Emily K. (her, 40 Years)

Leeds, UK

Experienced English lecturer and tutor in Leeds

Bio

Hi. I'm a tutor with 10 years experience tutoring English, History and Psychology working in West Yorkshire and Manchester. More recently I've worked as an English Lecturer at a fu... Read more

Hi. I'm a tutor with 10 years experience tutoring English, History and Psychology working in West Yorkshire and Manchester. More recently I've worked as an English Lecturer at a further education college, having taken a year off from study where I'm training to be a Speech and Language Therapist. As you can probably tell, I really love English! So much so, I've written a couple of study guides and I'm probably set to write a few more! Got one or two forthcoming on some Shakespeare plays and one planned for Jekyll and Hyde (concentration and time this summer permitting).
I'm coming at English (and Psychology and History for that matter) from a unique perspective. As a speech and language therapy student, I'm into the nuts and bolts of English in terms of linguistics, psychology, pragmatics, phonetics, neuroscience etc. As an English lecturer and tutor, I'm interested in how authors communicate their ideas over space and time and I love pairing that up with ideas from neuroscience and linguistics. As an avid reader, I love sharing ideas and experiences with students. If you're becoming jaded with your subjects, I am the tutor for you. I'll aim to instill or restore a love of the subject. I can't wait to meet you and get started. Read less

Teaching methodology

Unlike Maths, there are many right answers in English, but I do know there is such a thing as a wrong answer (hint: pathetic fallacy is not the weather). My approach is objective, ... Read more

Unlike Maths, there are many right answers in English, but I do know there is such a thing as a wrong answer (hint: pathetic fallacy is not the weather). My approach is objective, encouraging students produce answers as balanced and provable as any mathematical equation to equal a valid answer.
I want to know your opinions and responses to texts. But you have to convince me that the text is where they came from and that your brain decoded it and produced the answer. That what I’m here to teach. Read less

• £27

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• $25

  Online Hourly rate