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Valerie - IELTS
Professional TeacherTeaches
English
Native
Speaks
Portuguese
French
Other
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Specialties
KidsTest PreparationA super friendly British Degree, Masters, and PhD qualified tutor with a real passion for teaching!
Teaches
English
Native
Speaks
Portuguese
French
Other
Spanish
Specialties
KidsTest PreparationA super friendly British Degree, Masters, and PhD qualified tutor with a real passion for teaching!
About Me
Me as a Teacher
My lessons & teaching style
Resume & Certificates
From United KingdomLiving in Oxford, United Kingdom (07:29 UTC+01:00)
About Me
italki teacher since May 21, 2021InterestsWritingReadingArtFilms & TV SeriesTravel
Hi! I'm Valerie, a British TEFL-certified, Degree, Masters, and PhD educated tutor from England with over 20 years teaching experience. I specialise in IELTS speaking and writing, conversation practice, and kids learning, helping students all over the world reach their goals. When I'm not teaching, I love travel, food, fiction writing and nature.Me as a Teacher
I am a friendly, approachable, and empathic IELTS, kids teacher and conversationalist. I am an excellent listener, speaker, reader, and writer. I assess my students' needs on an individual basis.
I am flexible in my teaching skills, and can work with students on all different levels, and with various needs including IELTS exam preparation, pronunciation, conversation, writing, and reading. My lessons & teaching style
I have a nurturing/facilitator/psychological approach to IELTS teaching. I create a free and relaxed atmosphere that encourages my students to solve problems. As a teacher it is important: to be myself, openly express my thoughts and feelings; to show students full confidence in themselves and in their capabilities and abilities; to show empathy, that is, an understanding of the feelings and experiences of each of my students. This technique is used on a one-to-one basis because, I, as a teacher-facilitator need to interact with my students individually. My lessons are fun, informative, and educational.My teaching material
- PDF file
- Text Documents
- Image files
- Articles and news
- Quizzes
- Test templates and examples
- Graphs and charts
- Homework Assignments
Certificates
Master's - University of Chester - 2024Master's in Creative Writing and Publishing Fiction. It enables me to teach IELTS writing, such as essays and the structure of essays.
Certificate verified
TEFL 140 hours - TEFL England - 2021
Certificate verified
TEFL - TEFL England - 2021
Certificate verified
TEFL Business English - TEFL England - 2021
Certificate verified
TEFL/TESOL - TEFL England - 2015The certificate enables me to teach young learners as in children.
Certificate verified
TEFL/TESOL - TEFL England - 2015The certificate enable me to teach children.
Certificate verified
TEFL/TESOL - TEFL England - 2011Teaching foreign students English language and IELTS speaking and writing practice
Grammar, writing, speaking, essays, sentence structure, paraphrasing, IELTS topics
Certificate verified
Education
2008 - 2011
Bachelor’s - Creative WritingAnalytical Writing, Short Story, Poetry, Screen Writing, Writer at Work, Essays, Reading
Work Experience
2015 - 2024
TeachingTEFL/TESOL England - 140 hours including classroom
TEFL England - 36 hours - Business English
TEFL England - 30 hours - Young Learners
4.9
Rating
216
Students
1,028
Lessons
100%
Attendance rate
99%
Response rate
English Lessons
Trial Lesson
124 lessons completed
USD 7.00+
Conversation Practice and Correction/Pronunciation
A1 - C2Conversation426 lessons completed
USD 11.00+
Package with 4% off
Professional Proofreading and Editing
B1 - C2Language Essentials22 lessons completed
USD 21.00+
Package with 4% off
IELTS Speaking Practice
A2 - C1Test Preparation53 lessons completed
USD 11.00+
Package with 4% off
IELTS Writing Practice
B1Test Preparation4 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
Package with 29% off
Creative Writing
B1 - C2Language Essentials1 lessons completed
USD 19.00+
Package with 16% off
IELTS Vocabulary Builder. Idioms. Phrasal Verbs.
B1 - C2Language Essentials4 lessons completed
USD 11.00+
Package with 4% off
Kids English
A1 - C2Kids0 lessons completed
USD 11.00+
Package with 4% off
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111 Reviews
Ales Sipek
25 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Lessons with Valerie are well prepared. I love those lessons which always are very effective to improve my english week by week.
Mar 12, 2026
Yolanda
21 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Valerie is a really patient and kind teacher! It's joyful to work with her!
May 1, 2022
Ales Sipek
25 English lessons
Lessons with Valerie are very proffessional and enjoyable as well. We are so glad we have her as our teacher.
Mar 3, 2026
Sonia Chen
43 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
My daughter loves the creative writing lesson a lot. Teacher Valerie is very professional and always a wonderful motivator. My daughter always look forward to write with her.
May 12, 2022
Ales Sipek
25 English lessons
Valerie is amazing, I love lessons with her, those lesson improve my english significantly.
Mar 24, 2026
Nicole Oberhauser
14 English lessons
She try to understand what I mean, wenn I say things without sense. Its nice to talk with her, because she doesn‘t judge me for my englisch
Mar 3, 2026
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