Francesca

I am a passionate Humanities and English as a Second Language teacher, who has been teaching for almost 10 years. I have a degree in Education studies, plus I'm a qualified teacher from the UK and I have a Masters in History.

I have a brilliant understanding of the CEFR scale, I have done trinity and Cambridge training courses so I can help students that are working towards those qualifications. This said, I know not every language learner is studying for an exam, I am currently studying a language myself, meaning that I understand how difficult and frustrating but also how rewarding it can be.

When it comes to History and Geography, I taught both subjects in the UK following the AQA specification. I have taught all aspects of geography up to GCSE level and a variety of topics in History including but not limited to the Cold War, World War One and Two, the reign of Elizabeth I and a variety of other British and World History modules. I spent a summer examining for AQA so I understand the marking process which has been a great help in getting my students the grades that they deserve.

I believe that lessons should be personalised, interesting and met in the individual needs of the student, whether that is they need to practise their grammar, speaking or simply gain more confidence in the language or using the more difficult aspects of English, for example, phrasal verbs. With the Humanities, it is important to that the student not only understands the topic and how it fits into the wider course but also finds it interesting and can relate to it in some way as it makes it much easier for them to remember and retain the information. The goal of education should be to learn and grow not merely remember a list of dates or verbs.