My daughter has been having weekly online sessions with Maria for a few months now and says her confidence in Spanish has grown so much, Maria is helping my daughter to get the grade she would ideally like to achieve in her A level exam next summer. My daughter feels the sessions are invaluable and extremely helpful. For non native speakers, it is a tough call to achieve a good grade in MFL A level and having Maria help her with essays, grammar, translation, board appropriate test papers and speaking is incredibly beneficial to achieving a good grade. Reliable, polite, friendly, knowledgeable and resourceful. Definitely recommend Maria.
From Amina
Our experience with Cristina has been outstanding. She tutored my daughter for her IGCSE exams. The 2 yr course work was completed in 5 months with online classes and the results have been fantastic! Cristina was highly professional and personable and made the challenge fun for Sophie. I couldn’t thank her more.
From Claire
Cristina is everything the best tutor could be and so much more! With her guidance, help and support my daughter's predicted grade for Spanish A-level went from B to A in nine months of weekly hour-long lessons. Her comprehension, vocabulary and spoken Spanish improved very quickly and consistently and her confidence and enthusiasm for the subject increased massively too. Cristina is not just a brilliant teacher who quickly understands a student's individual needs and tailors her approach for maximum effect, she is also a really lovely person who genuinely cares about her students. That personal investment in their learning is clear in the thought she puts into every lesson. My daughter and I cannot recommend Cristina highly enough - if we could give her 10 out of 5 we would!
From Christina
Cristina is a very patient, kind and resourceful teacher. She has been teaching my daughter for almost a year now and was instrumental in her achieving a High Achievements award in Spanish for AS. Cristina knows what the examiners are looking for extremely well. When an exam board does not have enough information she uses other exam boards to support the student. A level literature appeared very daunting to my daughter but Cristina's reassurance, support and great lessons that give context to the periods when the literature books took place have given my daughter the confidence and enjoyment to excel. Cristina is an outstanding Spanish teacher and we recommend her highly.
From Craig
Cristina worked with our daughter at short notice and over a short period of time (4 lessons) on the run up to her Spanish Advanced Higher exam as a wee bit of extra support was needed.
We felt Cristina was very professional, responsive and well prepared. Our daughter feels she has learned new elemenents of the language, improved and consolidated the areas she was focussing on and increased her confidence. All in all a great result over a short period of time. Now for the exam!
From David
Cristina is a great tutor and we are continuing tuition twice a week up to the GCSEs.
From Dale
Maria is a dedicated, patient and encouraging Spanish tutor. Her lessons are not only educational but enjoyable too - making the language learning experience a very positive one for my daughter.
From Myriam
Maria has been absolutely amazing, listening to my daughter’s learning needs and supporting her with past papers and exercises. She is always well prepared and makes session’s enjoyable. A true gem!
From May
Thoughtful teaching with constructive feedback. Has improved my 16 year old daughter's confidence for Spanish GCSE across all areas (speaking, listening, reading and writing). Very nice lady, good communication, always on time, good use of online remote teaching methods and knowledgeable about exams.
From Louise
I've done three lessons with Cristina now and I've really enjoyed all of them. I was looking to continue my beginners level Spanish as a hobby and the lessons have been really valuable. We have started creating conversations and gone through verbs already, the lessons are relaxed and I am excited to continue!
From Amanda
My son really enjoys his lessons with Maria Cristina, she is a really good teacher.
From Sam
Maria was a super tutor and was greatly appreciated!
From Shaheen
Very impressed with the teaching! Maria Cristina is friendly, understanding and very accommodating.
From Kate
Cristina has been supporting my son to maximise his GCSE Spanish grade as he wishes to progress to A level. I found Cristina to be very professional and helpful, lessons are punctual and well organised and there is always a written follow up with key points from the lesson. My son has says "Cristina is a very good teacher and I am learning a lot ", I now see him preparing for his lessons and he is now clear on what and more importantly why some areas need more focus than others which is based on his current ability and potential.
From Laran
Cristina is a wonderful tutor. She is warm, patient and very professional. I am confident that my son will continue to make great progress in Spanish with her support.
From Matthew
Cristina is a great tutor and in just a few lessons has helped my Spanish improve immensely. She is very quick to respond, highly organised and I enjoy every lesson I have with her. I would strongly recommend Cristina to anyone of any ability looking to learn Spanish.
From Monica
Cristina has been great and I am really enjoying my lessons with her. She is very flexible and helpful with lesson times as well given I can’t do lessons during working hours. She caters the lessons to what will be helpful for me and my interests. Highly recommend!
From Sam
Fun and friendly teacher, even for advanced-level Spanish! Always flexible and replies quickly to schedule lessons. Great tutor, recommend for university students who want to get closer to being fluent!
From James
Cristina is really an excellent tutor. She is very knowledgeable and a pleasure to converse with. Her explanations of grammatical structures new vocabulary is clear and easy to understand. She makes you feel at ease during the lesson and I honestly can't recommend her highly enough!
From Heleen
Very good, kind and patient, highly recommended!
Thank you!
From Brad
Cristina is a fantastic teacher, who's sessions are engaging and practical. I would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone that is looking to learn Spanish.
From jonathan
Cristina is a lovely person, very friendly, enthusiastic, and generous with her time.
Her English is excellent so communication is never a problem.
I am trying to improve my conversation so it's also great to find out that she has a wide range of interests.
I can absolutely recommend her as a teacher.
From Jon
Cristina has been an excellent tutor and has understood my needs from the beginning. My grades have moved from a D to a B after 3 months of tutoring
Thanks Leon
From Andy
Brilliant. Everything I had wanted patient fun and clear 10/10
Thank you! Looking forward to our next lesson.
From Vaylin
From Kate
I am having Spanish conversation lessons with Cristina, she is very patient and the lessons are going really well. I would highly recommend her.
Thank you! I look forward to our next session.
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