Information About Sarah - Dublin tutor -

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Personal Description:

Hi, I'm a qualified German and ESL teacher, Garda vetted and registered with the Teaching Council of Ireland. I teach in a secondary school, grind school and privately to ESL, University, Junior and Senior Cycle students, and have taught modules through German at University. Additionally, I'm experienced in and offer the Department of Education's home-based summer tuition programme to students who qualify, allowing you to avail of up to 40 hours tuition during July/August.

Tutoring Experience:

I've over 20 years of teaching experience. I'm a native English speaker from Ireland and have native level fluency in German, including writing and pronunciation, having lived in Germany for 15 years and taught in a German school throughout that time. Additionally, I am certified at the highest CEFR language level in German (C2), hold a Masters degree in teaching both ESL and German, and I communicate in English and German privately on a daily basis. Students who have begun online lessons with me have all consistently continued with me throughout their exam years.

"Sarah worked with our son for his leaving cert 6th year and we found here to be very pleasant and easy to deal with. In our sons words “She helped me through a very tough year and my German improved exponentially over the year and I highly recommend her” Sarahs structured approach meant he was ready for the oral exam, the paper exam and the aural exam at exactly the appropriate times. She adapted to our sons’ particular needs based on his standard when she first worked with him. Overall our son’s appreciation and aptitude for German increased in the year he worked with Sarah. We are very grateful to Sarah." Clara

Approach to Grinds:

- If you are studying German for the Junior or Leaving Cert, I have a range of bespoke supplementary material to summarise, cover and practise all exam topics: reading comprehension, grammar, written production, aural and oral.

- We will work through individualised exercise and vocabulary sheets, as well as past papers for the exam. My vocabulary sheets have been devised and categorised to include the actual vocabulary and topics from past papers. For the Leaving Cert Oral exam, I will help tailor your answers and work with you on pronunciation and ease of communication.

- I take a very structured approach to covering the exam curriculum to help you gain a clear understanding of the language and achieve maximum results.

- If you are a university or ESL student, I individualise the lessons to suit your university or exam curriculum.

- After each lesson, you receive a personalised email containing the homework assignments, as well as any documents, audio files, links or grammar sheets covered in the lesson.

I greatly enjoy helping students progress by gaining confidence and ease in using the German or English language and developing their exam skills and strategies within an encouraging, supportive and goal orientated learning environment!

ESL rate: 50€/hour
Junior Cert Cycle rate: 50€/hour
Leaving Cert Cycle rate: 50€/hour
University rate: 60€/hour

- The first lesson is paid in advance. In order to accommodate this, I offer a short Zoom call before payment to discuss your goals and tailor the first lesson.

- Payments are made monthly in advance. Refunds will not be given for short notice cancellations as your place is reserved. Please inform me 24 hours before the lesson of a cancellation to receive credit towards the next month’s lessons. If I need to cancel a lesson, I will provide as much notice as possible and you will receive credit towards the next month’s lessons.

If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you!