Ines

I am a curious and enthusiastic Modern Languages graduate from King's College London, with a passion for teaching and exploring new cultures. I grew up between Amsterdam and Scotland, and, experiencing two very different learning cultures from childhood, I have spent much of my life as a student in one capacity or another. I am passionate about music and theatre, and spent a year in Madrid to improve my Spanish, where I trained as an TEFL teacher to adults.

Tutoring Experience

• 2020-2022 During my CELTA training, we had 120+ hours classroom training with groups of adult students, and since, I have worked as a private English tutor to a number of adult students, in person and online.
• 2022 I completed a 4-year BA degree in French and Spanish, which focused on grammatical accuracy, language and literature analysis, and translation.
• 2017-2020 I trained and worked as a Ski instructor in Switzerland to groups of varying sizes, ages and abilities. Working on the mountain presents constant challenges as well as always differing physical and psychological obstacles to overcome with students. I learned a lot about encouragement, positive reinforcements and breaking problems down to manageable chunks.
  

Tutoring Approach

I have approached teaching by drawing from different aspects of my life as a student. I focus on tailoring lessons to the student, especially finding creative ways to make learning fun and effective. I believe knowledge of core rules such as grammatical structures and tenses to be invaluable, but that learning a language in context, with speaking and reading practice provides the confidence boost required for students to progress. I always strive to make learning fun and engaging and meet the student's goals.