Sara

Hello everyone!

My name is Sara J., and I'm excited to introduce myself as a Spanish teacher offering online classes!

I am a native Spanish teacher and have been teaching the language for several years. I am passionate about sharing my knowledge and helping people learn Spanish in a fun and effective way.

Whether you are looking for weekly classes, in-depth revision sessions over a couple of days, course-specific support i.e oral exam preparation, grammar/vocabulary reviews or confidence boosting pre-exams I am a highly experienced and professional tutor who works closely with my clients to achieve their goals. I have a flexible pricing structure, which can be adapted to fit your specific needs. See below.

Tutoring, Teaching & Spanish experience:

• More than ten years of tutoring & teaching experience both in person & online
• GCSE, IB & A-Level Spanish private tutoring
• Primary to Yr 9 Maths & English private tutoring
• 11+ & Common entrance preparation
• Confidence Building sessions for teenagers
• Beginner Spanish Teacher
• Interview preparation / language refresher courses for advanced learners
• Teaching English to classes 30+ in Argentina / Peru / Guatemala
• Degree level Spanish Exam & Coursework support
• University level Social Anthropology Exam & Coursework support
• TEFL I am a fully qualified TEFL teacher
• TEFL online teaching qualification
• Spanish Interpreter in Spain / Cuba / Mexico / Guatemala / Peru / Colombia / Argentina

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I am highly experienced when it comes to preparing students for their GCSE exams. I teach all GCSE Exam boards: AQA, OCR, EDEXCEL, iGCSE.

Whether it's the Reading, Writing, Speaking or Listening paper I have proven methods of preparing students for all of these exams and working with students to ensure their required grades. I have an excellent track record with all of my students last year (2022) receiving 8/9’s.

Grammar Review: Ten hours to review all the possible grammar that could come up in the exams or oral exams – present, preterite, imperfect, perfect, future, conditional, por/para, ser/estar etc I have a set GCSE grammar ten hour course or I can adapt to bespoke to your needs. This can also be adapted to incorporate essential vocabulary learning. the ten hours can be spread over two days or up to ten weeks.

GCSE exam specific revision packages: Struggling with one particular area of the Spanish GCSE Syllabus? All of the below are available as five-hour packages.

Paper 1 LISTENING: worth 25% of total grade. I have hundreds of listening practice exercises & materials to use to develop students for this paper.

Paper 2 SPEAKING: worth 25% of total grade. This can be one of the most nerve-wracking parts of the entire GCSE course and often all that is required is simply conversation time, practice & confidence building.

Paper 3 READING: worth 25% of total grade. Reading and responding, in both English & Spanish, to different types of written language.

Paper 4 WRITING: worth 25% of total grade. Writing practice, format reviews, past paper practice sessions, translation, key grammar issues, vocabulary building. Includes off-line marking of practice papers & feedback.

Tutoring Experience

I have worked as language tutor for over a decade and have experience in the following teaching environments:

GCSE, IGCSE, IB and A Level exam preparation.
International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, exam coaching and preparation.
Private language schools - all levels
Adult learning-all levels
Business Spanish
Degree and Post Graduate
Group and one-to-one private tuition
Exam coaching and preparation for all levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) adult and children qualifications.

Tutoring Approach

I am a hard working and engaging tutor who always strives to ensure my Spanish lessons are fun!

Although Spanish grammar may not be everyone's cup of tea (!) I've found a way to make it all make sense. Even for those students who are really struggling.

I tailor my lessons to each students individual needs, ensuring that each lesson works towards reaching those top grades.