Maria Grazia

Ciao! I am a secondary MFL teacher with 5+ years of experience in the field. I currently prepare students for the MYP Diploma, the IB Diploma and the GCSE qualification (old and new specifications). I can tutor in Latin (KS3), French (KS3-4), Spanish (KS3-5) and Italian (KS3-university).

I have experience in preparing students to excel in the following examinations:
GCSE (AQA and Edexcel) - Italian, Spanish and French (this one only in the Foundation tier)
IGCSE - Italian, Spanish
IB Standard (Italian and Spanish)
IB Higher (Italian and Spanish)

Tutoring Experience

I first started teaching in a private school during my first year of university, where I was a Latin and Ancient Greek tutor. As my knowledge of English started deepening thanks to my BA degree studies, I also started working as a freelance teacher of English as a Foreign language (EFL) in a comprehensive school near Rome. By the end of 2017, I had lived and worked in Rome, London, Rabat and Cádiz alongside completing my BA and MA degrees. In August 2018 I moved permanently to London, where I completed a PGCE course in Secondary Languages (Spanish and French) while completing my first placement in one of the top 10 comprehensive schools in the country. Between September 2019 and July 2024, I worked in one of the top 60 grammar schools in the UK as lead Italian teacher, KS4 coordinator and second in charge of the MFL department.

Tutoring Approach

My lessons follow a communicative approach: after a starter exercise, we delve into the topic of the day with a mix of exercises aimed at strengthening all kills equally (listening, reading, writing and speaking). My lessons are 95% in the target language, this is to boost listening comprehension and spoken production as much as possible. In every lesson, there is always a cultural element that will allow you to explore an aspect of the countries' heritage where your language of study is currently spoken.