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Do you lack confidence and know-how when it comes to expressing yourself in English?
Familiarity with exam techniques is only half the battle!
Unless you can speak and write naturally in the English language, exam techniques alone will not be enough to inspire the confidence you need to excel at English.
That's why I use a holistic, topic-based approach to exam preparation. We delve deeply into important exam topics and build up a rich arsenal of vocabulary to help you to express yourself freely and creatively.
As you begin to feel comfortable with advanced vocabulary, academic writing, and natural conversation, you will find that exam techniques are actually quite easy to master.
Trial lessons:
Anyone who books a trial lesson has the option of doing a placement test before our online meeting. Otherwise, we discuss your learning needs and have a short lesson. If you want to book more lessons after the trial, you can still follow up with a placement test, if necessary.
Trial lessons consist of:
A brief introduction
Goal setting
Sample lesson
Questions and feedback
Are you confused about how to approach different writing tasks?
My writing courses are centred on helping you to cultivate three main pillars of success:
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Planning & brainstorming
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Vocabulary & collocations
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Grammatical construction
Successful writers need hands-on, practical experiences. We work together with Google Docs to share, edit and re-write assignments. Each writing task goes to your email and Learning Management System, along with a bundle of topic-based multi-media resources to provide:
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organisational techniques
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useful key vocabulary
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advanced grammatical sentence structures
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Brainstorming activities
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inspiring ideas.
All of your writing assignments are corrected in great detail, and no stone is left unturned in giving you instructive feedback.
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You will get:
Live online lessons
Interactive homework assignments
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Multi-media learning materials
A library of useful resources for self-study
Access to a Learning management system for 24/7 support
Offical exam practice tests
My Lessons, Teaching Style, and Professional Background
My Lessons & Teaching style
Students and professionals all over the world need expert tuition to help them fulfil their dreams.
If this is you, I can:
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help you to develop the confidence, know-how, and academic skills necessary to achieve success in English exams.
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equip you with the high level of fluency that you need to face linguistic challenges at university, and throughout your professional life.
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build up the confidence, soft skills, and resilience that you need to communicate articulately in all situations.
My Professional Background
English Level: Native Speaker
Nationality: Irish
Experience: 25 Years teaching English to children and adults. I specialise in helping students to pass the IELTS, TOEFL, and Cambridge examinations.
( including Business & General English)
Qualifications: Higher Diploma in Education, TEFL.
Education: Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature & History
Other: Blogger/website editor/teacher trainer/conference speaker/materials writer/course developer/Massive Open Online Course presenter & organiser.
TESTIMONIAL
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Augustos (student)
Greece, 16
I decided to have lessons with Sylvia because she had a great reputation. I went from being really insecure to speaking the language in a fluent manner. This has given me an edge on many occasions in my life so far. My favourite part of her lessons was definitely her creativity and how she made learning English such fun. I really can't stress enough how enjoyable and effective her methods of learning through dialogues are.
As a person who has taken lessons with many teachers before, I must say that Sylvia is undoubtedly my favourite so far. I can’t see that changing any time soon for a number of reasons; the main one being her passion for inspiring students to achieve their goals.
Her lessons have helped me make major improvements in many aspects of the English language, especially in speaking. Through her extremely effective methods of learning through dialogue, I have gained confidence in speaking which has helped me countless times throughout my life so far.
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