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Lynnette

English Tutor Smithfield, SA
I consider a good tutor should be able to help the student feel confident in mastering the English Language and be unafraid of speaking up. By making small steps forward, I can help a student achieve results swiftly. Teaching correct English grammar and picking mistakes. Helping students understand so as to ease their fears/uncertainties. Being…
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Jia Ming

English Tutor Smithfield, SA
Apart from being a tutor, I'm also a mentor to my students by building a strong relationship with them over time. One of the most important things that I can do as a tutor is be an adult that they can trust and look up to in their life. As a tutor, I strive to create positive learning experiences, provide encouragement and use effective…
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Molly-Jean

English Tutor Blakeview, SA
I believe that a tutor should be someone whom the student should feel comfortable asking questions. In this sense, the student should definitely feel no hestitation when asking for clarification if they do not completely understand a concept, something which is not always easy to do in a class. I believe my weaknesses as a tutor would stem from my…
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Gregory

English Tutor Elizabeth North, SA
For high school students, I find that the most important thing a tutor can do is to build a student's confidence in their own abilities. More often than not, I hear student's say that they don't know what they're doing, which can hold them back from trying their best. It's a fact of psychology that people tend to sabotage their own efforts when…
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Kloe

English Tutor Smithfield, SA
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to just help them with their work and listen to their needs and help with those needs. I think that my strengths are: - being an effective communicators - knowing how and when to give critical feedback - being able to explain concepts in a way that is different than normal - being able…
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Stacey

English Tutor Smithfield, SA
Help them understand the material, encourage their strengths and support them when they find something difficult I believe I'm good at helping people understand information, being able to explain things simply and…
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Aasif

English Tutor Hillbank, SA
Be able to be understanding and Patient With the students to be able to help them reach their potential. And scaffold them to their needs in order for them to reach their zone of proximal development. I am studying to become a teacher, I am well versed and know how to deal with teenagers/kids due to my current job and studies. I am also very…
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Maxwell

English Tutor Craigmore, SA
The most important thing I can do for a student is to make the learning environment as comfortable and accessible as possible. And to teach them invaluable study skills transferable to any position. I am personable and understanding of what it means to be genuinely stuck on something. I am a very patient person - I am more than willing to go back…
Ari
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Ari

English Tutor Elizabeth, SA
As a tutor, the most important things I believe I can do for a student are to provide personalised support tailored to their needs, foster a positive learning environment that encourages confidence and growth, and instil a passion for learning. By adapting teaching methods, offering individual attention, and addressing their specific challenges, I…
Garion
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Garion

English Tutor Smithfield Plains, SA
Being a tutor that is energetic, passionate, relevant and engaging. Never giving up on a student. Make engaging work understandable not just in terms of delivery or comprehension, but also in relevance and the application to subjects or scenarios outside the topic. All topics contain information and techniques that can be used for Learning for…
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Olivia

English Tutor Elizabeth South, SA
Listen. You need to listen to understand where and why they are struggling before you can help Patience and understanding. Having just finished year 12 this year, I have been there and understand that sometimes you need that extra bit of support a teacher cannot…
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Jahanzaib

English Tutor Munno Para, SA
Create a non-toxic environment where a student feel comfortable to learn and ask questions. To me I feel this to be the most important factor in learning as feeling comfortable with asking questions and knowing you won't recieve a toxic response is vital in a student excelling in a subject. Due to my past experience with customer service in…
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Holly

English Tutor Munno Para, SA
I believe a tutor should give encouragement generously. A tutor should also empower students by teaching them skills that will help them throughout their schooling and beyond. I care about my students. I try to identify their learning style so that I'm better equipped to help them. I encourage my students to work their way through problems instead…
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SONALI

English Tutor Andrews Farm, SA
A tutor must provide enough time, guidance and have patience with their students so that they feel comfortable and ask doubts whenever they required. I enjoy my passion towards teaching and want my students not to have any fear towards any subject and I make learning easier for them by teaching the things their way, as every student has their own…
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Stephanie

English Tutor Elizabeth Grove, SA
Show them how you can help them, why, show out can be fun to learn subjects, not all teachers don't care, lamarti g different things is fun. I'm very patient, I can use differnt techniques to teach the…
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Noreen

English Tutor Elizabeth Vale, SA
I believe encouraging a students desire to learn is one of the best things a tutor can do for their students, and learning can only be joyful when you understand what you're taught. I believe it is my duty as a tutor to make sure my students finish a tutoring session having more confidence in their study materials than before they started. I can…
Nicole
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Nicole

