A super friendly British Degree, Masters, and PhD qualified tutor with a real passion for teaching!
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A super friendly British Degree, Masters, and PhD qualified tutor with a real passion for teaching!
Over mij
Ik als leerkracht
Mijn lessen en manier van lesgeven
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Uit Verenigd KoninkrijkWoont in Oxford, Verenigd Koninkrijk (08:11 UTC+01:00)
Over mij
italki leerkracht sinds 21 May 2021
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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.
Mijn creaties
Ik als leerkracht
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.
Mijn lessen en manier van lesgeven
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.
Mijn lesmateriaal
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Afbeeldingsbestanden
Artikelen en nieuws
Quizzen
Voorbeelden van examenvragen
Grafieken en diagrammen
Huiswerkopdrachten
Certificaten
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.
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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
Opleiding
2008 - 2011
Bachelor’s - Creative WritingJohn Moores UniversityAnalytical Writing, Short Story, Poetry, Screen Writing, Writer at Work, Essays, Reading
Werkervaring
2015 - 2024
TeachingTEFL England - England, Verenigd KoninkrijkTEFL/TESOL England - 140 hours including classroom
TEFL England - 36 hours - Business English
TEFL England - 30 hours - Young Learners
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99%
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4.9
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216
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1028
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Aanwezigheid
99%
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Engels lessen
Proefles
124 lessen voltooid
USD 7.00+
Conversation Practice and Correction/Pronunciation
A1 - C2Conversatie oefenen426 lessen voltooid
USD 11.00+
Pakket met 4% korting
Professional Proofreading and Editing
B1 - C2Algemeen22 lessen voltooid
USD 21.00+
Pakket met 4% korting
IELTS Speaking Practice
A2 - C1Testvoorbereiding53 lessen voltooid
USD 11.00+
Pakket met 4% korting
IELTS Writing Practice
B1Testvoorbereiding4 lessen voltooid
USD 15.00+
Pakket met 29% korting
Creative Writing
B1 - C2Algemeen1 lessen voltooid
USD 19.00+
Pakket met 16% korting
IELTS Vocabulary Builder. Idioms. Phrasal Verbs.
B1 - C2Algemeen4 lessen voltooid
USD 11.00+
Pakket met 4% korting
Kids English
A1 - C2Kinderen0 lessen voltooid
USD 11.00+
Pakket met 4% korting
Beschikbaarheid
Mijn creaties
Quiz (1)
111 Beoordelingen
Ales Sipek
25 Engels lessen
Keuze van de leerkracht
Lessons with Valerie are well prepared. I love those lessons which always are very effective to improve my english week by week.
12 mrt. 2026
Yolanda
21 Engels lessen
Keuze van de leerkracht
Valerie is a really patient and kind teacher! It's joyful to work with her!
1 mei 2022
Ales Sipek
25 Engels lessen
Lessons with Valerie are very proffessional and enjoyable as well. We are so glad we have her as our teacher.
3 mrt. 2026
Sonia Chen
43 Engels lessen
Keuze van de leerkracht
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.
12 mei 2022
Ales Sipek
25 Engels lessen
Valerie is amazing, I love lessons with her, those lesson improve my english significantly.
24 mrt. 2026
Nicole Oberhauser
14 Engels lessen
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