Celia

I have always had a passion for languages and studied French and Italian for a combined Honours degree at university. During this time, I spent my year abroad in Ferrara, Italy and Avignon, France. I still have many French and Italian friends and we love chatting together, walking and the Arts. I studied Spanish more recently and spent some time in Malaga on a Spanish immersion course. I am recently retired having taught full-time in a range of schools for over 30 years but continue to love sharing my knowledge of languages and building confidence and fluency in my students.

Tutoring Experience

I have taught French and Italian in independent and state schools across all age ranges and have always helped my students to achieve outstanding results. I have also led many exchanges and homestays in both countries enabling students to gain real experience in the language they are studying.

Tutoring Approach

I believe in a very scaffolded and interactive approach to teaching languages where vocabulary and grammatical points are introduced and thoroughly understood and embedded through lots of oral, reading and listening practice. I aim to make all my lessons fun and have successful outcomes so that the student feels more confident and keen to progress their skills.