Information About Vera - Twickenham teacher - (39 reviews)
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Languages Taught
French |
Price Guide |
| Beginner | £35.00 |
| Intermediate | £38.00 |
| Advanced | £40.00 |
German |
Price Guide |
| Beginner | £35.00 |
| Intermediate | £38.00 |
| Advanced | £40.00 |
English |
Price Guide |
| Beginner | £35.00 |
| Intermediate | £38.00 |
| Advanced | £40.00 |
Spanish |
Price Guide |
| Beginner | £35.00 |
| Intermediate | £38.00 |
Personal Description:
I аm а professional language teacher with а 26 year long Modern Foreign Language teaching cаreer. I offer French, German and Spanish tuition from beginners to proficiency levels.
Teaching Experience:
I hаve been wоrking fоr secоndаry schооls , sixth form colleges, grammar schools and cоmmunity cоlleges in severаl cоuntries. I аm experienced in teаching GCSE students (KS3/KS4), A level students (KS5), University graduates, аs well as adults in leisure courses and in corporate courses.
Teaching Approach:
*A skillful teacher and a willing student are the perfect ingredients to successful learning!*
I provide my students with а jоyful, friendly аnd yet very effective leаrning envirоnment using vаriоus teаching methоds according to individual learner types (visual, auditive, kinesthetic or mixed ).
The best piece of praise I ever got from a student was: “Your lessons are brilliant and such a joy. I never thought it would be possible for me to learn so much and have fun at the same time”.
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Native Language: English (British)
Additional Languages: French, German, Spanish
Availability: Weekends / Weekdays (evenings)
References Available: Yes (✔ On File)
Additional Languages: French, German, Spanish
Availability: Weekends / Weekdays (evenings)
References Available: Yes (✔ On File)
Qualifications:
- DGSL (2011) - QTS (Other) (✘ Not On File)
Vera's Feedback
| Total Amount Of Feedback: | 39 |
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| Total Other Feedback: (not shown) | 1 |
VeraFrom Lola (4/5): Vera is a super friendly and helpful tutor, I only had a few lessons with her but from my perspective she was very understanding and throrough. The lessons are structured but also easy going and adaptable. Overall Vera is a lovely tutor!
From Sandro (/5): Vera helped our son prepare for his Geman GCSE.
He has some native speaking knowledge which allowed him to take his GCSE two years early but his writing, specifically grammar, needed a lot of work.
Vera has expert knowledge of the different exam board requirements and provided tailored tuition to prepare our son to succeed in his tests. He received a top score.
We had weekly virtual sessions which worked well. She provided useful material which we could review in between sessions. She expects good discipline from her students which no doubt keeps them focused on the task.
I highly recommend Vera and would be happy to engage her services again.
Thank you Vera
He has some native speaking knowledge which allowed him to take his GCSE two years early but his writing, specifically grammar, needed a lot of work.
Vera has expert knowledge of the different exam board requirements and provided tailored tuition to prepare our son to succeed in his tests. He received a top score.
We had weekly virtual sessions which worked well. She provided useful material which we could review in between sessions. She expects good discipline from her students which no doubt keeps them focused on the task.
I highly recommend Vera and would be happy to engage her services again.
Thank you Vera
From Lorenzo (/5): Vera is a great teacher for adult learners at all levels. We are learning French at our office, from beginner to conversational/business level. She tailors her lesson plans to suit her students and her lessons are always fun and engaging. Vera is very friendly and lovely to have as a teacher. I would highly recommend Vera to anyone wanting to learn a new language.
Reply from: Vera: Thank you Lorenzo for your kind words. I thoroughly enjoy coming to your office and I am happy that you find our sessions fun and beneficial.
From Sergej (/5): A lesson with Vera is something I look forward to all week. It is the perfect culmination of “me-time”, where you feel very special in the Vera has customised the lesson specifically to you. Through her preparation for the lesson and the fact that she is dressed immaculately, always there for you, it is clear that she treats the lesson with you with seriousness, respect and grace.
She has a rigorous and detailed programme through which she seamlessly guides her students, and takes joy when they are successful. I can’t recommend her enough. I think I have finally found the perfect path to language success, despite my busy schedule.
Vera, thank you!
