Musician and former City of London lawyer offers online English lessons and English legal language and etiquette lessons. My students include overseas students studying at university in the UK for a B.A. or M.A. I have also taught 2 overseas medical doctors needing to pass exams to be able to work in the UK.
Experience
I am a Cambridge University CELTA qualified English teacher with recent exper...
Musician and former City of London lawyer offers online English lessons and English legal language and etiquette lessons. My students include overseas students studying at university in the UK for a B.A. or M.A. I have also taught 2 overseas medical doctors needing to pass exams to be able to work in the UK.
Experience
I am a Cambridge University CELTA qualified English teacher with recent experience teaching various levels of English online. My other qualifications include an Oxford University B. A. (Hons) degree in music and my Solicitors' Professional Examinations. In addition to working as a lawyer, I have been teaching piano and music theory for over 30 years and have recently home-schooled my daughter.
Methodology
The aims and needs of my students are always at the forefront of my lesson planning and I ensure that students are given as much talk time in lessons as possible, therefore keeping teacher talk time to a minimum. My lessons are well-planned and cover the receptive skills of reading and listening and the productive skills of speaking and writing, taught against a sound backdrop of good grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary. My extensive musical background and my other varied interests lead to interesting and challenging lessons for my students.
CV
Jennifer Shadbolt Personal Information Native English speaker Education Cambridge University CELTA B Pass, August 2020 Solicitors’ Professional Examinations, 1984 Oxford University, B.A. (Hons), Oxon, 2:1, Music, 1981 A-Levels: Music, English Literature, History, 1977 GCSEs: English Literature, English Language, Maths, Music, History, Latin, French, Italian, 1975
Teaching Experience Piano and theory of music tutor, 1974 onwards, including (from 1981) private A-level tuition. Home educator, 2004 – 2009. Online teaching English as a foreign language May to August 2020. Work Solicitor with Cannons, London and Travers Smith Braithwaite London Freelance lawyer, self-employed, 1992 onwards. Company Director, property investment and legal services company 2016 onwards. Main interests Music - playing trombone in various bands; smallholding; Dutch; history; hill walking.
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