Sophia

CELTA qualified Teacher with experience of teaching English to Children, Teenagers and Adults: Trinity College GESE Grades 1-7 and Adults: ESOL Entry 1 - Entry 3. Native English speaker with cultural knowledge and up to date language teaching skills. Creating interactive and enjoyable lessons for speakers of other languages. Appropriate classroom management. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Tutoring Experience

EFL Teacher teaching and preparing lessons (lesson plans and teaching materials). Assigning, checking and marking homework. Setting and marking weekly tests. Preparing end of term reports for each student. Preparing Children and Adults for the Trinity GESE (Graded Examinations in Spoken English) Grades 1-7.

Birmingham, Handsworth
Birmingham, Fusion Centre

• ESOL teacher to Entry 1 and 3 students.
• Created lesson plans and learning materials.
• Planning and developing classroom activities.
• Monitoring, supporting and giving valuable feedback to students.
• Created and taught lessons focusing on:
reading and grammar, listening, vocabulary and speaking, and writing.
• Provided 1:1 support in reading and writing to weak students.
• Created an interactive and student-centred learning environment.
• Developed reading, writing, listening and speaking skills in students.
 

Tutoring Approach

I focus on the communicative approach to transmit knowledge, I use a variety of strategies and methods to ensure students are continually learning and are engaged during the lesson.
I follow a student-centred model of teaching with a focus on students understanding and achieving learning outcomes. I support students on a 1:1 basis and get them to work in pairs and groups so they can learn. I mix the strong and weak students in the class which fosters learning and creates a good classroom environment. Learners in the modern language classroom often learn through techniques drawn from a variety of methods in what has been labelled an ‘eclectic approach'. I select techniques from various approaches according to the different needs of their learners. .