She has a rigorous and detailed programme through which she seamlessly guides her students, and takes joy when they are successful. I can’t recommend her enough. I think I have finally found the perfect path to language success, despite my busy schedule.
Vera, thank you!
Reply from: Vera: Thank you Sergej for your warm words. I am grateful and delighted to be given the chance to support you on your way of becoming a fluent and confident speaker of the language . You will achieve that goal very soon and I look forward to our next fruitful lessons.
From Sheila (/5): Vera contacted me very promptly to answer my questions and to make arrangements for our first appointment. I have had two lessons and they have been focussed and targeted to my personal level and to how I wish to learn. Vera is very friendly and easy to communicate with.
Reply from: Vera: Thank you very much for your kind words Sheila. It is my pleasure supporting you to become a fluent French speaker. You are doing great!
From Donia (/5): My son and I started German lessons with Vera a while ago, we were very happy as she is an amazing and friendly tutor with lots of creative tools and ways of teaching to make sure you understand everything you learn without ever getting bored. Now I feel like I am much more confident in speaking and understanding German and my son has consistently achieved A*s in his year 9 grades with the help of Vera!
Reply from: Vera: Thank you for your lovely words Donia. It has been such a pleasure to be teaching both of you . Keep up the great work , you are both doing amazing!
From Chitra (/5):
Reply from: Vera: Dear Chitra, Unfortunately, I have been battling a severe Covid infection the whole week which left me unable to attend to my usual responsibilities.
Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience caused by this unforeseen circumstance. I want to assure you that I take my role as a language tutor to your daughter very seriously, and I deeply value her progress, her education and well-being under my guidance. I am truly sorry if my delayed response this time has caused any distress or frustration but I kindly urge you to reconsider the rather harsh feedback you have given me here for something that was beyond my control.
Thank you and I wish your daughter all the best, lots of luck and success with her further studies. She is a bright and hard working girl and I have no doubt she will excel in all her exams.
Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience caused by this unforeseen circumstance. I want to assure you that I take my role as a language tutor to your daughter very seriously, and I deeply value her progress, her education and well-being under my guidance. I am truly sorry if my delayed response this time has caused any distress or frustration but I kindly urge you to reconsider the rather harsh feedback you have given me here for something that was beyond my control.
Thank you and I wish your daughter all the best, lots of luck and success with her further studies. She is a bright and hard working girl and I have no doubt she will excel in all her exams.
From Joanna (/5):
Reply from: Vera: Thank you Joana for your great feedback. Your daughter is a very clever, hard-working ,mature thinking and dependable student who takes her studies very seriously , which is great! I have already seen tremendous improvements in her learning curve and I am convinced all her hard work will pay off in her final exam results . I am grateful and honoured to be part of that learning journey with her!
From Ben (/5): Me and my brother both take German lessons with Vera. We have found her to be a brilliant tutor who has really helped us with our language learning. She has tailored our lessons to help us reach our specific goals and is very passionate about teaching language. Very happy to have Vera as my tutor.
Reply from: Vera: Thank you very much, Ben. I am happy to hear that our tuition is fruitful and meaningful for you both.
I would also like to thank you for your brilliant cooperation, you are both doing great, keep up the good work!
I would also like to thank you for your brilliant cooperation, you are both doing great, keep up the good work!
From Haz (/5): Have been taught by Vera for a couple of months now as a casual learner of German. Very happy with the lessons, homework and approach to tutoring.
Reply from: Vera: Thanks,I am pleased that you enjoy our lessons. Your progress so far has been phenomenal, keep up the great work!
From Laurian (/5): Vera is warm and approachable, I find her clear and encouraging.
Reply from: Vera: Thank you so much for your lovely words Laurian. It is a joy and honour for me to support and guide you on your language journey!
From Susan (/5): Vera has a good rapport with my son and whilst it is still early days, I'm confident Vera is making a difference to my son's learning.
Reply from: Vera: Thank you very much for your kind words. It is my pleasure to help your son achieve his true potential, he is making progress very fast.
From Kamila (/5): Vera is a fantastic tutor and already exceeded all our expectations; she has taught my daughter a lot despite only a couple of lessons. She is always very well organised and sets her lessons out in such a way that helps and teaches you a lot. Highly recommend!
Reply from: Vera: Thank you very much for your lovely feedback… Your daughter has an incredible talent for languages and she will very soon become a high achiever of the language. It is such a joy to teach her!
