Catherine Paver

Top-End Tuition at a Reasonable Rate! I teach at my home with all my amazing books, past papers and creative teaching materials to hand. This way, I can find the right resource in the moment. Face to face lessons build trust and rapport. I like to find out what is troubling a student about English and give them things to do to make progress in the first lesson.
*PLEASE NOTE: Free First Lesson lasts 30 minutes and takes place on Microsoft Teams.*
My teaching can be quirky and memorable, because language techniques are everywhere. There's a simile on a can of soup! I read a student's work to see what is already strong and doesn't need to change. This is why I mark with three pens: green for good, red for wrong and purple for advice and next steps. I draw cartoons to make ideas clear, memorable and fun. Meet the Essay Dinosaur, the Grammar Octopus and the Poetry Flower! Shakespeare comes alive when you see the Model Globe Theatre I made, complete with Playmobil knights, devils and ghosts. You'll see how Shakespeare's plays are scripts: words onstage, not words on a page! I always aim to send students home knowing what to do next and confident that they can do it. My favourite comment from a student: 'I'm making my own discoveries now, instead of learning someone else's.' From a parent: 'When I drove my daughter to her lesson, she was so stressed she was in tears. When she got back in the car after her lesson, she was laughing.' Turning stress into laughter is what it's all about!

Adults: CELTA Certificate from Kings College University of London. Women only, at my home. English Conversation and Writing to Intermediate/Improver/Advanced speakers. I can help you to express yourself more clearly, accurately and idiomatically in the subject areas that you want to talk and write about. Strong focus on social life, all the arts and humanities.