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Parisa
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Parisa

English Tutor Fig Tree Pocket, QLD
The most important thing an english tutor can do for a student is to be easily available to them. Often times a student may wish to clarify a quick concept or question outside of tutor times for homework or other purposes. By being easily available to the student, a tutor can spare a few minutes of their day to support and promote the student's…
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Dana

English Tutor Indooroopilly, QLD
The most important thing I can do as an english tutor is to encourage the student to do their best and achieve their goals. If their goal is to get straight A's then I will ensure that I do all I can to help them get there. If their goal is to pass or to improve their grades, it is important that I help them do that. I do not want to give them the…
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Bhanu
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Bhanu

English Tutor Sinnamon Park, QLD
To grant a student the ability to pursue their dreams of getting entrance to a prestigious university course, or to simply allow them to maximally blossom their high school results to be presentable to a future employer. Perhaps sparking an interest in something that one would never have even considered a prospect, or bestow them wisdom from my…
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Arya

English Tutor Sinnamon Park, QLD
I believe the most important things an english tutor can do for their students is to help them achieve the result they want whilst not being restricted to long and tedious hours of studying, maintaining a study life balance. I think my greatest strengths as a tutor is the ability to warm up to students in a comfortable and calming way, due to my…
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Kayla

English Tutor Jindalee, QLD
If you are an english tutor, your job is to empower other people. Even if you are picking up blind spots, asking a student to paraphrase something, or advising more research in a particular area, there are ways to convey this information that are encouraging and helpful, (rather than condescending). We all have blind spots, too. I have found…
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Edwin

English Tutor Chelmer, QLD
Listen to feedback. Make sure they understand what they are being taught and determine if a new approach is needed. Sometimes the same information can be summarised and presented in a different way that is just easier for some people to understand. My own capacity for learning. Information retention and comprehensive analysis. Communication…
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Dziila

English Tutor Indooroopilly, QLD
Helping the student build a personalised studying technique & encouraging them to work hard. Answering every single question the student might have & helping them really understand the content. I use a very approachable & organised manner of tutoring, this helps students stay organised as well & ask me any questions they might have, however small…
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Edward

English Tutor Indooroopilly, QLD
The most important thing an english tutor can do for a student is foster an excitement about the learning process. A good tutor can help a student to achieve not only their language goals but to appreciate how important language is to their overall academic achievement. My strengths as a tutor revolve around my communicative style of…
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Jade

English Tutor Indooroopilly, QLD
The most important things I can do for a student: - Be a kind but firm figure, understanding of struggle but still encouraging progress. - Be someone who teaches how to learn just as much as they teach a subject. Learning skills will continue to serve students well after their school years are through. - Be passionate about my subject. A…
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Ameesha

English Tutor Indooroopilly, QLD
Build a friendly bond with the students. Understand the student, their problems and help them overcome their fears. Make them understand the concept in the easiest way possible. I would say that Communication and understanding are my strengths. Another best of my strengths include me being able to interact with the students in order to know…
Toby
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Toby

English Tutor Indooroopilly, QLD
The most important thing that an english tutor can do for a student is to build rapport so that they trust in your abilities and in your desire to help them. I also believe that it is important that students feel that the time that they have spent with you has been worth the cost and the effort. One of my tutoring strengths is my ability to…
Aryan
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Aryan

English Tutor Indooroopilly, QLD
1. Be knowledgable 2. Be encouraging 3. Be Organized 4. Be Adaptable 5. Be a Clear Communicator I bring knowledge, patience, adaptability, encouragement, clear communication, and organization to my lessons. Scoring an IB 43 (ATAR of 99.40) in high school, I have a deep understanding of my offered subjects and can give insight into helpful…
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Gabriel

English Tutor Taringa, QLD
As an english tutor, what I believe to be important for a student is the ability to not only push but to better the student in their schooling career. My years of high school were spent with teachers who picked favourites and let me fade into the background. As a tutor, I would enjoy seeing the potential in someone and letting them see that for…
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Jenna

English Tutor Taringa, QLD
The most important thing an english tutor can do for a student is to not only instruct, but listen. Tutoring is a beneficial one on one experience, therefore tutoring has opportunities to become specialised for the students benefit. This can be achieved with asking questions such as “How is this content relevant to the student?†or “Does…
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Caitlin

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
A tutor is a mentor and a friend to a student as they are coming to them when they are struggling and trusting them to build up their skills and their grades so that they can achieve their desired grade. The most important thing is trust between the tutor and student, meaning that the tutor will do right by the student. I used to struggled when I…
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Lachlan

