Virginia - ESOL teacher - Highland Heights

1^st lesson free

Virginia

Rate €28
Response 1h

€28/h

1^st lesson free

ESOL
English speaking
English Vocabulary
English writing
Business English

Former Au Pair Teaching Casual Everyday English Three Years In Forty Five Students Taught So Far While I Figure Out My Own Language Career Too

ESOL
English speaking
English Vocabulary
English writing
Business English

Lesson location

- online

About Virginia

I worked as an au pair abroad for a couple of years, and that experience is honestly where my teaching journey properly started, helping the children I looked after with their language homework most evenings. Three years into teaching more formally now, I've worked with about forty-five students, mostly children and teenagers who respond well to a relaxed, friendly approach rather than something overly formal. I'm still early in my own teaching career, and I say that honestly, since I think transparency matters more than pretending to be something I'm not just yet. My real strength lies in genuine patience and a relaxed, non-intimidating teaching style, built directly from real experience with actual kids rather than theory alone. I connect particularly well with younger, shyer students, since that's exactly the age group I spent the most time with during my au pair years abroad. My teaching style is casual and warm, closer to an older sibling helping with homework than a strict, formal classroom teacher. Watching a nervous kid relax and actually start chatting confidently remains genuinely the best part of this whole thing for me. I'm building my experience one student at a time, and I think that honest, still-growing energy genuinely helps younger students feel more comfortable.

About the lesson

I worked as an au pair for a couple of years, picking up teaching almost by accident from helping the kids in my host family with their homework every evening. My lessons stay pretty casual, honestly, closer to a friendly chat than a formal class, because that's genuinely the vibe that worked best with the kids I looked after. We talk about everyday stuff, school, friends, hobbies, whatever a student's actually into that week, and vocabulary just comes up naturally along the way. I keep grammar explanations short and simple, nothing too technical, because overly detailed explanations always seemed to confuse the kids I worked with more than plain, simple examples did. Games and quick activities fill a lot of lesson time, since sitting still through a purely academic lesson never worked brilliantly with younger students in my experience. I encourage a lot of speaking, even messy, imperfect speaking, because confidence mattered more than perfect grammar with every kid I ever worked with as an au pair. Mistakes get a laugh, not a correction lecture, since nobody learns well feeling embarrassed about trying their best. I'm still building my own teaching experience, and I'm upfront about that, but I think the casual, genuinely friendly approach works really well for younger or nervous learners especially.

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10 h: €280

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This first lesson offered with Virginia will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.

Former Au Pair Teaching Casual Everyday English Three Years In Forty Five Students Taught So Far While I Figure Out My Own Language Career Too

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Former Au Pair Teaching Casual Everyday English Three Years In Forty Five Students Taught So Far While I Figure Out My Own Language Career Too

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About Virginia

About the lesson

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Rate

Pack rates

online

free lessons

Other tutors in ESOL

Fedelis Kedzeh

Anas

Maria

Amanda

Paul

Stefano

Aldo

Flannery

Armin

Ethan

Linda

Ria

Laurent

Clément

Jane

Sebastian

Mary

Cristina

Marty

Timothy

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