Tutors in Sea Point

Fun, bubbly 24 year old. Will do my very best to make things as simple and understandable as possible and hope to build a good relationship with you where you can always count on me to help. I look forward to working with you soon!

I am a native french speaker, born and raised in France and I worked 15 years in the french speaking part of Switzerland. I am then able to make comparisons and differences between the french used in the 2 countries (and even more with Canada, Belgium and African countries). I wrote and published a sci-fi book in France in 2009. My specialization is the travel industry though, in which i've been working for 20 years in Europe and in Southern Africa. I always had a thing for languages, and learned Russian and Farsi a while ago. More recently i've learned spanish and i am currently learning Portuguese.

I have a Bachelor of Business Science degree, Masters in Business Science (Economics) degree, and a PGCE (SP & FET) all from UCT. The PGCE is a Post Graduate Certificate in Education, specialising in teaching Mathematics and Economics to high school learners. In other words, I am a qualified teacher too, and so I am trained to identify particular areas of Mathematics that learners are struggling with and how best to help them succeed. Prior to becoming a high school teacher, I worked as an Economist doing research for the public and private sector. I have many years teaching experience, having taught Economics to undergraduate and postgraduate students at UCT for roughly 6 years, and more recently, teaching Mathematics and Economics to Grade 7 to 12 learners. I have been employed as a Maths teacher at both government and private schools, as well as most recently at an online school, teaching Maths to Grade 8 – Grade 12s. I have been doing private tutoring of Maths, Economics and running SAT Preparation classes for the last 5 years. I therefore am experienced in tutoring learners online -mostly using Zoom, but also Skype and Google Hangouts. My teaching philosophy focuses primarily on building confidence in my learners. I am a patient, calm and caring educator, who takes a genuine interest in all her learners academic progress. I try to make my lessons fun and interactive, and I encourage you to ask as many questions as you need to in order to fully grasp a concept. In my opinion, if a learner hasn’t understood a concept properly, it is usually the teacher’s fault for not explaining that concept in a way the learner can understand and relate to. I also don’t like to focus on the rote learning of Maths (or Economics) “rules”. In my opinion, if you understand WHY and HOW things are done the way they are, it enables you to link Maths concepts, and the “rules” will become second-nature to you. I enjoy scuba-diving, fishing (catch and release) and gardening.

I graduated top of my class and received an academic award in a mathematical course. Working with numbers is my passion and I'm happy that I get to apply mathematical concepts in my everyday life. Helping you excel in this number game will not only be about knowing concepts but building a step towards your dream career.

I am a final year Dentistry student at the University of the Western Cape which for me still sounds surreal as I thought that dream was impossible for me to reach. I myself have struggled a lot during high school specifically with science and mathematics working incredibly hard and spreading too many tears to be able to get into the medical field I am in now and am planning on continuing and study medicine after. I sympathise a lot with others who do not understand or struggle with a certain subject because I count myself as a slow learner and see things in a different perspective than most people which is also why I have been told I would make a good teacher because let's face it people who 'just get it' think differently, faster and explain things way more complicated than necessary. The subjects I enjoy and did best in were Biology and German as a home language. If you are struggling with any of these subjects I would love to take and show you the beauty of these adventurous parts of life that surrounds us and the power that we have by using language.

I have been a TEFL/TESOL for the past 3 years and have spent time teaching different types of students from different backgrounds in different settings. From general English for daily use, IELTS, and English for business, I have taught it all! I have single-handedly seen a number of students through their course from elementary level (A2) to advanced (C1) in record time. I enjoy being presented with challenges, so the more unique the purpose of you wanted to learn the English language, the better! No matter your need for the language, I'm here to help you achieve your goals. See you in the lesson!