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Ideally, I want to instill the same sense of wonder and love that I have for mathematics in the students. This won't work for all students, of course, so failing that I think an english tutor should be able to teach a student how to think for themselves - it's one thing to be shown how to get an answer, and it's another thing entirely to be taught…
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Brianne

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Build confidence in their own abilities as well as provide guidance and support where needed My strengths would be being able to communicate clearly and precisely along with my flexibility and professionalism whilst also being approachable. My weakness would be that I haven't had too much experience in a professional tutoring position, so I would…
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Anna

English Tutor Toowong, QLD
The most important things an english tutor can do are to listen to their students and respond accordingly when tutoring them. It is also important to encourage their abilities and help them to succeed. A tutor should also be there to encourage continuous learning and creating a positive learning environment. I believe my strengths as a tutor are…
Dhyana
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Dhyana

English Tutor Toowong, QLD
I think the most important aspect of being an english tutor is to assist students in coming up with their own interpretations, especially in english, by expanding their skill set. By giving students the tools to succeed but letting them work through the problems first, it allows them to put forward any errors or miscommunications, which can then…
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Edward

English Tutor Pinjarra Hills, QLD
- Make positive environment through skilful teaching so that student can progressively work towards academic goals - Giving the student the skills they need to sequence their learning and understanding - Allows the students to understand their own learning processes. By understanding this, the student will feel confident in approaching more…
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Idelle

English Tutor Toowong, QLD
Support them. Sometimes students just need that boost of confidence and support to understand. Frustration in their own learning can often end up being the reason why a concept is not being understood. I was an inclusion support assistant at a primary school, working with various kids with learning difficulties and disabilities. This has given me…
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Jonathan

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Tutors need to provide support for their students to feel capable of learning while also constantly challenging them to improve by utilizing applicable information, providing new approaches/perspectives, and celebrating the students' improvements. 1. 5+ years of experience teaching science-themed programs to an extremely diverse array of students…
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Onasha

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Make the students feel confident on themselves and making them trying out the questions independently first. And let them k know that they can learn more from their mistakes and it’s a normal thing to make mistakes in the classroom. And make them feel comfortable with me and make them feel secure. If they don’t understand the concept I help…

Local Reviews

With Oscars learning disorder he really wouldn’t be fully accessing the curriculum content if it weren’t for Matthew’s help. We really appreciate his patience and friendly disposition and non-judgemental attitude.
Rosilyn, Kenmore

Inside Fig Tree PocketTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 6 student Meg tackled ratio problems and reviewed tricky questions from class, often using visual examples to support understanding.

In Year 8, Sophie worked through a maths practice test and explored probability concepts with real-world style questions.

Meanwhile, Year 11 student Jack revised derivatives and logarithms by tackling past exam-style questions, helping consolidate his skills ahead of assessment.

Recent Challenges

In Year 8 Maths, one student consistently avoided the final exam questions—especially multi-step problems with unfamiliar scenarios—preferring to revisit easier practice sets. This meant they missed chances to build confidence tackling the hardest test sections.

For a Year 11 Engineering assignment, another student delayed starting the "solve" section until prompted, leading to rushed last-minute work and overlooked feedback ("needs to make sure that his PSMT is done up to the solve section by next Wednesday").

In Year 6, forgetting about lessons altogether resulted in missed homework submissions and falling behind on key content.

Recent Achievements

A Fig Tree Pocket tutoring session saw a Year 10 student, who had previously struggled with homework independence, tackle all assigned maths problems solo and even achieve a B+ on her recent test—she only needed to check one answer with the tutor.

Meanwhile, a senior student finally cracked the logic behind quadratic discriminants after weeks of confusion, confidently applying it to enrichment questions that used to feel out of reach.

At primary level, one younger learner surprised their tutor by reading instructions aloud for the first time without prompting before completing all ten worksheet problems on their own.

What they say about our tutoring

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We are very happy with Anh and her tutoring of Lana.  We are taking a break over the school holidays and public holiday but will be back into it in a couple of weeks. Anh was very generous with her time leading up to Lana's last exam and although not anticipated given the short lead up time, her results improved. It's been a great decision for us to set the foundations for Lana with senior maths.

Afra has met with Jasmine once so far as we have had the holidays. I think it went really well and Jasmine is actually looking froward to her next lesson this Saturday.

Lazarus is very happy with Joseph. I think Joseph will be a good fit for Lazarus' learning needs.

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 Kenmore Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Brisbane Montessori School.