From H (/5): Vera has been very helpful in offering virtual German language support to my son thus increasing his confidence. Would definitely recommend!
Reply from: Vera: Thank you very much. It has been such a pleasure to support your son on his language journey!
From Prodip (/5): Very supportive and encouraging. Has made great strides in improvement and we look forward to continuing with Vera.
Reply from: Vera: Thank you very much for your kind words. It is my pleasure to help your children achieve their true potential and to help them excel in their exams.
From Farheen (/5): Excellent
Reply from: Vera: Thank you very much for the positive feedback, it is a pleasure and an honour for me helping your gifted daughter to reach all her goals with the language.
From Helen (/5): I have thoroughly enjoyed my first few lessons with Vera and have learnt a lot in just a few lessons. The lessons are always very engaging and allow you to feel challenged but relaxed at the same time which is so important when learning and speaking a new language. Vera is always very encouraging and patient and this gives you confidence to have a go and not be worried about making mistakes. Vera's passion and knowledge of languages is evident throughout each lesson, she is very enthusiastic and keen to share her love of languages. I would recommend Vera to anyone wanting to learn a new language or improve their skills whatever their level and reasons for learning. My only regret is I wish I'd found Vera sooner!
Reply from: Vera: Thank you so much for your lovely words of praise, Helen. I am happy to read that the lessons are beneficial to you and meet your expectations. It is such a joy for me to meet a learner who is as enthusiastic about and appreciates languages just as much as I do!
From Michaela (/5): Vera is a fantastic support for my son who is preparing for his German GCSE targeting at grade 9. He absolutley enjoys Vera's structured, motivating teaching style and is feels highly motivated now to continue German up to A-levels. ”
Reply from: Vera: Thanks so much for your positive feedback, Michaela. It is a pleasure to work with your talented, highly motivated and hard-working son and to see him making progress so fast!
From Jimin (/5): Hi, I learnt from Vera over the Christmas holidays ,virtually, and she was a massive help. She was able to cater the lessons towards my weaknesses and clearly explain what was beneficial in the exam. In the short time frame she raised my grade from a 6 to a 9 and I was able to feel that she wanted the best for me. She pushes you but also raises your confidence with commendations. She is an incredible teacher and I thoroughly recommend.
Reply from: Vera: Thank you Jimin for your compliments. It was a pleasure teaching your daughter , she is such a hard worker and her success is well earned!
From Kalyani (/5): Teacher Vera is really excellent. She helps my daughter G very well in German. She takes a lot of initiatives to improve her speaking, reading and writing skills. I am really pleased by her teaching. She updates me regularly on my daughter’s work. We are very thankful to her.
Reply from: Vera: Thank you so much for your kind feedback. Your daughter has a natural aptitude for languages and it is my privilege to help bring out her true potential.
From Chrystalla (/5): My daughter feels comfortable with Vera, and confident that she will be able to build up to the required standard.
Reply from: Vera: Thank you Chrystalla for trusting me in helping your daughter to reach her full potential. I am very confident that she will excel in her exams, she is a bright and diligent student and a pleasure to teach!
From Emma (/5): My son has been having online lessons with Vera for about a month now. He really enjoys them and finds them very productive and professional. We are both very impressed. Thank you Vera!
Reply from: Vera: Thank you Emma. It is my pleasure to help your son reach his targets in the final exams. Keep up the brilliant work Philip!
From Alfie (/5): I cant put in to words just how fantastic Vera has been in helping me to learn Spanish.
Vera first and foremost is fluent in multiple languages and, like most people looking for a tutor, is still learning more langauges. She understands how to teach not just because she has decades of experience in teaching, but because she, herself is a student.
Vera breaks down the fundamentals of learning languages into bitesize portions that are simple to digest. By working on the building blocks, the rest of the language learning becomes simpler.
The lessons vary in length and each lesson has been expertly crafted into various entertaining ways to learn the subject. For the first time, in a learning environment I dont find myself checking the time as the lessons fly by.
Vera is extremely capable as a tutor and even more impresisve is her flexibility. I have had both online and face to face lessons and I have never felt more comfortable.
