What is face-to-face tuition?

Face-to-face tuition is when I teach you in person.  You can come to my home or I can come to yours (within 10-15 miles).   I prefer not to give lessons in spaces such as cafes as I feel these are not optimum for language learning.  However, if this is a must for you, then of course it is possible.

Lessons can last as long as you wish (minimum 1 hour).  The most effective amount of time tends to be between 1 and 1.5 hours.

The focus of the lessons is determined by your personal goals and needs.  It may be that you want to practise your conversational English or perhaps you have an English exam that you need to train for.  Do you need to write a report for work but don’t know how to start? Or maybe you have an interview which you need to prepare for? Materials used are developed or sourced to meet the desired outcomes of the sessions.

While each session has been prepared in advance to optimise the time you have with me, I appreciate the need to remain flexible and allow the lesson to take a different direction if necessary.  Each session comes with a follow-up email with any homework tasks and a language feedback sheet which details new language learnt, error correction for you to complete and notes on pronunciation.

 

Why do face-to-face tuition?

Face-to-face tuition suits people who prefer an element of personal contact.  This may be because having a session ‘in person’ requires more focus on your part.  Or perhaps you would just rather have a ‘real life’ person sitting next to you and escape from the screens which have become commonplace in our lives.  You can have a fixed time every week or lesson times can be booked week by week. They can be any time of the day and last as long as you wish (minimum 1 hour).  The frequency depends on you – they can be once a week all year if you want to keep your language level topped up or could be every day for a short amount of time if you need some intensive training.

 

Who is it for?

Anyone (18+): students, academics, business professionals, retirees, friends, colleagues and families.

 

TESTIMONIAL

‘Lavinia is a very professional teacher. It has been a delight to have lessons with her.

Her lessons were extremely well prepared and very intensive. And the most important: Lavinia has worked with my mistakes. She gave me important skills to correct them. I really appreciate her effort for help me.

I was surprised because I have made significant progress, especially in the conversation, the most difficult aspect in my development in a foreign language.

In addition, Lavinia is a wonderful person. We talk about art, literature, music. I need to underline her professionalism and the time that she dedicated to me. I’m very grateful because the experience was beyond my expectations. If I can, I will return here two weeks a year. It was the most productive learning experience in my life.’     – Isabel, Argentina