Richard - French literature tutor - London

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Richard

  • Hourly rate £40
  • Response Time 24h
Richard - French literature tutor - London
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  • French literature
  • School Entrance Exams
  • 13 Plus
  • Cambridge Pre U

Richard - Holland Park - 13 Plus

Lesson location

    • At Richard's house: London

    • Online
    • at your home or in a public place : will travel up to 5 km from London

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About Richard

- What kind of experience do you have?

I've tutored 11-year olds preparing for entrance exams, GCSE, A-level students, and adults preparing the DELF exam, as well as those learning for business and pleasure.

This school year (2016-2017) my list of tutees has included three AS and A2-students (Edexcel and AQA), one Cambridge Pre-U student, one AQA GCSE student, one CIE IGCSE student, and one Common Entrance student.

Last year, two of my students sat the Westminster Challenge and were offered places - one of them on the Queen's Scholarship. Two other students successfully passed the Common Entrance exam and were admitted to their chosen schools, and several of my students received A* results in French at GCSE and A-level.

For A-levels, I have helped students with the following novels: Zola's Thérèse Raquin, Françoise Sagan's Bonjour Tristesse, Azouz Begag's Béni ou le Paradis Privé, Albert Camus's L'Etranger; plays: Racine's Andromaque, Molière's L'Avare and L'Ecole des Femmes; and films: Monsieur Lazhar, Au Revoir Les Enfants, Le Boucher, La Cérémonie, La Haine. I have also worked with a student studying the Algerian War.

- Do you have an up-to-date DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service, formerly CRB) Certificate?

Yes

- Tell me about some of your current students.

This school year (2016-2017) my students have included three AS and A2-students (Edexcel and AQA), one Cambridge Pre-U student, one AQA GCSE student, one CIE IGCSE student, one Common Entrance student and two adults learning for pleasure.

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About the lesson

  • Secondary
  • GCSE
  • AS Level
  • +6
  • levels :

    Secondary

    GCSE

    AS Level

    A Level

    BTEC

    Adult

    Undergraduate

    Masters

    Diploma

  • English

All languages in which the lesson is available :

English

I've been tutoring French privately since 2007 at all levels from KS3 through to A-level and beyond.

- Which subject(s) do you teach?

French

- Tell me about your qualifications.

Holder of a first-class joint honours degree in French and Russian from the University of Sussex and resident for four years in Paris

- How much do you charge?

I charge £40 per hour for a lesson at my home. I offer discounts on lessons over an hour, or if lessons are block-booked and paid for in advance.

I do not charge for travel that is within 15 minutes walk from my home (approximately a mile). For longer distances, please do enquire, with your postcode, for a quotation.

- Where do you teach?

As the cost to the student can become prohibitive, I generally only travel to homes within a 2-mile radius of Shepherd's Bush. So this would include areas such as Holland Park, Hammersmith, Chiswick, South Kensington, Notting Hill, Earls Court, Chelsea, Bayswater and Acton

- When are you available?

I teach everyday, mornings, afternoons and evenings. However, I do not generally teach in the evening on weekends.

- Which ages and levels do you teach?

I have taught all ages from 11-years old upwards, so KS3, KS4/GCSE, AS and A-levels, and adult learners, beginners, 'false beginners', intermediate and advanced.

My degree level and post-degree experience mean I am very able to coach university students, particularly those struggling with the jump from A-level to first-year university level.

- Which qualifications do you prepare your students for?

I have helped with selective school entrance exams, including the Westminster School Challenge, GCSE and IGCSE, AS-levels, A-levels, International Baccalaureate and Bachelor of Arts.

- Describe your arrangements for online tutoring.

I am on Skype and have a webcam for online lessons. If you prefer to use a different internet telephone service, I'm sure that I can accommodate that!

I am available for help with essays and so on via correspondence on email - feel free to contact me with your needs. As a rough estimate, I would charge £20 to review and correct spelling and grammar issues in a 500-word essay. Stylistic advice takes longer and you may find it easier to book me for a lesson, either in person or via Skype to get the most out of my help.

I also do French- English and English-French translation. I charge £35 per 500 words, with a minimum charge of £35.

- Do you have a personal message for students?

It is important to tailor lessons specifically to a student's needs, but my general method is to engage him or her at a level just above their 'comfort zone'. Learning is about challenging yourself to do better, and it is crucial for a tutor to be supportive and encouraging, and also to keep the bar high.

Lessons can be conducted entirely in French, or in a mixture of English and French. I can work alongside a student's existing course (that is, from a textbook a student is already following), or we can use course books that I recommend.

Where the level allows, I like to draw upon material from contemporary sources such as French news magazines.

For "conversation classes", I find it is useful to base the discussion on an article or a book to help build vocabulary, and also think that incorporating grammar instruction (where appropriate) can be a good idea.

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Rates

Hourly rate

  • £40

Pack prices

  • 5h: £200
  • 10h: £400

online

  • £40/h

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