

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 History 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 History lesson.
- Rate 58€
- 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

58€/h
1st lesson free
- History
- General knowledge
- Current affairs
- Politics
- Humanities General
- General Studies
Get to grips with History, GCSE and above, with the help of a London-based PhD and university lecturer.
- History
- General knowledge
- Current affairs
- Politics
- Humanities General
- General Studies
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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 History lesson.
About Alexis
My academic and professional speciality may be English Literature, but History remains my first love. I studied it up to A Level (gaining an A grade), and continue to incorporate it into my work as a cultural and literary critic. At the time of writing I am preparing a large project examining the British Empire and Victorian society at the end of the Nineteenth Century, and have a wide knowledge of American and European history. 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 am familiar with the AQA, OCR, Edexcel, Eduqas, and IGCSE syllabi, and have helped students achieve top marks in all five. I welcome anyone seeking support for GCSEs, AS, and A Levels. I am also a nationally-published writer whose book reviews have appeared in The Guardian and Prospect Magazine.
About the lesson
- Primary School
- Secondary School
- Post-Secondary Education
- +8
levels :
Primary School
Secondary School
Post-Secondary Education
1st year of Sixth Form
2nd year of Sixth Form
BTS
Adult education
Bachelor
Masters
Diplomgrad
Doctorate
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
I approach each topic according to the immediate and long-range needs of the student, whether they require help in comprehending their topic, in preparing for exams, or in planning, executing, and proofing written work. Depending on the desire and temperament of the student, I can gear my lessons either towards cramming and exam survival or towards the nurturing of lifelong learning. In my time as both lecturer and tutoring I have learnt that there is no effective one-size-fits-all approach to pedagogy. If you're struggling with an obdurate topic and simply wish to pass an exam that you're dreading, I can help you by teaching to the test and unlocking the code of what's expected at your level. If you're enthralled by your subject and wish to pursue it further, beyond the bounds of learning outcomes and assessment, then I can cultivate that passion in you. If you want to improve your critical or creative writing, I can help you articulate your vision and present it according to high standards; along the way I will instil good practices that will help you in any such task. For any given first session I like to get to know the student, find out where they're at in their course of study, and see what their current working methods are like. Usually, talking about the current piece of homework, the next upcoming exam, or due assignment is a great way to gauge their requirements, assess where my help is most needed, and thus collaboratively devise a joint programme of work. Some students work better with a more freewheeling approach in which they discover the joy of their own working methods, whereas others achieve their potential with a more planned and scheduled approach. Contingent upon these considerations, my sessions can run between one and two hours.
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Perfect! Brilliance!!
Perfect! Went into details which was greatly appreciated
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Recommendations
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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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Rate
- 58€
Pack rates
- 5 h: 288€
- 10 h: 577€
online
- 58€/h
free lessons
This first lesson offered with Alexis will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 30mins
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