English Tutor Salisbury Heights, SA
The most important thing is give a student confidence in their own abilities. Without confidence, a student will continue to doubt themselves and struggle whether you are guiding them in their learning or not. I am compassionate, good at explaining things in multiple ways, and creative. I believe that to be a tutor you have to be creative, as the…
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Samuel

English Tutor Salisbury Heights, SA
I believe the most important thing which a tutor can do for a student is not only teach them what they need to know but teach them the skills which they need to succeed on their own. I believe this because although a tutor can help with their learning, they can't be there every single step of the way, especially after high school. These skills…
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Madilyn

English Tutor Salisbury Park, SA
Be patient with them and teach them in the way that they need. Listening to peoples needs and giving them help that they…
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Mehar

English Tutor Direk, SA
I believe the most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to give them the confidence to never stop trying to learn despite few low moments. I personally, encourage students to ask even the most basic questions which come across their mind and to never feel ashamed of wanting to learn more or being curious. In my opinion, Constantly…
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Hakeem

English Tutor Greenwith, SA
As I outlined earlier, a teacher's or a tutor's sole responsibility is not to teach academia, it is to serve as a role model and to help their students grow as people. I think it's so important to treat students as adults, no matter their age, (Of course with a little sensibility applied) and even more importantly as an individual -- to not apply…
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Priya

English Tutor Salisbury North, SA
The most important thing that a tutor can do is teach them to learn. Not everyone learns the same way so we should identify the childrens strength and cater to their needs so that they can become good independent learners in the future My biggest strength as a tutor is patience. Every child learns at a different pace and it's important to slow…
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Shivani

English Tutor Paralowie, SA
Understanding student problem or trouble and solving it in a way that the concept are clear for a particular subjects or topic. Communication, patient, time management, and problem…

Local Reviews

Alicia, is softly spoken and paced and this appeals to my teen Rose. Alicia picks up when Rose hasn't understood and works to explain it differently until she does. We are very happy with the confidence Rose has gained in maths & the skills she can now apply at school.
Ali

Inside Elizabeth DownsTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 4 student Ava worked on understanding place value up to five-digit numbers and practised long addition and subtraction with multi-digit problems.

Year 8 student Chase explored the angle sum property of quadrilaterals and triangles, including proving similarity and using cross multiplication to find corresponding sides.

For Year 10, Daniel revised solving quadratic equations by factorising and finding roots, as well as tackling practice questions on constructing angles using a protractor.

Recent Challenges

A Year 11 student preparing a Research Project left work until the last minute, saying he "did not want to pursue" it—this meant rushed drafts and little time for meaningful revision or feedback.

In Year 9 English, messy written work made it hard to keep ideas clear; as one tutor noted, "focus slips when writing longer responses," so arguments became repetitive or lost formality.

For Year 6 mathematics, a reluctance to write steps—especially in expanded notation—led to confusion when checking answers.

The unfinished homework on number patterns and times tables left gaps that slowed progress during sessions.

Recent Achievements

One Elizabeth Downs tutor noticed that a Year 10 student, Chelsea, has started to ask for clarification on equations right away instead of hesitating or skipping over difficult steps—a real shift from her earlier sessions.

Meanwhile, Caitlin in Year 9 independently tackled all the Pythagoras application questions without waiting for hints and even checked her answers herself before moving on.

In a younger group, Chase (Year 5) now consistently uses finger-tap spelling while reading tricky words out loud, showing much more patience than when he'd previously rush through and guess.

What they say about our tutoring

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Justin has been such an asset to Connor, honestly, his confidence and understanding has improved with Justin's assistance. We are so greatful to yourselves and Justin for all the work and patience over the past couple of weeks.

Also, I would like to say that the tutor provided, Ray, was outstanding. A thorough gentleman, always professional, diligent, interested and concerned. Just a good decent young man on every front. I certainly believe that Ray deserves some acknowledgement and recognition, and that he set a standard in your organisation that would be hard to better, he is a great testament of quality that any organisation tries to deliver. We were always pleased to have him in our home and wish him all the very best in his future.

I also wanted to say Matthew has been absolutely fantastic, he has a great manner and is very patient.  Anja's maths has definitely improved. i suspect we will need a tutor again in the second half of next year hopefully Matthew is available then.  I will certainly recommend your service to others.   I also wanted to say thank you for all the fabulous resources you offer.

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 Playford Civic Centre Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Taparra Primary School.