Robert Leslie

I am now retired, apart from teaching volunteer ESOL classes at the local refugee centre in Cardiff.
I speak and write Spanish fluently, have reasonable French, can understand beginners Italian and know a little Arabic. I am currently learning Portuguese. I am computer literate and have my own car. I am in good health and play sport regularly.

Tutoring Experience

• eight years and eight months years teaching EAP at a university in Swansea, UK
• over ten years tutoring Spanish courses for the Open University
• over eleven years as assistant examiner in ESOL and Spanish for examination boards in the UK
• five months as an Education Support Officer at an FE College in Swansea, UK
• two years and one term as co-coordinator of the adult short course programme at an FE College in Hereford, UK
• two years as part-time tutor teaching ESOL and Spanish at an FE College in Hereford, UK
• nine weeks teaching EAP and General English courses at a university in Cardiff, UK
• five years teaching and co-ordinating ESOL and EAP courses at a women's university in the UAE
• two years teaching and co-ordinating ESOL and EAP courses at a mixed university in Oman
• eighteen months teaching and co-ordinating ESOL courses at an FE College in East London, UK
• two years as middle manager for the British Council at an Institute of English in Valencia, Spain
• three years teaching ESOL to military personnel in Oman
• five years teaching ESOL at language schools in Madrid, Spain

Tutoring Approach

I like to help students to discover language by giving them tasks to do. I use a communicative approach, gradually building up a knowledge of the language through roleplay, question and answer sessions, worksheets, photos and images and discussion. , As far as languages are concerned, I prefer to conduct the class in the target language if at all possible.