
Giles
Ambassador
- Hourly rate £27
- Response Time 3h
- Number of students 50+
1st lesson free!
Doctor in English literature, poet, writer: teaches Literature, Creative Writing, Poetry, Proofing, and more
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- London
- at their home
- at your home
- By webcam
Ambassador
We host the best tutors. Quality of their profile, experience in their field. Giles will be happy to arrange your first English Literature lesson.
About the lesson
I give lessons from age 16 to degree level.
I structure my lessons around the needs and requirements of the student, and study the particular syllabus carefully to prepare students for exams.
I listen carefully and encourage students to do their own thinking.
I also give help in proofing and close reading of student and professional texts.
I particularly enjoy teaching poetry, Shakespeare, the Romantics, and Modernism.
I also enjoy teaching Creative Writing, particularly poetry.
subjects
- English Literature
- Creative writing
- Poetry
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+2
Modern Literature
Writing inventions
languages
- English
levels
- AS Level
- A Level
- Adult education
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Undergraduate
Masters
Diploma
Doctorate
About Giles
Semi-retired professional and widely published poet with years of experience in literature, proofing, and publishing, experienced in teaching students to degree level in poetry, English language and Literature. I have taught literature classes for Oxford University's Continuing Education department for many years. I also am a proof-reader, have been an editor for Oxford University Press, and am a creative writing teacher.
Review
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Perfect! Giles is so gentle and knowledgeable. He could tailor the course to your needs and basically solve any of the language problems you may have. Definitely a great tutor and mentor for anyone who is interested in language, literature, culture, and history.
Perfect! Explained the poetry in detail. Looking forward to have more classes for my daughter.
Perfect! Giles is knowledgeable and well informed
Perfect! Giles is an extremely likeable and intelligent teacher, who combines a broad knowledge with original insights from his experience as a writer and poet. I have already learned a lot from him and look forward to further developing my writing skills under his guidance.
Perfect! Really enjoyed the hour, thank you very much. Feeling more confident about my studies, now!
Perfect! 老师特别好,免费试听课就给了一个小时,太让人感动了!我们是要学爱德思考试局的英国文学课程alevel,孩子说老师讲的诗歌很好很细致。
The teacher is very good. The free trial class is only one hour, which is very touching! We are going to study the English literature course alevel of the Amity Examination Bureau. The child said that the teacher's poems are very good and detailed.Perfect! Amazing discussion! I am a busy mother who has always wanted to take time to learn more about classical poetry and writing. I do not have time for traditional classes, but during an inflection point in my life, decided to look up a teacher. Best decision. I can not wait for the next class.
Perfect! Fascinating and very helpful lesson.
Perfect! I immensely enjoyed working with Giles over a couple of weeks, studying The Picture of Dorian Gray. Thanks to Giles I gained a much deeper perspective than I ever would have gotten through self study. Besides he was patient and flexible over the whole period. Thank you Giles!
Perfect! Giles is very thorough and explains things well, I would recommend him as a tutor!
Perfect! Awesome teacher, my daughter loves her sessions with Mr. Giles.
Knowledgeable, kind and professional.- Giles's response : I always enjoy teaching these lessons: a creative, attentive, and keen student of poetry!
Perfect! Giles is patient, knowledgeable, resourceful. He´s also been very flexible every time I steered the course of the lesson to satisfy my needs for clarification on whichever Literary topic I was struggling with. I will definitely count on him for future lessons.
Perfect! It was my first lesson with Giles so far. I enjoyed it, he made feel comfortable and contributed valuable ideas.
- Giles's response : I've really enjoyed working with Nilza on her beautiful story. NIlza is very good at thinking about the points I make, and this will improve the story as she continues to work on it.
Perfect! It was the first class and went quite well. We defined a plan to go ahead based on my interest.
Perfect! Giles has been helping me to edit and put together my first collection of poems, he is a great tutor and very knowledgeable. He takes time before each session to read my work and gives very detailed feedback. I would recommend Giles as a tutor.
- Giles's response : Kia is an attentive student, open to suggestions about how to improve her work.
Perfect! Giles was very helpful and clearly a very experienced tutor. We had a productive introductory session where we discussed my expectations for the class and how to they would be structured. I am very much looking forward to start the classes!
- Giles's response : Danial shows himself to be very keen and motivated.
Perfect! Excellent teacher and gives you the right path for the best outcomes. I learn a lot from Giles and will be my reference for any forthcoming teaching
Perfect! I am really enjoying my lessons with Giles. He's patient and extremely helpful. The lessons help to identify my weaknesses, and improve my grammar and writing style. I have learned a lot after only two lessons, and I look forward to improving my knowledge and increasing my confidence.
Perfect! Giles is a very attentive, professional, and helpful teacher. He assisted me exhaustively in achieving my goal.
I highly recommend Giles as a teacher.Perfect! Giles is a very attentive and generous teacher! I really recommend his classes.
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Recommendations
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I took several classes with Giles on contemporary poetry and got to know him personally as a result of this. He is very knowledgeable about English literature and about the English language. He has a very open, involving teaching style, preferring to engage students rather than lecture at them. He's very approachable, has a great sense of humour, and is fun to work with. he has teenage children so is familiar with the demands of GCSE and A level, and he has also supervised post-grads. I think he would be an excellent tutor.
Giles is an inspiring tutor with a profound knowledge of his subject and a confidence-giving teaching style where he shares his love of the subject as if you and he were learning together. He is also an excellent poet himself.
Giles is educated, kind and patient.His tireless striving for excellence combined with an in-depth knowledge of his subject recommends itself to any aspiring student wishing to develop an understanding of Literature. I would thoroughly recommend him.
I have known him for over a decade both as a near neighbour and also a parent in the community. Additionally I also know him as a fellow Ealing based poet.
