (/5): I really love my lessons with Claire. She brings so much fun to them and I know that I am making real progress. Claire tailors the lessons to exactly what I need and her explanations and activities are very well thought out. As a teacher of languages myself (French and German) I can say that Claire’s lessons are a great example of fantastic one to one teaching.
Dr Alison Passe
Dr Alison Passe
From Arooz (/5): Claire is amazing. She has such a great approach, very flexible and really personable. She’s been brilliant and I would highly recommend her.
From Ieva (/5): Ok
From Isabel (/5): She’s great, I’m really enjoying my classes with her.
From Ayo (/5): Claire is knowledgeable and helpful, my daughter enjoys her tutoring and I am delighted that we found her.
From Wioletta (/5): Very enthusiastic and professional, my daughter is well motivated to improve her writing skills
From Meltem (/5): she is a perfect teacher. thank you Claire
From Lisa (/5): Claire is an excellent teacher, patient, professional and diligent. We cover a lot in our hour. Claire has been teaching French to me on a weekly basis (for the past 6 weeks) and I can see an improvement already.
I would highly recommend Claire to anyone who wishes to learn or improve their French or Spanish.
I would highly recommend Claire to anyone who wishes to learn or improve their French or Spanish.
From Carol (/5): With some knowledge of French, I really wanted to gain confidence in speaking it. After just two lessons I feel that confidence growing and it's a joy and that is down to Claire. Thank you.
From Megan (/5): Claire is an amazing teacher who makes learning Spanish fun and achievable. She is very patient and always happy to answer all of my many questions and I’m really happy with the progress I am making. I would definitely recommend Claire!
From Lisa (/5): I’ve been having Spanish with Claire for the past two months and I have to say she’s brilliant!! Very professional and patient and not at all patronising if you forget things or get things wrong. (Which I often do) she always goes out her way to make you feel comfortable and work at a pace that suits you. Claire always makes lessons fun by bringing in a mixture or reading, writing and role play. I’m really enjoying my lessons and look forward to each one and hopefully someday I’ll be as fluent in Spanish as she is. ☺️
From Adam (/5): Claire is great very patient and makes the time fly by during lessons, would recommend to anyone .
From Rita (/5): Great experience with Claire.
From Dave (/5): Really good,made learning enjoyable and the time just flew.
From Cathy (/5): Claire is a fantastic teacher. She knows her stuff and my son is making good progress.
From Tony (/5): Claire is bery patient and understanding although i have only had a few lessons i am begining to pick things up
Tony wilkinson
Tony wilkinson
From Maria (/5): Very patient and an excellent teacher. Always on time and teaches us lots in 1 hour.
From Ken (/5): Claire is very helpful, we would recommend her to others wishing to learn French.
From Kristen (/5): Excellent
Would highly recommend her.