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Sophia
- Hourly rate £35
- Response Time 24h
- Number of students 1
£35/hr
1st lesson free
- French
Oxford graduate, highly experienced French & Latin tutor. - French tutor with Sophia
Lesson location
- Online
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at your home or in a public place : will travel up to 50 km from Croydon
About Sophia
I am a London-based Oxford graduate looking to help secondary school students with the study of Latin and/or French. I have over 400 hours of tuition experience both online and in person.
My working hours are highly flexible and I would be willing to approach the subjects from whichever angle one prefers; whether a student wants to practise his/her spoken French, learn Latin grammar only or simply needs help understanding the syllabus.
I have had experience teaching students both in their early and later years and understand the many difficulties students face in tackling a language. My familiarity with many different languages (I speak fluent Russian, French, conversational Italian and studied both Latin and Ancient Greek at university level) - enables me to explain the intricacies of individual languages to students in a number of ways.
I am also available for online tutoring at a lower cost than my usual rate.
Elsewhere I am a freelance writer who has been published in "The Guardian" and writes mainly about classical music for sites such as Broadway World and Operawire.
University :
- University of Oxford - Classics and Modern Languages (French) [2:1]
School :
James Allen's Girls' School
A Levels
- French [A*]
- Greek (Ancient) [A*]
- Latin [A*]
- History [A*]
GCSEs
- French [A*]
- Greek (Ancient) [A*]
- Latin [A*]
- History [A*]
- English Language [A*]
- English Literature [B]
- Music [A*]
- Science [A]
- Russian [A*]
- German [A*]
- Maths [A*]
About the lesson
- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
French teacher at Croydon.
Recommendations
Recommendations come from relatives, friends and acquaintances of the teacher
I can wholeheartedly recommend Sophia very highly. She helped my son with his GCSE French preparation and with her structured lessons with regular vocab tests and practicing all components (reading, writing, speaking and listening) and gave very detailed feedback after each lesson.
She knew the GCSE syllabus very well and in the short time we had focused on his weaker areas of improving vocab and grammar, listening and speaking.
With Sophia’s support and encouragement my son went from being disengaged with French and being predicted a 5 in his February mock to feeling much more confident, and achieving a 7 and only narrowly missed a grade 8 by just two marks. It was a fantastic result especially as he only worked with Sophia for three months. I really wish I’d found Sophia earlier.My daughter had previous French tutors since primary school (she is now 15)
however, I noticed Sophia's teaching
was by far more structured therefore placing my
daughter ahead of her class. Sophia
is a very committed tutor. Any
student will be fortunate to have her. She is patient and conscientious.View more recommendations
Rates
Hourly rate
- £35
Pack prices
- 5h: £175
- 10h: £350
online
- £35/h
free lessons
The first free lesson with Sophia will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 1hr
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