Tuition grants a student attention. Attention that can listen and encourage and challenge. Sometimes as a tutor the best breakthrough in terms of learning and confidence about learning, about being an individual who can enjoy their own individual perspective and strategy, comes through an occasional scattering of odd words weighted sometimes, other times just floated. Paying attention allows a student to find out why they like this or don’t like this. Why they may struggle to write certain types of essay or why they find group exercises difficult. Trust is essential and so is respect. And this can only be gained through proper attention where the individuality of the individual is acknowledged and respected.
Tusitala Expert English Tuition recognises the uniqueness of each student. Every student speaks and learns in their own unique way. sometimes these ways are unhelpful for the student. Unhelpful because they may limit their confidence and prevent them finding a means of expressing themselves and of learning, that will alow them to thrive.
Tusitala Expert English Tuition has lots of value added ! As a NLP Master Practitioner and Get Into Reading Trained Facilitator, and as someone who found new ways of learning confidence and academic competence, I bring to each student respectful, insightful attention. Creative attention and alternative strategies for writing, reading and speaking. Tuition improves understanding. I want students to feel that they have had AHA moments each time they have a tuition session. AHA moments inspire and encourage. Confidence in English is confidence for life.
For we all get into styles of behaviour that we believe may protect us from the world’s dangers. In students these styles are habits of belief about their abilities seemingly cemented to their boots and then thrown overbaord, so that they cannot move.
I love tuition as it gives students the gift of attention that shifts away static and often unhelpful anchors. Any challenge, safely and positively done, can allow new perspective and change. Why carry on visiting Milton Keynes in the frost when you can visit Mallorca in the sunshine just by a simple shift?
‘Imagine if that were not true, what would you do?’
‘What are you getting out of believing this or that? ”How helpful is this outcome for you today?’
‘Who do you know, anywhere, who does ‘A’ in a helpful, positively productive way?’ How would it be, if just for now, you imagined being this person. What are you doing differently?
Think of something you love doing. Imagine all the good feelings around this activity. Take the feelings from this enjoyable activity into your homework!
Act as if you are enjoying doing the presentation. Notice everything you are feelling as you enjoy this presentation.
AHA!!!
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