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Ciaran
- Rate £12
- Response 1h
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Number of students Ciaran has accompanied since arriving at Superprof
Number of students Ciaran has accompanied since arriving at Superprof
£12/hr
Contact
1st lesson free
- History
- General knowledge
- Sociology
- Current affairs
History Tutor with MA also current affairs politics sociology in Bournemouth area
- History
- General knowledge
- Sociology
- Current affairs
Lesson location
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at your home or in a public place : will travel up to 10 km from Bournemouth
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About Ciaran
Personal Summary
I have over 5 years experience teaching English literature, and American history to 13 to 17 year
olds at Leonardo Da Vinci school, in Vitoria, Brazil. The course that I taught is an American High
School programme, devised by Missouri University. I also taught English as second language ( ESL) at school in Vitoria for 4 years to students of all ages and abilities. I taught the communication method with an emphasis on speaking listening and writing. It gave me valuable teaching experience and increased my knowledge of English grammar and taught me how to manage peoplewho had different needs, abilities and motivations for learning English and moreover how to orientate the classes accordingly.
I have developed strong classroom management skills in that time. I am committed to getting the best out of students by encouraging and assisting them appropriately and by giving them the right feedback. I am also organized and dedicated to delivering learning to students.
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About the lesson
- Secondary
- GCSE
levels :
Secondary
GCSE
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
I take great satisfaction from helping to guide children and young people encouraging them to think for themselves. I believe that young people should be taught, when appropriate, how to think and not what to think, while of course following the curriculum.
I have a Masters degree in Contemporary History and Politics from Birkbeck College, University of London. I specialized in the Cold War, British involvement in the Middle east post World War One and American Foreign Policy post 1945.
I have had more than 5 years’ experience teaching History and English literature at the British equivalent of key stages 3 and 4. The course I taught was a high school programme, devised by Missouri University, at a school in Vitoria, Brazil.
The History and literature courses covered American history from Columbus to the present day and great number of writers from Thoreau and Miller to Shakespeare and the major literary genres, drama, poetry and prose. It was a challenging position because the classes had to be taught in English and therefore they had to be structured in a way that was understandable and enjoyable to students whose first language was not English. It also involved blended learning. The course material had to be made palatable to them and this ensured that I had to be both innovative and creative in my lesson planning and classroom management. It also helped to strengthen and broaden my communication skills.
I also taught English as second language ( ESL) at school in Vitoria for 4 years to students of all ages and abilities. I taught the communication method with an emphasis on speaking listening and writing. It gave me valuable teaching experience and increased my knowledge of English grammar and taught me how to manage people who had different needs, abilities and motivations for learning English and moreover how to orientate the classes accordingly.
I also gave many 1 to 1 private English classes to dozens of students of all ages and abilities. This helped to sharpen my communication and linguistic skills.
I am an avid reader so I set up a book club. The members read books in either English or Portuguese and we discussed them in English. It gave them an opportunity to practise their English in an informal setting.
I also undertook voluntary work teaching at a children´s home, in Vitoria, for nearly two years. This was both a rewarding and enjoyable experience and gave me an insight into the lives of damaged children and of how important education can be in the healing process and in giving them a chance to do well in life.
I am looking to using the experiences I have gained to get a place on a I am looking to using the experiences I have gained to get a place on a salaried teacher training course with a view to gaining a full time and permanent teaching post.
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Rates
Rate
- £12
Pack prices
- 5h: £50
- 10h: £90
free lessons
The first free lesson with Ciaran will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 1hr
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