Its unbelieveable just how cheap the lessons are for the quality of service you receive. Some of the tutors on here are upwards of £60/Hr and without a shadow of a doubt, I guarantee that the learning process that youll have with Vera will be the best value on here.
I hope this feedback illustrates just how impressed I am with Vera's teaching ability!
Vera first and foremost is fluent in multiple languages and, like most people looking for a tutor, is still learning more langauges. She understands how to teach not just because she has decades of experience in teaching, but because she, herself is a student.
Vera breaks down the fundamentals of learning languages into bitesize portions that are simple to digest. By working on the building blocks, the rest of the language learning becomes simpler.
The lessons vary in length and each lesson has been expertly crafted into various entertaining ways to learn the subject. For the first time, in a learning environment I dont find myself checking the time as the lessons fly by.
Vera is extremely capable as a tutor and even more impresisve is her flexibility. I have had both online and face to face lessons and I have never felt more comfortable.
Its unbelieveable just how cheap the lessons are for the quality of service you receive. Some of the tutors on here are upwards of £60/Hr and without a shadow of a doubt, I guarantee that the learning process that youll have with Vera will be the best value on here.
I hope this feedback illustrates just how impressed I am with Vera's teaching ability!
Reply from: Vera: Thank you so much for your warm feedback and for all your praise, Alfie.
It is such a pleasure to teach you and I am so happy to hear how valuable the lessons are to you. Keep up the great work and you will soon become a fluent speaker of the language!
It is such a pleasure to teach you and I am so happy to hear how valuable the lessons are to you. Keep up the great work and you will soon become a fluent speaker of the language!
From Anthony (/5): Vera is a highly professional tutor who structures her lessons well, makes the content relevant to her students needs and she provides informed feedback.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my lessons and it has certainly given me an incentive to develop my study of German.
I would recommend Vera to anyone who is looking tk learn in a supportive and patient environment
I have thoroughly enjoyed my lessons and it has certainly given me an incentive to develop my study of German.
I would recommend Vera to anyone who is looking tk learn in a supportive and patient environment
Reply from: Vera: Thanks Anthony , so lovely to hear that you are enjoying our German tuition.
I look forward to many more fruitful , joyful and productive lessons with you to help you become a fluent speaker of the language . Keep up the great job!
I look forward to many more fruitful , joyful and productive lessons with you to help you become a fluent speaker of the language . Keep up the great job!
From Kelly (/5): I am very pleased with my choice in tutor. Vera is patient , prompt, and prepared all what you would expect and want. She helps me with proper pronunciations which can be quite challenging when learning a language. I would certainly recommend.
Reply from: Vera: Thank you very much Kelly. It is my pleasure to assist you on your way of becoming a fluent French speaker. You are doing great, keep up the brilliant work!
From Harry (/5): Vera is the perfect tutor. I absolutely love my lessons with her and am so glad that I made the decision to pick her. She is head of English at a secondary school and has extensive, life long experience teaching French. She has lots of resources and is very patient. If you want to learn to speak French you cannot do better, in my opinion. I am not taking the GCSE, but learning as an adult, but I did do GCSE french when I was younger, and am sure that Vera would be just as good at the academic side. It is amazing that such fantastic tutors exist at the touch of a button.
Reply from: Vera: Thank you Harry for your positive feedback. I feel honoured and at the same time pleased to hear that our French tuition is so beneficial to your needs. I equally enjoy the lessons with a student as committed, engaged and pro-active as you are. Keep up the brilliant work!
From Rebecca (/5): Vera was a very good tutor but unfortunately the whole coronavirus situation meant we had to end the relationship after only a few weeks because there are no A level exams now.
Reply from: Vera: Thank you Rebecca. It was an honour and a pleasure teaching your son. I wish him all the best for the years to come, may his future career plans all come true.
From Sandra (/5): I'm so grateful I found Vera to teach me Spanish. I'm an older beginner but she's patient and knowledgeable about how to help me learn best. I highly recommend her as a teacher. Gracias, Vera.
Reply from: Vera: Thank you Sandra for your lovely feedback. It is a pleasure and a joy teaching you!
From Mariya (/5): I wanted to re-learn a European language, to improve my language skills, after spending a lot of time working in life Sciences. So, I wanted to re-learn German which Ilearned at school which may be useful for me in the future.
