Information About Vanessa - Dursley teacher - (31 reviews)
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Vanessa offers a FREE first / introductory lesson!
French |
Price Guide |
| Intermediate | £25.00 |
| Advanced | £25.00 |
| Expert | £30.00 |
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Personal Description:
Easter break French GCSE intensive revision - book now!
First lesson is Free. Enhanced DBS can be provided before the first lesson.
I have been an online tutor for more than 15 years, and I'm a qualified lecturer and assessor. I use the most interactive whiteboard available and make the content of lessons available to students for future reviews.
I adapt the content of my sessions to the learning style of the students and enjoy building their confidence, especially in preparing them for exams. I use a wide range of resources from books to online revision platform to create enjoyable lessons and homework.
Teaching Experience:
Teaching and learning has always been a life-long passion - and in the past fifteen years I have worked as a one-to-one tutor and lecturer in further and higher education.
I love languages, my mother tongue is French but I have lived in the UK for 25 years. I studied Spanish at school and became fluent when I used it as part of my job as an Accountant for a global group.
I have taught on-line for more than 10 years and I am experienced in using the best platforms available.
Teaching Approach:
My approach can be described as innovative and fun. Each lesson is tailored to the need of the student. There are many ways to learn and I will customise the training to the student’s needs rather than use a standard method.
My lessons are very interactive and one of my principal objectives is to build the student’s confidence to prepare for exam from the beginning. I also focus on helping them develop effective learning skills. I design an individualised program for each student, based on their objectives.
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Native Language: French
Additional Languages: Spanish
Availability: Weekdays (all times)
References Available: Yes (✔ On File)
Additional Languages: Spanish
Availability: Weekdays (all times)
References Available: Yes (✔ On File)
Qualifications:
- SGS College, Filton (2013) - DTLLS (PGCE) (✔ On File)
- SGS College, Filton (2012) - TAQA: assessor award (Other) (✔ On File)
- Lycèe Jean Aicard (France) (1989) - Baccalauréat (College) (✘ Not On File)
Vanessa's Feedback
| Total Amount Of Feedback: | 31 |
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VanessaFrom Thea (5/5): Really wonderful! Patient, understanding and encouraging. Speaks in real world terms too which helps with perspective and has lots of tips on how to remember things. Would absolutely recommend!
Reply from: Vanessa: Thank you Thea I really appreciate your feedback
From Jennifer (/5): Vanessa is great. I passed my AAT level 2 ITBK within 10 weeks of signing up with Vanessa and got a 95% grade. Will be using Vanessa's support to complete the rest of the units.
From Andrea (/5): After only 2 sessions my daughter is already showing a bit more confidence in maths and the 121 support has reaffirmed to her that she does know a lot but just needs some extra support with how she gets to the final answer. Vanessa sends materials straight after the lesson with links for the following week and it all works seamlessly. I am really impressed with the quality and detail that she goes to. Would recommend highly.
From Rebecca (/5): She has really helped me with my course. If I have a problem all I have to do is send a message and she gets back to me within a few hours.
From Sarah (/5): Vanessa is a supportive and encouraging tutor who tailored her online Maths tuition perfectly for our son. After failing his Maths GCSE at school and having his confidence knocked he was so proud when he passed it, which was all down to his work with Vanessa, Thank you for everything Vanessa.
From Anusha (/5): Vanessa is a very good teacher, who easily explains all the syllabus very simply. She sets homework every week, on top of the work that we covered in the lesson, so we work on new exam questions. I would highly recommend Vanessa to anyone.
From Nicholas (/5): Very good helped me pass my exam in a short amount of time
Reply from: Vanessa: I’m glad you did well at your exam!
From Sophie (/5): Highly recommend Vanessa, very quick responding to our initial enquiry and assessing areas my daughters requires help in. Really helping to give her confidence back into maths especially after lost lessons during covid and preparation for GCSE year.
From Pravina (/5): Excellent, we've done a few sessions with Vanessa. She is kind and very responsive. She has been helping my son with end of year exams. Strongly recommend her.
From Kelly (/5): Vanessa has been tutoring me through a bookkeeping aat course for the past year, and today I passed my second and final exam. I would 100% recommend Vanessa for 1:1 tutoring. Vanessa is friendly, patient, thorough and dedicated in seeing you through your achievement. Thank you!
Reply from: Vanessa: Thanks Kelly, I'm so glad you passed your all AAT exams.
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From Guillaume (/5): I am a first-year undergraduate student studying Industrial Economics which contained a financial and management accounting module. Vanessa has been able to provide great help in understanding the theory and calculations required in my examination. Vanessa is very understanding when I had issues understanding specific topics and focused on them and simplifying them to enable me to understand the methods to calculate values. Vanessa is very flexible in cases where times did not match in our calendars to ensure a maximum amount of lessons for my benefit.
Reply from: Vanessa: I'm glad I was able to help! Many thanks for feedback.
From Lorraine (/5): Very helpful, swapped our slot to allow my daughter to start football training. Lessons always well prepared.
From Tracy (/5): My son had Maths and French lessons with Vanessa to help him prepare for his GCSE tests at the end of year 11.
The lessons were very well prepared and structured around his test dates and they really helped his confidence. So much so his asked to carry on with his French lessons. Thank you so much for your help Vanessa
The lessons were very well prepared and structured around his test dates and they really helped his confidence. So much so his asked to carry on with his French lessons. Thank you so much for your help Vanessa
Reply from: Vanessa: Many thanks Tracy, I appreciate the feedback!
