John Killeen

Beginners to Advanced. English as a foreign language. In the past I have worked at Fleet Tutors UK for five years. during that time I worked with business students, university students, primary students, English as a foreign language, special education needs. Over the past ten years I've worked independently and freelance. My classes are flexible to suit your needs. I can guide your course of learning quite rapidly. I will teach you: comprehension, analysis, technique, i.e. grammar, style, tone, register and meaning. I will first do an analysis of your abilities, strengths and weakness, find out what YOU want. We will then proceed to work on what your goal is - be it: basic beginner, grammar, essay writing, basic comprehension, confidence, analysis, understanding and assimilation, how to read a novel on the curriculum. Projection of voice when reading etc

Creative Writing

I can show you many techniques to create a short story, begin a novel, get over writer's' block, how to utilize Time, Place, Plot, Character, How to open a novel or story, how to go deeper with character and plot, how to work with satire, humor, dialogue, monologue, multi-character dialogue, descriptions of the natural world, developing the sense of mystery, suspense, young characters, old characters, weak, strong, rich, poor, happy/sad, strong/weak, alone, with friends, family, etc etc