

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Alexis will be happy to arrange your first Essay Writing lesson.
Alexis
One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Alexis will be happy to arrange your first Essay Writing lesson.
- Rate £50
- Response 2h
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Students50+
Number of students Alexis has accompanied since arriving at Superprof
Number of students Alexis has accompanied since arriving at Superprof

£50/hr
- Essay Writing
Nationally-published writer and PhD in English Literature will help you master the art of writing essays
- Essay Writing
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One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Alexis will be happy to arrange your first Essay Writing lesson.
About Alexis
I spent half a decade as a lecturer in English Literature at Brunel University, where I received my PhD. I graduated from the Russell Group-affiliated University of Southampton with a First-Class Bachelor’s Degree and a prize for the best dissertation of my year. I also received a Master’s Degree with Distinction from the same institution. I have been a private tutor since I was a teenager, and have offered my services on Superprof since 2020. I received outstanding feedback from students and colleagues during my time as a lecturer, and have had successful results with my private students since focusing on tuition. I have helped students with essays in subjects ranging from nursing and psychology to business studies and international relations. I am also a nationally-published writer whose book reviews have appeared in The Guardian and Prospect Magazine.
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- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
With five years' experience of teaching at a university level, I have a developed lesson-plan to hand to inculcate sturdy and universally-applicable principles for structuring and composing an essay. But rather than simply walking in cold and beginning by telling the student what to do, I like to get to know them and their writing style. Where possible I like to be provided with samples of previous writing as well as the feedback they received, so I can start by assessing the student's strengths and weaknesses. By the end of our time together we will have touched on every aspect of the writing process, from initial formulation of the question and research, through the transition from first draft to final version, and onto the final work of proofreading and polishing before submission. Along the way I hope to instil a love for the art and craft of the essay by drawing on some of my favourite examples as a pedagogic resource.
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Perfect! Alexis is a brilliant tutor. He’s approachable, friendly and very supportive. Needless to say, he’s also very skilled and knowledgeable, but that much is obvious from his profile. He’s an interesting and cool person, and working with him is enjoyable. I recommend him wholeheartedly.
Perfect! He’s very knowledgeable he knows what he’s doing, I get a lot of work and progress done.
Perfect! Asked relevant questions, was highly engaged, and put me at ease.
Perfect! He is an excellent person. Advise highly.
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Alexis helped our son prepare for his Engish GCSE. He is a very nice person, well prepared, passionate for the English Language and Literature. He has been able to transmit this passio to our son toghether with a better understanding of the structure of the exam, which has really boosted his confidence. I am happy to recommend him as english tutor
My son likes to study Maths and the science but was struggling with English. With Alexis's help from grades 5&6 at the beginning of Year 11, my son achieved grades 7&8 on his GCSE exams.
The achieved exam results clearly speak for his quality of teaching.
Thank you, Alexis!Alexis has taught History to my 2 children. He is extremely knowledgeable and adapted his teaching methods to suit them. The children easily understood and retained what they were taught. Alexis is one of their favorite teachers and makes learning easy. Very professional and courteous. Highly recommended.
Alexis is a teacher of my son. He is a great professional. He always takes into account my wishes, gives modern, relevant and high-quality knowledge to my son. He is an excellent teacher and tutor. He is very friendly and attentive. I’m happy to have such teacher for my son.
Alexis assisted me in writing two assignments for my Masters Degree in Contemporary Literature and Culture, one on postmodern literature and the other on human rights narratives in documentary filmmaking. His delivery of feedback was encouraging and respectful, and his grasp of the style and flow of an essay goes beyond the straightforward content of the work. His knowledge, though operating in subjects distinct from the area of his primary study, was wide-ranging and flexible, and his keen insight was invaluable in attaining the two distinction grades the essays were given. I couldn't recommend Alexis more highly, for tuition in English literature, and indeed any humanities subject .
Alexis is a truly wonderful tutor. He is teaching GCSE English (analysis, comprehension, creative writing) to our son and is familiar with the requirements. He is always prepared and understands just what’s needed to deeply prepare for each topic, while also improvIng exam strategy and confidence. He is clearly capable of more: A-level and university tutoring too. We’re thankful that he instilled great skills in our GCSE son who is on his way to moving up 2 grade marks. His teaching is personalised to specific needs he keenly observes and he is also open to feedback. Trustworthy, patient, prepared, easy to communicate with, professional, punctual, kind- he has a good grasp of students’ needs and structures lessons that lead to noticeable improvement, allowing the student to find their own love for the subject. I highly recommend Alexis.
Dr Alexis Forss was initially my doctoral student at Brunel University, where I hold the Chair in Contemporary Thought. Latterly, he became both my trusted colleague, teaching several modules with me (as well as teaching solo on other courses at Brunel), my friend and intellectual companion - and he has also tutored two of my own sons, privately. As the extent of my involvement with this young man would indicate, I consider him to be not simply trustworthy, but an excellent teacher, thinker, writer and communicator. Indeed, in ten years of teaching in higher education, Dr Forss is the best teacher and lecturer I've seen. He is empathetic as well as eloquent: understanding the capabilities of students intuitively, working to provide them with heuristics that will suit them at their level, and patiently leading them into new skills and areas of knowledge. He is diligent in his preparation for classes, and sincere in his belief in education: this man is not a hack. My own retention of Dr Forss as a teacher for my sons (both of whom are ASD), indicates just how highly I regard his abilities.
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- 10h: £500
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