Alexander - English tutor - London

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Alexander

  • Hourly rate £70
  • Response Time 16h
  • Number of students 20
Alexander - English tutor - London
  • 5 (2 reviews)

£70/hr

1st lesson free

Contact

1st lesson free

1st lesson free

  • English
  • English Literature

Inspiring and Supportive Former Head of English , FRSA - English tutor with Alexander

Lesson location

    • Online
    • at your home or in a public place : will travel up to 50 km from London

About Alexander

I am a highly experienced A level and GCSE English specialist tutor who currently teaches at MPW (Mander Portman Woodward), South Kensington. I also tutor privately for four leading London agencies: Gabbitas, British Home Tutors, Owl Tutors and My Tutor Club and am a Member of the Tutors' Association. Previously, I have taught at three `Beacon Status` sixth-form colleges all of which have been rated `outstanding` by OFSTED: Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge; the Sixth Form College, Farnborough; and Esher College, where I was the Head of English leading a highly successful English department consisting of 11 teachers and 770 A Level English students between 2008-2012.

I have examined for the AQA and OCR; I am pursuing a book project for Palgrave-Macmillan on the influential writer, J. G. Ballard; I wrote the York Notes on 'Frankenstein' for the GCSE series and am an active Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts as well as a member of both the London Library, the British Library and the Society of Authors.

My students find me enthusiastic, supportive, cordial and professional. I am responsive, a good listener, able to make complex ideas accessible and exciting, and can balance exploratory, individualised and structured approaches to learning.

I believe in drawing from a wide range of teaching methods to make a student`s experience of English varied, fresh and challenging but also identifying the particular needs of each individual to ensure that the right skills are prioritised and tackled rigorously.

Many students appreciate having a clear direction to learning and I believe in signposting different areas in a focused way - whether the skills involve close reading, constructing a debate, understanding or applying theory, researching contexts, or working on essay techniques and planning past papers.

My tutees over the last six years have valued my commitment to aiding their studies and wider cultural development, and parents have often thanked me for my willingness to 'go the extra mile' for their sons and daughters. (In many cases I have 'added value' of two grades or more over the course of regular tuition and always one grade at the least.)

Einstein once said of himself 'I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.' Ultimately, I believe that curiosity is the key to being both successful in exams and developing a life-long love of learning.

University :
- Royal Holloway College, London - Shakespeare MA [Distinction]
- University of East Anglia - English Literature BA (hons) [First Class]
- University of East Anglia - PGCE
- Open University - English Language DipELS [Distinction]

Prizes and Scholarships :
Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, FRSA.
Elected Member of the Society of Authors
Member of the Tutors' Association
Teacher Fellow, Pembroke College, Cambridge University, 2002.
Author, York Notes 'Frankenstein', GCSE series, (Pearson-Longman).
Examiner, OCR and AQA.

Other Qualifications :
TEFL (in progress).

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About the lesson

  • All Levels
  • English

All languages in which the lesson is available :

English

English teacher at London.

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Rates

Hourly rate

  • £70

Pack prices

  • 5h: £350
  • 10h: £700

online

  • £70/h

free lessons

The first free lesson with Alexander will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.

  • 1hr

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