Murielle

Private French and Spanish Tutor in Knaresborough

I am an experienced secondary school language teacher, an examiner and a native French speaker who took a break from teaching and became a tutor, a job I find immensely rewarding as I can see my students' enjoyment of the language they are learning as well as their progress. During the lessons, the focus is essentially on speaking, using the material I create but I cover the other skills too. My expertise is French and Spanish.

Tutoring Experience

I have 30 years' experience teaching French to A level and Spanish to GCSE in secondary schools as well as tutoring. I also mark examination papers for one of the major examination boards and conduct speaking tests in schools during the summer term. I have also delivered courses for the MOD.
I tutor students preparing for examinations, GCSE, A levels and Delf examinations but also undergraduates and adults wishing to learn a language from scratch or improve their existing competence.
I teach them the language they need to communicate effectively and confidently when travelling abroad or living in France/Spain. A lot of people do realise the importance and enjoyment of being able to communicate with the people of the country they are visiting or in which they wish to live.

Tutoring Approach

My aim is to help students gain confidence whilst making my lessons fun and productive as well and to do so, I use a variety of materials and games, when appropriate, to facilitate learning and speaking. I am friendly, patient and have a good sense of humour.
I tailor my lessons to every individual need, as I tutor students with different requirements and levels, from students working towards tests as well as people learning the language to help them enjoy the quality of their holiday or life abroad. With GCSE and A level students I revisit and cover all aspects of their course using materials I have written to help them revise effectively. As an examiner, I teach them the language and the techniques they need to achieve the best results.

Languages	French, Spanish
Availability	Weekdays (all times)
References Available	On File

Qualifications

The University of Leeds	1989	PGCE	languages
Universite de Lille- France	1988	Masters	English literature and civilisation

Murielle's Feedback

Feedback	37
Published feedback	37
Unpublished feedback (Usually negative)	0

From IRINA

I am delighted to write a review for Murielle. We couldn't be happier with the incredible results our son achieved in his GCSEs, and we attribute a... Read more ›

Thank you very much Irina. Your son was a pleasure to teach and I was impressed by his commitment and his achievements.

From Martha

Murielle is a very professional hardworking tutor which I sincerely recommend for anyone who is looking for a French Tutor. My daughter did so well in French in her GCSEs this year. She was working at grade 5 at school. She first started online tuition in January this year and within 5 months upto her GCSEs she achieved Grade 8. Murielle assessed her in her first session and was able to know where my daughter stood. Murielle gave her a personalised tailored tuition which helped her in areas where she was struggling. She has personalised work sheets which helped my daughter to organise and see where she was struggling. Within a few sessions, my daughter was progressing very well and getting confidence in French. She gained confidence in everything- Speaking, Writing, Listening and Reading. In Writing she had very low grade 3 in December before she joined, and now she achieved Grade 9 in Writing in a matter of 5 months!
She was happy to have Murielle and was very relaxed learning with her because of her positive attitude, friendly caring personality, kind words, praising her, and imbibing in her the ‘can do’ attitude. My daughter was so happy with her and cooperated well with her and did her work as told willingly.
Earlier, after her mocks she assessed how she did and told her how good it was and told her where she could improve specially in her writing. It really boosted her confidence and we were happy that it came from her as a French Examiner.
We are so happy that we found Murielle among an ocean of tutors. It was the best choice we did. She has all the qualities of a teacher Examiner . Being an Examiner, she knows exactly what is required from students and she works towards it to help students achieve the topmost grade.
Murielle is also flexible and accommodating when required which was very helpful when my daughter had some things which overlapped.
I truly recommend Murielle because of her dedication and hard work and all her efforts and the rest will be assured for you.

Murielle is a very professional hardworking tutor which I sincerely recommend for anyone who is looking for a French Tutor. My daughter did so well... Read more ›

From Anita

Murielle is always well-prepared and reliable. She makes lessons interesting. She is helpful and supportive and easy to communicate with. My son im... Read more ›

From Heidi

Murielle has been tutoring my son for 4 months to support him with his GCSE French course. During this time, his confidence and ability to speak an... Read more ›

Thank you very much for your appreciation of the work I do with Monty. He is an able boy, keen to do well and with a lovely sense of humour. He is ... Read more ›

From Barbara

Murielle was one of the best language tutors my GCSE level child could have ever been fortunate enough to have this year. Murielle provided excelle... Read more ›

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Subjects taught

French
Secondary	£35
GCSE	£35
A-Level	£40
University	£40
Casual Learner	£30

Spanish
Secondary	£35
GCSE	£35
Casual Learner	£30

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