Latin Tutoring Services

How does Latin tutoring online work?

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After our initial meeting and assessment, I create an individual Latin language and exam preparation learning plan. If your child will benefit from small tutorial work (three students maximum),  they may be invited to join an Oxbridge style tutorial group.​ Lessons take place weekly during term-time, and ad hoc holiday or additional sessions can also be booked. 

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What are the benefits of tutorial-style sessions for Latin language learning?

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I run highly interactive one-to-one sessions and small-group tutorials (also called supervisions), which foster full participation and engagement. There are many benefits to learning in a small group: students learn to negotiate meaning and build on their peers' ideas, and they are challenged to elaborate on their views in a friendly environment. This prepares them for future academic success, from Oxbridge interviews to later university life. 

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What schools do your Latin students attend?

 

I support students across a range of UK, US and international schools, both in the private and state sectors.

Here are examples of schools my students have attended in the last couple of years:​

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Westminster Cathedral Choir School, Holland Park, Saint Paul's School (US), Saint Paul's (boys and girls, UK), Eton College, The Judd, Reed's School, Sevenoaks,  Sussex House School, Lambrook School, The King's School Canterbury, West London Free School, Mossbourne Community Academy, Queen Elizabeth's School, King Edward VI SChool, Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, St James Schools, Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Ibstock Place School, Hills Road Sixth Form College, SPCCPS, St Mary's Calne, Durston House, Beaconsfield High School for Girls, Woldingham School, Badminton School, Presbyterian Ladies College, The Lawrenceville School, Wycombe Abbey, Tokyo International School.

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​What Latin learning resources do you use?

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I am familiar with all commonly used textbooks and also create my own resources to suit individual students' needs.

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Textbooks: Suburani, CLC, De Romanis, LLPSI, Wheelock, Taylor, Oulton, Owen's Ovid and Prose, Leigh's Prose composition

Additional resources: novellae, Latin Via Ovid, Via Latina, Omnibus magazines, past papers and unique mock papers created by me. 

​Online tools: access to Suburani online, Legentibus and my self-paced courses are part of the package I offer to ongoing tuttees.

Self-paced courses: students who would benefit from joining them will receive guided access. 

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I am not sure about online learning for Latin. How is it better than face-to-face?​

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I have taught hundreds of students and teachers online, and I use state-of-the-art technology to ensure meetings are safe, comfortable and interactive.

Meeting from the comfort of their own space, students experience lower levels of anxiety, which is conducive to a deeper learning experience as well as being ideal for communicative approaches.

For more information on the tools I use for teaching online, you can read my blog post on online learning. 

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Can you help with specific Latin language and literature exams?

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I teach the full Latin range, from 13+ to university entrance. This includes the following: Common Entrance Level 1, 2, 3 and scholarship, GCSE (OCR and EDUQAS), A Level, CLAT and Oxbridge application preparation. For students preparing for the MLAT and CAT, I also offer a support package. 

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What are your teaching qualifications?

 

Here is a summary of my credentials. For more information on my professional achievements and affiliations, please visit my LinkedIn page. ​

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• QTS (valid in the UK and Spain)

• CAP (Spanish teaching certificate)

• Degree in Classical Philology (Greek and Latin) from the Universitat de Barcelona: BA Hons, MA

• French and German EOI certificates, German ZOP (Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung), Beginners' Chinese (OU)

• Reading Interventionist Certificate

• Dyslexia and Foreign Language Teaching Certificate (Lancaster University)

• NSPCC current safeguarding certificate

• TTA membership

• DBS update service searchable ​​​​​

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How do you ensure student confidentiality?​

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Privacy and student safety are central to my approach to safeguarding. I do not share personal information about students under any circumstances, except when necessary to ensure their safety (e.g. concerns related to harm, abuse, or an immediate risk, where disclosure to relevant authorities is required). Comments in my self-paced courses are moderated, and students in group lessons are not permitted to share personal information, such as school or address. 

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