Description: A short snippet of English, History and Modern Languages tutor Henry C’s tutor profile. Henry also has experience as a professional teacher, teaching internationally in countries such as Italy and Spain.

After finding my passion for languages at A-Level, I went on to study Spanish and Italian at Exeter University. University gave me the opportunity to have a year abroad to improve my languages. I spent the majority of my year in Florence teaching English at a secondary school and then the final part of my year tutoring English in Spain. It was here that I found I could explore my enthusiasm for language further through teaching. Upon graduating I broadened my horizons with an internship at Shakespeare’s Globe before concentrating once more on tutoring, which I have focused on since.

Having taught and tutored since 2011, I have built a wealth of experience, which has proven invaluable to my development as a tutor. I have tutored Spanish, English, French and more general essay skills in preparation for the ISEB Common Entrance exams for Eastbourne College as well as English language and British history to students aged between 11 and 19.

During my teaching in Italy and Spain, I discovered the benefit of making sure students see a purpose to their learning outside of exams. While teaching in a Secondary school in Florence, Italy, I found, particularly with older students, that where they could see the use of their studies in a real-life situation, they were far more engaged in lessons. Similarly, in Spain, as a residential tutor, seeing how useful his study could be in the real world ensured my tutee quickly built interest in our lessons, which, in turn, meant his confidence grew.

All my experiences mean I have enhanced my communication skills to be able to develop a good rapport with both clients and tutees while also being able to see which teaching methods work best, particularly for language learning.

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