Ideally, you could improve your listening skills whilst strolling around beautiful cities chatting to the locals in France, Spain or...

In this blog, I’m going to talk about reading books in foreign languages, in my case, French and Spanish, to improve your vocabulary and...

September can feel a little bit like January with the sense of new beginnings. It’s a great time to reflect on what works well during...

If your child is struggling with a subject at school or perhaps has not done as well as you, or they, would have hoped in some recent...

There is no doubt that learning vocabulary is key to improving language skills, for both children and adults. The holy grail of many...

Three reflections from a tutor who teaches both children and adults. Perhaps you are thinking of taking the plunge and learning (or...

Revision season is starting. We know, of course, that revision should not really be a season, it should be ongoing, spaced and repeated...

… and why we should think carefully about what would be most useful for us to learn in that language I was privileged to use my languages...

Can I use Duolingo or the internet to teach myself languages at home? Do I really need to pay for a French or Spanish tutor? How can I...

If you’re based in Asia, perhaps Hong Kong or Singapore for example, and looking for a tutor for your child, why not consider a UK based...

As a UK based private tutor (in person and online via Zoom), and teaching a range of subjects, enquiries for maths support far outstrip...

I have promised to share this delightful piece of work by one of my longstanding students. It's not necessarily word perfect but it...

Summer learning loss exists - we know this from memory research: if knowledge is not practised over a significant period of time, it will...

Over the past couple of weeks it's been so lovely to learn the news that my 11+ students not only passed their 11+ entrance exams with...

Unsurprisingly, parents and students come searching for tutors in examination years: Y6 for KS2 SATS; Y8 for the common entrance exam;...

A poem for today ... Times tables, Number bonds, To add and to subtract; These key skills are what you need To start to love your maths!...

Resilience, the ability to bounce back and try again after something goes wrong, is key to being a successful learner. It also involves...

Yesterday was World Mental Health Day so it seems like a good time to talk about why I spent three days of my summer holiday in London...

“But we’ve done this before!” "Yes, we have. And yes, we’re going to do it again." Today, we are going to address why it is that practice...

The diversity of human languages has always fascinated me. Cognitive Scientist, Lena Boroditsky, talks about how linguistic diversity...