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Vansitha

English Tutor Fitzroy, VIC
Clear concepts. Once your concepts are clear you can do any kind of question, sometimes even harder questions. Every concept especially in economics and maths have diagrams, I love working with diagrams and I think those are the best things tutors can do for a student. I think I give good real life examples and good diagrams to make concepts…
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Robert

English Tutor Fitzroy, VIC
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is helping them develop an approach to learning new material or tackling unfamiliar problems and help them become more confident in their abilities. I have had commercial tutoring experience for primary school kids as well as informal tutoring for many years. I know the material well, as well…
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Mahesh Kumar
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Mahesh Kumar

English Tutor Fitzroy, VIC
A tutor can be a role model for the student. Generally students observe character and skills of a tutor and in most cases they try to imitate them. As a tutor we have to be a responsible individual gradually transferring our personality to aspiring students. After all today's students are tommorrow's mentors. I think my determination and my…
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Kiki

English Tutor Fitzroy, VIC
As a tutor, we are teaching our students how to think, not what to think because we want them to be independent learners. Our roles are to guide students in setting up their learning goals, motivate them to learn, and enable them to self-assess. As results, students can improve their academic performance, confidence, motivation, creativity, and…
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Madhulika

English Tutor Fitzroy, VIC
The most important thing a tutor can do is to identify and work on the problems the student is facing while learning so as to make them confident enough to turn their weakness into strength. Most importantly have fun while learning. I am very creative with my teaching as every student has different pace of learning and solving things. Since I am a…
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Gurshan

English Tutor Fitzroy, VIC
A tutor's role goes beyond teaching academic content. Creating a positive learning environment, adapting to diverse learning styles, and offering clear explanations are crucial. A tutor should be more than just a teacher to them, they should be their friend, their go-to person in case of doubts and someone who's always willing to listen while…
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Aarcha

English Tutor Fitzroy, VIC
With my 7 years of combined experience both as an online tutor as well as a school teacher, I feel that a tutor's essential role involves tailoring support to individual learning styles, fostering confidence, and nurturing a love for continuous learning. By creating a personalized and encouraging environment, acknowledging achievements, and…
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Manjot

English Tutor Fitzroy, VIC
I have a positive attitude even when the student is wrong, I correct them by not saying that they were wrong but by picking up the same topic and explaining it in the correct manner. Instead of spoon-feeding all the information, I expect students to brainstorm ideas. I motivate the student to think in various aspects which would help them broaden…
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Rola

English Tutor Brunswick East, VIC
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to provide them with the proper tools and techniques to achieve their goals so that eventually they don't need to rely on you to succeed. A tutor should also be patient and provide a thorough explanation for every task, whilst being completely non-judgemental of the student and their…
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Aeva

English Tutor Hawthorn East, VIC
I believe the most important thing a tutor can do for a student is understand and support them. A student excelling in their studies is not simply a routine of worksheets and practice essays, but learning simple yet effective methods for studying such as flash cards, mind maps and games. It also goes beyond studying and into routines students can…
Yauma
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Yauma

English Tutor Brunswick East, VIC
I see a tutor as someone who can motivate students to learn and build the students' confidence to recognize their strengths. Like planting a tree, it may take sometime for teaching to be rewarding but it has a great impact as a tutor get a chance to contribute to a positive change in students' life. I see myself as a communicative, friendly,…
Morgan
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Morgan

English Tutor Brunswick East, VIC
My tutoring style relies on simplicity. Students gravitate toward what can be easily understood and thus as a tutor, I always make it my goal to break the concepts down to the most simplistic level until the student completely understands what we are learning. Then the tutor needs to elaborate on these simple ideas with more complex concepts if it…
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Simon

English Tutor Preston, VIC
A tutor's role is to create a supportive environment, provide personalized guidance, clear explanations, constructive feedback, and empower students to be confident and independent learners. I excel in personalized instruction, leveraging vast knowledge to offer clear explanations and guidance for complex…
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Md Riaz

English Tutor Hawthorn, VIC
Be honest. Be flexible. Be patient. Be a good listener. Be willing to share your own experiences. Be a collaborator. Teach the student how to learn. Be confident. I have energy to teach longtime. Also I have enthusiasm, patience, creativity, communication skills, adaptability and the ability to work as part of a…
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Anushree

