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Mick

English Tutor Wandana Heights, VIC
The single most important aspect for an english tutor is to be able to keep the student's attention; losing their focus implicates the loss of any further progress in the topic at hand and their faith in how much you can help them as a mentor. Maintaining their concentration throughout the duration of the session, while tiring at times, pays off.…
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Saloni

English Tutor Wandana Heights, VIC
Provide Individualized Support: Every student has unique learning needs, strengths, and challenges. A tutor should tailor their approach to meet the specific requirements of each student, whether it involves addressing gaps in understanding, building upon existing knowledge, or adapting teaching methods to suit different learning styles. Build…
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Amy

English Tutor Wandana Heights, VIC
It is important that tutors take measures to understand a student's strengths and weaknesses within a subject and to ensure their advice is suited to these capabilities. Tutoring should directly meet a student's needs, rather than implementing a one size fits all approach. A tutor should also supply a student with resources and advice that will…
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Nagma

English Tutor Highton, VIC
The most important things an english tutor can do for a student are to motivate them and make them laugh, to be a buddy who happens to be helping them with their school work, to acknowledge them with current, expand their grasp of the concepts and can be a influence in some tangible, positive way, helping them make essential connections, or…
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Mi

English Tutor Grovedale, VIC
Besides from general knowledge of the subjects, understanding the strengths as well as weaknesses of the students is a must for personal tutors. We can develop the most effective way to teach if we are fully aware of these factors. Also, one of the most important things an english tutor can do is to be patient and considerate with their students.…
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Abu Sayeed

English Tutor Belmont, VIC
The primary role, I believe, for a teacher is to guide students to the right direction. With all the progress in information technology, educational content is readily available for literally anyone willing to learn something. The key role, for a modern-day teacher, I feel is to help students understand what they might be looking for and how they…
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Kyle

English Tutor Wandana Heights, VIC
The most important thing in my opinion is helping the student understand the problem, simply completing the problem for them helps no-one. If a tutor can do this, then the student should be able to complete any problem. Secondly, I think that it is important to treat the student as if they are an equal. Students who require tutoring generally…
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Paniz

English Tutor
I believe the most important thing a tutor can do for students is to give them the confidence to believe in their abilities in order for them to view themselves as capable enough to learn new things, work hard and perform their best. This starts with the tutor identifying the student's area of need and working hard alongside them to improve it.…

Local Reviews

All going well with Kimmy. They get along well and Leah tells me that Kimmy explains things well. Leah listens and takes in the information. Kimmy is also prompt and friendly.
Danni

Inside BarraboolTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 5 student Eliza practiced comparing and ordering fractions with the same denominator and interpreted real-world fraction scenarios, then quickly grasped converting between millimetres and centimetres using a unit conversion table.

In Year 10, Austin focused on planning text responses for English (including The Crucible) and worked through a biology chapter check-up, tackling key concepts together.

Meanwhile, Year 11 student Jamie revised methods of counting in discrete probability distributions for maths and reviewed chemical and physical properties of water in chemistry by working through relevant practice questions.

Recent Challenges

In Year 9 English, one student hesitated to begin essays and often "got stuck starting a text response," making it harder to structure arguments under timed conditions.

In VCE English, another found it difficult to trust their initial ideas—second-guessing led to less fluent paragraph writing and more stress during SACS.

Meanwhile, a Year 10 student in Biology struggled to adapt when exam questions used unfamiliar wording; as noted, "she did fall into traps laid out by examiners regarding practice questions."

In Year 7 Maths, messy or incomplete working meant division steps were left out, causing confusion when reviewing errors later.

Recent Achievements

A Barrabool tutor noticed a Year 11 student who used to hesitate with text responses now confidently drafts strong introductions and conclusions, even planning essay bodies independently—something he previously avoided.

In Year 10 biology, one student picked up complex immunity concepts on the spot and could answer gene technology questions without earlier revision, showing new self-reliance.

Meanwhile, a primary school student who once needed help for every step in long division now completes all practice problems with high accuracy and rarely asks for guidance. Last session, she finished an entire worksheet without any errors or prompts.

What they say about our tutoring

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So far so good. Freddy is lovely and Oscar seems to be settling into having a tutor really well.

I am really happy with the tutoring provided by Aisling for Calledon. Calledon is really doing well , feeling confident to overcome his fear for Maths.

Yes, all going well with Vicky thank you for the follow up. Pareise is great and Vicky loves the way she explains things to her.

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 Highton Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Ceres Primary School.