Ihsanur

Hi, I'm Ihsan!

I am a Law student at Queen Mary University of London. I have been tutoring for one year in person and on online platforms.

I tutor English Language and Literature for Primary, KS3 and GCSE levels, as well as 11+ English, Maths and Verbal Reasoning.

I tutor the AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas exam boards for both GCSE English Language and Literature.

For GCSE English Literature, the texts I focus on are 'Macbeth', 'Jekyll and Hyde' and 'An Inspector Calls'. I have access to a range of exam-ready resources for these texts, grading 8s and 9s!

Tutoring Experience

I've been tutoring online for a year now.

To me, being a tutor is about enjoying the small victories with students. I always enjoy being able to share knowledge from my experience of studying English. Whether we study texts such as Macbeth, or practice exam technique and writing PETAL paragraphs, I always love the feeling of being able to help my students reach their full potential!

I love being able to interact with my students on a regular basis, and often find that they have really insightful contributions to make to our lessons. As a tutor for over a year, I've been able to help ease students during the stress of exam season - I'm always happy to hear from students after exams, to let me know that they found our lessons beneficial!

Tutoring Approach

My teaching philosophy is that no student learns the same. Whereas some students prefer to work closely together, others prefer lecture-style lessons. I guarantee that my lessons will always keep the student at focus, and cater to their learning style in the best way possible.

My lessons start with a welcome and an icebreaker, to ease my students into the lesson. We often make conversations about the students' hobbies; anything from sports to food!

At the end of each lesson, I always ask my students whether they have a topic in mind for the next lesson. I use the time in between lessons to create and prepare the resources I need to deliver a great lesson.

Before diving into the topic of the lesson, I like to briefly summarise and explain the topic. I stress to every student that questions are welcome at any point - there is no such thing as a silly question!

The resources that I use for my lessons are either those which I have created myself or those which I have used myself for my English GCSEs. I find it important to be able to show a range of resources, whether it be model answers, worksheets or information banks!

In all of my lessons, I will incorporate a method of practicing the topic. This will normally be comprehension tasks, past paper questions or worksheet questions. I always give the student the choice to take the lead, but I am more than happy to approach the work together!

After giving it a go, we mark and assess the work together, and collectively reflect on the topic. I find it important to have a period of reflection at the end of all my lessons.

My lessons end with me asking my students if they have a specific topic that they would like to practice next week. If they are not so sure, then I devise the next lesson based on the topic areas that I feel they could improve in.

I also set homework (based on student preference), which will normally be a past paper question or a comprehension task. I am always happy to mark students' work throughout the week, and we cover my feedback in the next lesson!