From Tatiana (/5): Vanessa is a very professional tutor. She is very friendly, patient, reliable and adapted to her student's needs, her lessons are always well structured and planned with great resource materials. She helps her students to feel confident and with no doubt I would highly recommend Vanessa to other students
Reply from: Vanessa: Many thanks Tatiana for your feedback!
From Kasia (/5): Vanessa has been tutoring my children in secondary maths and in French language for several months. Vanessa is very approachable and relaxed in her manner, the lessons are stress-free and enjoyable. She is committed to answering the needs of each pupil through a tailor-made programme.
Vanessa is very reliable, always well prepared and easy to communicate with. I can unreservedly recommend Vanessa.
Vanessa is very reliable, always well prepared and easy to communicate with. I can unreservedly recommend Vanessa.
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From Hannah (/5): Vanessa went out of her way to help fit in as many sessions with me as we could manage on such short notice. She's an excellent teacher and thanks to her I passed my exam. I wish I had found her sooner. Very genuine and can tell she enjoys what she does. 10/10!
Reply from: Vanessa: Thank you Hannah I’m so pleased you passed your exam and I’m glad I was able to help.
From Georgina H (/5): Vanessa was a really good tutor - patient, kind, welcoming and adapted to my needs. She tutored me through my GCSE Maths retake, helping me focus on the areas I found hard and difficult to understand. She carefully thought of ways to explain things to me so that I could understand them. I have now achieved my maths GCSE obtaining a 4 (last year I got a 3). If you are looking for a tutor that explains maths clearly and understands your way of working then she is the tutor for you.
From katharina (/5): Had only 2 lessons prior to GCSE
But great last minute tips for the exam
My daughter had a predicted 7, got a 9 in her final exam
Would highly recommend
But great last minute tips for the exam
My daughter had a predicted 7, got a 9 in her final exam
Would highly recommend
Reply from: Vanessa: Fantastic result, I’m so pleased for your daughter! Thank you for letting me know.
From Colleen (/5): Ness was a great tutor for helping our son prepare for his GCSE exams. She was able to focus on the subjects he needed to improve on and gave him confidence with his exams. Can definitely recommend her as a tutor.
From Donna (/5): Excellent tutor. Very clear in delivery. She is happy to lead tutorials or cover a topic of my choice. Very knowledgeable. Highly recommended.
From Swapna (/5): Super, she is so nice and have really good knowledge
From Dilraj (/5): Vanessa is really good and helpful. I was struggling with my management accounting Resit and helped me to pass the exam, whilst teaching good tips and tricks along the way.
Reply from: Vanessa: Thanks Dilraj
I'm glad I was able to help!
All the best for this year.
I'm glad I was able to help!
All the best for this year.
From Greg (/5): Vanessa was an extremely helpful tutor. She was very patient and always willing to wait if I struggled on certain words. I highly recommend her!
Reply from: Vanessa: Thanks Greg and enjoy your travels!
From Edouard (/5): Great tutor!
Reply from: Vanessa: Thank you very much for your feedback!
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From Joshua (/5): Vanessa was an incredible tutor, going above and beyond the call of duty. Given my lack of financial experience I was in need of a tutor who was not only knowledgeable, but patient. Vanessa was wonderful taking me through step by step making sure that I understood everything. Additionally, she was easy to contact and organise a Skype appointment, which was a breath of fresh air. I can not recommend her highly enough as a tutor and will certainly be using her in the future!
Reply from: Vanessa: Thank you Joshua! I enjoyed being your tutor. I look forward to working with you in the future.
From James (/5): Vanessa has been very helpful in improving my 16 year old son's French grade at his academically challenging school. He has gone from very low grades and saying "I'm just not good at French" to mostly A's and B's, earning praise from his teacher. Vanessa has been very professional and flexible with times, a big help with my son's busy schedule. I would recommend Vanessa!
Reply from: Vanessa: Thank you very much for your feedback!
From Antonella (/5): Vanessa was extremely helpful, punctual, competent and patient. She always promptly responded to my requests and provided me with invaluable support. I have no hesitations in recommending her to whoever might need some guidance in this field.
Reply from: Vanessa: Thank you Antonella, It was a pleasure working with you!
From Marta (/5): Very professional and reliable working style.
Friendly and flexible. I appreciate a lot quality of translated materials.
I will definitely use again her help in the future.
Marta
Friendly and flexible. I appreciate a lot quality of translated materials.
I will definitely use again her help in the future.
Marta
From Ian Keith (/5): I highly recommend Skype lessons with Vanessa. Before starting I was not quite sure how they would work. I have been very pleasantly surprised as they work really well and I enjoy them (in fact I look forward to Wednesday afternoons). Vanessa follows up with exercises on an app which fits well with how I like to learn. It helps to reinforce what we have covered in the session. I need all the help I can get!
The sessions are tailored, well structured but also with the flexibility to go ‘off piste’ as and when required. As Vanessa is a native French speaker it has been great to learn useful expressions that you would not learn from a textbook.
Finally, I am not a natural linguist unfortunately and have been struggling with my spoken French. She has given me more confidence to speak as she is patient, encouraging and “très gentille”.
The sessions are tailored, well structured but also with the flexibility to go ‘off piste’ as and when required. As Vanessa is a native French speaker it has been great to learn useful expressions that you would not learn from a textbook.
Finally, I am not a natural linguist unfortunately and have been struggling with my spoken French. She has given me more confidence to speak as she is patient, encouraging and “très gentille”.