Jeremy B.

I’m an experienced online English tutor. I’ve been tutoring online for many years. I’ve also worked as a Learning Support Assistant (Teaching Assistant) offline.

I frequently help students to learn how to read, write and think. In addition to this, for the vast majority of the time, I do help students to improve their grades. However, a willingness from the student to work both during our lessons and outside of our lessons is a necessity. If that willingness is not there, there is only so much I can do. Therefore I demand this willingness. I’m not strict and authoritarian. I’m relaxed and patient, but I’m not a babysitter – that is not my role. 

I have a B.A. in American Studies and English (Literature, History and Politics) and an M.S.C. in Global Politics. 

I begin by going through exam papers first, in order to make sure the student is familiar with exactly what they are going to be tasked to do during the exams, and how they are going to be marked (I have experience with all of the major exam boards and their marking schemes). Whilst I do this, I explain how to structure paragraphs for different questions, as different questions require different structures. 

Once students learn these things, a lot of the journey comes down to consistent practice and consistent feedback. It's one thing to understand all of this and another thing to be able to do it -- and to not only do it, but to do it fast enough during exams. For this reason, I tend to set regular homework. However, I try to only set homework that will take one hour or less (often less) per week. Various studies show setting too much homework is often counter-productive.

In addition to this exam-focused tuition, I do also teach the books, plays and poems (premise, plot, characters, themes, symbols, motifs, arguments, counter-arguments and context) at a slower pace, as well as provide revision sessions. When possible, I'm also open to exploring off-curricula texts that students may enjoy more.