Steve

French and German Teacher in Littlehampton

I'm married with four children, at various stages of education from secondary to university. I love languages and I love teaching. So teaching languages is my ideal occupation. I'm half German and we lived in France for a year, so those two languages are fluent. Spanish and Italian are intermediate and Dutch is only beginners.

Tutoring Experience

I've been teaching languages for fourteen years now, since moving back to the UK from France. I'm an associate lecturer in French with the OU, a tutor of French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch with Aspire Sussex Adult & Community Learning, a French A Level teacher at BHASVIC sixth form college in Brighton and a freelance languages tutor, currently doing a lot of A Level and GCSE French and German. I've taught in secondary schools, private colleges and I teach business language courses, notably for The Body Shop International.

Tutoring Approach

All of my courses are tailored to the needs of the student(s). I favour a communicative approach, which means that there's a lot of conversation and learning by using the language in realistic situations. If required, I can teach a very grammatically-based course, but most students prefer me to teach grammar secretly, so they don't really notice they're doing grammar!
The key is that learning a language is great fun, engaging and a reward in itself.

Languages	English (British), French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish
Availability	Weekdays (daytime)
References Available	On File

Qualifications

The Open University	2011	Masters	Masters in Education, specialising in Applied Linguistics, currently being studied with The Open University
The Open University	2008	Bachelors	BA Hons in Modern Language Studies (French & German) with distinction from The Open University
Perse, Cambridge	1981	College	A Levels in French (A) & German (A)
Perse, Cambridge	1979	School	O Levels (remember them?) in French (A), German (A) and Latin (A)

Steve's Feedback

Feedback	5
Published feedback	4
Unpublished feedback (Usually negative)	1

From Sarah

Steve is an inspiring and enthusiastic french tutor. He really helped my son to enjoy french.

Thank you Sarah for your kind comment. Looking forward to hearing the exam result.

From Heike

I am really pleased we found Steve and that Steve took George under his wings. George's German is getting stronger and his vocabulary is growing wi... Read more ›

Thanks Heike. George is making some good progress.

From Karen

Steve is an excellent tutor and has worked wonders with my daughters confidence with the spoken word. Thanks to his praise and encouragement she po... Read more ›

Thanks Karen. It was a great privilege to do the tutoring.

From Nick

Very positive feedback from my son.

That's good to hear. We've managed to identify key areas where we can make quick progress. It's a pleasure to teach Gavin. Read more ›

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Subjects taught

French
Primary	£50
Secondary	£50
GCSE	£50
A-Level	£50
University	£50
Casual Learner	£50

German
Primary	£50
Secondary	£50
GCSE	£50
A-Level	£50
University	£50
Casual Learner	£50

Italian
Primary	£50
Secondary	£50
GCSE	£50
Casual Learner	£50

Spanish
Primary	£50
Secondary	£50
GCSE	£50
Casual Learner	£50

English (Foreign Language)
Primary	£50
Secondary	£50
GCSE	£50
A-Level	£50
University	£50
Casual Learner	£50

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