English skills tutors in Gauteng

26 year old LLB law graduate from the University of Johannesburg. 6 Distinctions in matric certificate. Best academic achiever of Grade 11 and 12. Best English essayist award in matric. Good with kids. Great academic background.

I care about each and every student and offer them individualized teaching/tutoring/educational support - study skills, organization, etc. tailored to the individual student . My training and experience allows me to be an excellent support for the student.

Strongest personality traits: * I believe in doing things excellently and to the best of my competency and therefore strive to deliver results in a form as close to perfection as I can achieve, learn from my failures and never fail to learn. * I love love and loving. It is the life that shushes a fearful mind and awakens the ears of a dying heart to true beauty. It continues to mould me in patience, kindness, trustworthiness, understanding and persistence. * I know and respect my boundaries and as such, will not shy away from asserting myself where necessary. Flexibility, adaptability, malleability and complacency are not one in the same.

I matriculated with Afrikaans, English and French as subjects.I am currently working on a novel with a quantum physics theme. I studied at UNISA and completed three years in English Literature.I am fluent in Afrikaans as well as English and interested in helping children as well as adults with spoken or writen Afrikaans and English. I am also able to understand basic French.

I am a free thinker who loves to learn and impart my knowledge with others. You can never stop learning. Believing that anything is possible if you put your mind to it and everyone deserves to be given the best chance to learn. Teaching myself that all you have to do is believe, be willing to try, I got my Advanced Diploma in Photoshop and Certificate in Specialized Creative Writing at the same time.

I have many years of mentoring, tutoring and teaching experience in the Foundation phase and Intermediate phase. My career objectives is to continue gaining valuable skills in Education in order to facilitate my learning, teaching and professional development, and to continue using best practice thinking to improve and enhance processes at a progressive and holistic institution. I enjoy working with children and would like help them achieve their goals by providing them with a solid learning foundation, to enable their reach their highest potentials.

An attorney with a passion for education.

The following describes my work ethic: 1. Consistent performer: always produce 100% pass despite large classes. 2. Habit of excellence: always strive to improve the quality of results 3. Goal focused and self-driven: set high goals to ensure that no student is left behind. 4. Resourceful change manager - Keep abreast with changing curriculum needs through further study and extensive reading in order to be an effective implementer of the curriculum. 5. Debate and public speaking coach extraordinaire

My name is Vida Jones. I just graduate from the University of Pretoria with a Bachelors in Information Science honours. with a double major in English and Publishing. I currently tutor English for all grades from beginners to grade 12 and have a number of contactable references. If your child needs somebody to hone their skills and foster their love of English, please feel free to contact me.