English Tutor Brunswick East, VIC
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to listen and recognise the issues that the student is facing and guide them through the same. I am a patient and a perceptive person. Being a student myself, I believe I can understand the problems and the emotions that students and children face nowadays. My listening skills and my…
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Pankaj

English Tutor East Melbourne, VIC
I reach the basics of students weakness areas in subject and improve with some fun exercises. I give student a comfort to share their difficulties and progress in subject. I continuously analyse student learning and bring in creative methods to improve understanding and generate interests. I am always exploring new and advanced learning techniques…
Alexandra
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Alexandra

English Tutor Carlton North, VIC
Rather than provide a mass amount of information, the most important thing that a tutor can do for a student is instil a sense of confidence and interest in the subject. Personally the experiences that I have taken with me from systems of education have been how applicable the framework of learning is to other facets of the reasoning process.…
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Sally

English Tutor Princes Hill, VIC
I consider one of the most important things a tutor can do for a student is build their confidence. Once this is established and the student has faith in their own abilities, the tutor is able to guide and facilitate their learning as a pose to simply instruct. The role of the tutor is to recognise what the student is capable of doing on their own…
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Natasha

English Tutor Carlton North, VIC
Not give up on them. Understand that every student is different and change up teaching method to suit their different IQs to help them do the best they can. Be a good role model to the student, so they respect you and want to work harder every time I believe I am able to explain difficult concepts by breaking down and simplifying it to the…
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Nikolett

English Tutor Richmond, VIC
A tutor not only teaches a subject but also educates students. There is a practically infinite number of resources for teaching English in any topic, from music and films to books and articles. Choosing the right resources is extremely beneficial for students to widen their knowledge about the world. While focusing primarily on English, I find it…
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Daniel

English Tutor Richmond, VIC
It is important for a tutor to quickly build a positive rapport with the student and create an environment where learning is fun and success is attainable. Clear communication and structured lessons are critical for weekly growth. Summary lesson notes and effective communication with parents makes the most of the tutoring experience. As a…
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Yanmei

English Tutor Fitzroy, VIC
Provide smart and creative ways to learn and understand difficult topics. Use real life examples to help the students in more ways than just academically. Improve students outcome at their own pace. Understands and works with the strengths of their students whilst improving their weaker areas. I am a soon-to-be qualified secondary school…
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Nicci Marie

English Tutor Burnley, VIC
A tutor can increase a student's confidence in their abilities through consolidation of concepts. This is important as to do well in any subject, a student needs to believe in themselves and their capabilities. I am good at going slowly, step by step, through difficult concepts to break them down into understandable…

Local Reviews

Pippa really likes Dexter and they seem to be a good match at this early stage.
Lorraine, Kew

Inside AlphingtonTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 7 student Saxon revised indices, number lines, and the conversion of decimals and fractions to prepare for an upcoming test.

In Year 9, Ethan worked on structuring essays with a focus on crafting strong introductions and body paragraphs using relevant evidence from texts.

Meanwhile, Year 10 student Nicholas practised analysing lyrics for his English oral presentation and refined his ability to identify key themes in "The Sapphires."

Recent Challenges

A Year 8 student repeatedly struggled to connect algebraic rules with their purpose, often relying on memorisation instead of understanding—this led to confusion when teachers and peers offered differing methods.

As one tutor noted, "she was more comfortable repeating similar questions than unpacking why a method worked," which made worded problems especially challenging.

In VCE English, a senior student's essays lacked evidence and structure; attempts at analysis were undermined by summary-style writing and unclear topic sentences.

This meant promising ideas remained unsupported in assessments, affecting marks even when insight was present.

Recent Achievements

A tutor in Alphington noticed that Nicholas, a high school student, has started using the TEEL essay structure more independently and now selects evidence to support his points without prompting—something he was hesitant about earlier in the term.

Taylah, also in high school, recently surprised her tutor by recalling key algebra techniques after a long break and smoothly solving new problems on her own, which marks a shift from needing step-by-step guidance last year.

Meanwhile, Aden (primary) took real pride in his maths progress and now volunteers to try challenging addition questions first, instead of waiting for help.

What they say about our tutoring

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aura is doing very well with Sasha and I am very happy with the way she is teaching Sasha.

Laura is doing very well with Sasha and I am very happy with the way she is teaching Sasha.

We just finished our first session with Mohamed, he is a good match for us. Matthew and I were impressed.

Local Spots for Tutoring

If you'd prefer not to have lessons at home, tutoring can also take place at a local library—such as Fairfield Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Alphington Primary School.