Shreetoma Biswas

I plan my lessons according to students' requirements. This varies from lessons tailored to students preparing for school-leaving and competitive exams, where I use previous years' questions as templates to guide study, to lessons where I help students with independent/extra-curricular reading to develop projects and term essays.

For Sociology and Anthropology I cover:
1. Key thinkers, theories and concepts
2. Topics including politics, economics, religion, stratification, visual/material culture, health and medicine, work and industry, social identity, etc
3. Research methods
4. Critical reading, writing and analysis

For English as a Foreign language, I cover:
1. Introducing oneself
2. Conversational English
3. Grammar
4. Written English (short-form): How to draft emails, letters, postcards etc.
5. Written English (long-form): Descriptive, argumentative and narrative essays and short stories
6. Listening and transcribing using English media (films, songs, speeches, etc)
7. Introduction to key works of English literature
8. Pronunciation and public speaking

I have 3 years' experience teaching English, History, Sociology, Social Anthropology, Psychology, and Politics to students in the UK and in India. I have taught school students across various London schools. In mainstream public and private schools, I have taught students between early years-KS4. I have also taught at an alternative school for students with special educational needs (SEN). In India, I have taught school students between the ages of 10-17 at a leading private school in Kolkata. I have also volunteered as a teacher to students from impoverished communities at an NGO in Delhi, for which I received the best volunteer award from my undergraduate college.