Rachel Webb

I use a variety of formats for my lessons: games, both online and word games; watching and discussing videos and short clips from films and TV shows; reading passages to help with pronunciation and comprehension, and conversations to help with speaking more fluently and with more confidence.
In all the activities I prepare, there is a focus on culture as well as grammar and accuracy of language. I think it is fundamental to learn about the culture associated with a language, and I do this by incorporating literature, film and songs from the target culture as well as talking about current affairs and controversial topics in the UK.
In lessons, I would expect active participation from the student(s), as it is important to me that they put into practice what they have learned.

I spent 8 months as an English Language Assistant in Istituto Pluricomprensivo Vipiteno, a public school in the north of Italy, where I delivered presentations on various aspects of UK life and culture, ranging from geography to music to festivals, and prepared questions for weekly conversation lessons. I taught pupils between the ages of 11 and 18.
I also have experience tutoring adults, as when in Italy I had both private pupils and I taught a brief English course for a group of soldiers. In these lessons we focused more on practical ways to improve English for work.
I also worked for 3 years as a Nursery teaching assistant at my Sunday School. Whilst this did not involve teaching English as a foreign language, it provided me with experience working with much younger children.