Vera is a great teacher,very patient and showed me a new way of how to learn a language in a better and quicker way. She is a wonderful personality who also gave me an insight into the German way of doing things in everyday life which was very educational.
I highly recommend Vera as a tutor.
Mariya
Vera is a great teacher,very patient and showed me a new way of how to learn a language in a better and quicker way. She is a wonderful personality who also gave me an insight into the German way of doing things in everyday life which was very educational.
I highly recommend Vera as a tutor.
Mariya
From Philip (/5): Vera has helped our son from not knowing the basics to an A in end of year exams in 3-4 months in me subject and B in the other, so quality is excellent. We would recommend highly.
From Maxine (/5): Very enthusiastic, wants to make the learning fun and has very creative ideas. only 2 lessons so far but I believe my daughter will come out of this being able to speak German
From Setor (/5): Language being taught: German
Vera is a great tutor. As a languages expert, with the breadth of knowledge/understanding she has of the various languages she speaks, she is able to provide clear and varied teaching whilst creating a fun yet stable and progressive learning environment. Her ability to put things into cultural context also helps a great deal in understanding similarities and differences between langauges. She genuinely enjoys teaching and this comes across well.
Vera is a great tutor. As a languages expert, with the breadth of knowledge/understanding she has of the various languages she speaks, she is able to provide clear and varied teaching whilst creating a fun yet stable and progressive learning environment. Her ability to put things into cultural context also helps a great deal in understanding similarities and differences between langauges. She genuinely enjoys teaching and this comes across well.
Reply from: Vera: Thank you Setor. It has been a pleasure teaching you.
From Catherine (/5): Vera is a wonderful teacher. She is patient, encouraging and thorough and makes you feel confident that you can progress. I highly recommend her to anyone.
From Stefania (/5): Vera is a very passionate and positive teacher.
She understands your needs and built a lesson around, always in interesting and catching way.
I felt impress about my improvement as a non-beginner student.
I definitely recommend Vera!
She understands your needs and built a lesson around, always in interesting and catching way.
I felt impress about my improvement as a non-beginner student.
I definitely recommend Vera!
From Claudia (/5): I found Vera as an unreliable person. I clarified with her the conditions in terms of location of classes before paying the fee and at the first class she told me the location was not convenient for her anymore and she would like to change it. I found this quite inappropriate as she should have done some research on commute time before accepting my conditions.
Reply from: Vera: Claudia refused having tuition neither at her home nor at my home.
Instead she chose a crowded and very noisy coffee shop near her home ,not a good learning atmosphere which left me with severe headache after the session.
On top ,it took me 90 min to get to that place and 90 min back home, the 180 minutes traveling time exceeded the tuition time by far( I didn't charge her anything for travel expenses, I even made her a special price for the tuition itself!)
I kindly asked her to change the location to a place just a little nearer to my home, since she didn't allow me to come to her home. It would have meant 2 stops on the central line for her, but would have cut my travel time by half. Sadly enough she refused.
I wish her all the best for the future and hope she finds a suitable tutor that meets her needs and matches with her demands.
Instead she chose a crowded and very noisy coffee shop near her home ,not a good learning atmosphere which left me with severe headache after the session.
On top ,it took me 90 min to get to that place and 90 min back home, the 180 minutes traveling time exceeded the tuition time by far( I didn't charge her anything for travel expenses, I even made her a special price for the tuition itself!)
I kindly asked her to change the location to a place just a little nearer to my home, since she didn't allow me to come to her home. It would have meant 2 stops on the central line for her, but would have cut my travel time by half. Sadly enough she refused.
I wish her all the best for the future and hope she finds a suitable tutor that meets her needs and matches with her demands.
From Rhys (/5): Vera is fun, and does a good job of tailoring the lessons for my personal needs, as an adult casual learner. When we speak German, she speaks clearly but not patronisingly slowly, like you'll get on the tapes, this is really useful. We have hour and a half sessions at £30 which is a good amount of time. In my lessons we tend to spend most of the time practising talking and about half an hour learning a new grammatical principle, it might be different for you if you are building up to an exam. I've met Vera once a week for four months and I've gone from being a self taught beginner to an upper intermediate.
From Yoon (/5): Vera is really good and very organised for tutoring.
She has given confident to student and we are happy with her.
She has given confident to student and we are happy with her.
From Christopher (/5):