Precision, imagination, empathy, excellence. These are just a few of the words that come to mind when I think of Giles. A published writer with a D. Phil from Oxford, he has a masterful knowledge of the English language, its history, and its proper usage. I wish I lived closer to him so that I could send my child to work and study with Giles.
I recommend Giles without hesitation, as I have benefited from his wise, friendly and deeply knowledgeable tutoring for ten years. Giles prepares his tutorials very carefully and is brilliant at researching interesting and stimulating materials to engage tutees. He is very caring, ensuring that tutorials progress at just the right pace for success. He is very encouraging and a very constructive marker of assignments. He is also rigorous in keeping sight of goals to be achieved by tutees, all with a sense of fun and with humour never far away. Discussions in Giles' tutorials are at a level of knowledge and freedom I have very rarely encountered elsewhere. Why do I recommend Giles? Because I feel I have enjoyed learning from him and that I can always trust him. I am still learning from his courses and I think I always will. I hope you enjoy the same experience!
I have been one of Giles' students in adult education poetry courses in Oxford for several years. He is an authoritative and imaginative tutor, always well-prepared for his sessions and relaxed and friendly in class. He is happy to learn from his students' experience and is comfortable and flexible with open group discussions about poetry, English literature, the arts in general, and cultural history. His background in etymology gives him added specialist expertise.
I've known Giles for more than a decade. He's an experienced tutor, with a deep knowledge of English language and literature (he's an excellent poet himself). If you want someone who knows how language works and has developed over time, and how it has been used by creative writers of all periods, Giles would be a great choice. Recommended unreservedly.
Giles is an excellent tutor who is extremely knowledgeable in all aspects of English. I know Giles as a poetry tutor (both literature and creative writing at Oxford University Department for Continuous Education) and found him very encouraging as well as academically rigorous. He is a hugely experienced tutor and I highly recommend Giles to anyone ambitious to achieve a high standard in English.
Giles is a very patient and skilled teacher with excellent knowledge not only of the subject but ways of teaching. He is warm, empathic, creative and fun. He makes you think and enables you to develop.
I first met Giles over 20 years ago when I attended a series of poetry-writing workshops he was leading. As a teacher he was always encouraging, sensitive, patient and insightful. Since then we have worked together on a number of occasions, including performing together at the Exeter Festival of Literature. In my opinion Giles is a literary genius, a linguistic phenomenon and a leading contemporary poet. You will be unlikely to find a tutor in English Literature or English Language more passionate, or more knowledgeable, or more experienced, or more accomplished than Giles. I can't recommend him highly enough.
Giles and a superb knowledge of the intricacy of the English language go hand-in-hand. Anyone who has the opportunity to benefit from this immense experience built up over decades is very lucky indeed.
I am a former university tutor and reserach fellow and a writer with more than 50 books to my credit, including volumes from Macmillan, The British Library and Tate Publishing. Giles Goodland is one of the best poets now writing in English, a scholar who long worked for the OED, a critic of renown, an erudite and highly intelligent person with high moral standards and an affable personalty. I would recommend him wihout any reserve whatsoever.
I have known Giles for over 25 years. As a writer and teacher he has patience, integrity, intelligence and a great talent. I am a creative lecturer and until recently ran the course at my university. Giles is someone who, given the opportunity, I would have been really happy to have given teaching work to.
Giles is an experienced handler of the English language, and I have known him for a good many years (at least a decade).For over 30 years he has worked as a senior editor on the Oxford English Dictionary (in other words a member of the OED’s University staff). He is competent, reliable and knowledgeable of his literature; indeed he is also a talented, published poet in his own right , with many titles to his credit, while even now continuing to add to this list of his authored books of poetry .
He is both personable and conscientious and a parent whose family were near neighbours here in Ealing, engaging with many local community activities such as Scout’s family weekends under canvas.
He would, in my opinion, be a trustworthy tutor and an asset to your organisation.Giles was my manager for two years, when we both worked at a publishing company. His language skills are first class, but it is his personal qualities that really made him shine as a manager, in my opinion. He’s an excellent listener, problem solver, and mentor, who engages others with kindness and patience. You can trust Giles to care about your progress, and to help you achieve your goals.
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Rates
packages
- 5h: £130
- 10h: £260
Travel
- + ££15
webcam
- £27/h
free lessons
- 1hr
Find out more about Giles
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When did you develop an interest in your chosen field and in private tutoring?
I first became interested in poetry and Creative Writing as a child, and then at University I started writing plays. After a while, I began concentrating more on poetry. Once I left university, I started teaching, and found I enjoyed it, since I could talk about the things I loved.
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Tell us more about the subject you teach, the topics you like to discuss with students (and possibly those you like a little less).
I enjoy most talking about poetry, Shakespeare, and my students' writings. I find that when we talk about a piece of writing, between us we can usually find ways to improve it.
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Did you have any role models; a teacher that inspired you?
I had some great, engaging, committed English teachers at school. But I had a maths teacher who would drone on when most of the class had drifted away. I try to be like the former.
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What do you think are the qualities required to be a good tutor?
Patience, a willingness to listen, a sense of fun, and creativity. Also, of course, a good knowledge of the field.
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Provide a valuable anecdote related to your subject or your days at school.
Careful which poems you read out loud! I read out a sad poem and made a student cry.
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What were the difficulties or challenges you faced or still facing in your subject?
It has taken me a while to adopt to teaching online, but now I enjoy it.
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Do you have a particular passion? Is it teaching in general or an element of the subject or something completely different?
My passion right now is to relax after a long day of teaching and read some books.
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What makes you a Superprof (besides answering this interview questions :-P) ?
Being alert to students, to talk openly about literature, life, and exams.