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Ana

Ana

UPDATE
ALL of my GCSE students in summer 2024 achieved GREAT results: 1x7, 2x8s and 2x9s. At A’Level they achieved: 1xA*, 1xA and 1xB. One has decided to study law with Spanish at Exeter University and another Politics with Spanish at Manchester. Well done to them all!!!

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I am an experienced, qualified and dedicated Modern Foreign Languages teacher. I am bilingual, both my parents are Spanish but I was born and raised in London and attended the Spanish bilingual school Vicente Cañada Blanch.
I offer Spanish to A'Level and French up to KS3.

Qualifications:
2:1 BA Modern Languages:(Spanish and English Literature)
Universidad de Alicante (Spain)
Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Modern Languages- Spanish and French.
QTS (Qualified Teacher Status)

I am based in Ruislip.

Please contact me if you are looking for a Spanish tutor at GCSE or A’Level or French to KS3. Look forward to hearing from you.

Muchísimas gracias y hasta pronto. Ana

Tutoring Experience

I started tutoring ten years ago, after having my second child, but only recently registered with First Tutors. Tutoring allows me the flexibility for my own family and in turn the opportunity to dedicate my energy to a select number of students. I really love taking my students on their own individual journey to explore and learn the language.

I have taught pupils at primary, GCSE, AS and A'Level from all backgrounds. From grammar schools such as Beaconsfield Grammar, Watford Grammar, St Bernard's Grammar and also those at top UK independent schools: St Augustine’s Priory, St Helen’s, John Lyon and The Royal Masonic, are just some examples.

I have also worked in secondary and primary schools in and around London. My last post was in Nower Hill High School in Harrow.

These are some of the reviews I have received:

5/5 Rating
I can recommend Ana wholeheartedly, she has been teaching Spanish to my daughter for about a year now. because of moving schools this was a subject that she wanted to do but hadn't studied before at her old school , from not knowing the language to now the rate of learning and improvement has been vast. We are all confident she will do well.

5/5 Rating
Ana is an excellent teacher with Spanish as her mother tongue. She is very familiar with the curriculum and easily finds out the level of the child's knowledge and works through systematically to improve. My daughter joined her for GCSE Spanish with a grade 3/4 a few months ago. After attending the weekly classes, she is at grade 8/9, something I never thought was possible within months. Ana is a very pleasant person and will always take time to give homework and lesson feedback. We will strongly recommend Ana.

5/5 Rating
Since starting with Ana my daughter's written and spoken Spanish has improved dramatically. Ana's approach is so encouraging. She gives great thought to her lessons, working closely alongside the main curriculum. My daughter always looks forward to her weekly sessions with Ana and her confidence in Spanish has grown enormously. We can't recommend Ana highly enough!

Tutoring Approach

In every lesson we use the four key language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing and follow the national curriculum MFL programme of study, very closely. Lessons are varied, fun and focus on areas that the student might need extra work on.

I also focus on exam preparation, I have a wide variety of resources and past exam papers to prepare my students for their exams. In my lessons we also focus on grammar: covering the present, preterite, imperfect, perfect, future, conditional and the subjunctive. When to use pp/para, ser/estar, etc. For vocabulary learning, I use Quizlet to help with this, and regularly set vocabulary learning as homework.

For GCSE:
Paper 1 LISTENING: worth 25% of total grade. I have many listening practice exercises & materials to use to develop students for this paper and also teach them techniques on how to answer the different style questions.
Paper 2 SPEAKING: worth 25% of total grade. This can be one of the most 'nerve-wracking' parts of the entire GCSE course and often all that is required is general conversation practice, lots of role play and picture card practice too- this will help with confidence building.
Paper 3 READING: worth 25% of total grade. Reading and responding, in both English & Spanish, to different types of written language. We look at the different style questions for this paper and the translation element too.
Paper 4 WRITING: worth 25% of total grade. Writing practice, past paper practice sessions, translation, key grammar issues, vocabulary building and sentence starters .

For A'Level :
I offer IRP SUPPORT: The Individual Research Project is worth 30% of the overall grade and is a project where students pick one aspect of Spanish or Latin American Culture, they research it and prepare a presentation and discussion. This is very much a student-led piece of work; however, I can offer support and discussion practice and help students to build confidence on their chosen theme.
ORAL EXAM PRACTICE: This can be one of the most challenging parts of the entire course but with lots of practice the students gain the required confidence and preparation they need.
LISTENING, READING & WRITING PAPER: this component of the exam is worth 50% of the overall grade. We will review the core themes including: Aspects of Hispanic Society, Artistic culture in the Hispanic World, Multiculturalism in Hispanic Society and Political Life. We will also cover some of the more complex grammar points such as the subjunctive!
WRITING PAPER: This is worth 20% of the exam and requires students to have read / watched set texts and or a film. I have experience tutoring the set texts and films including:

  • La Casa de Bernarda Alba, Federico Garcia Lorca
  • El laberinto del fauno, Guillermo del Toro
  • Volver, Almodovar
  • Maria, llena eres de gracia, Joshua Marston
  • El coronel no tiene quien le escribe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Como Agua Para Chocolate, Laura Esquivel
LanguagesSpanish, French
AvailabilityWeekends, Weekdays (all times)
References Available On File

Qualifications

London Metropolitan University2005QTSQualified Teacher Status
London Metropolitan University 2005PGCEModern Languages Spanish and French
University of Westminster 1998BachelorsBA Modern Languages

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