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Lana

English Tutor Firle, SA
I believe the most important thing(s) an english tutor can do for a student include the following 1) Listen to their frustration on the topic/s 2) Learn and apply strategies that benefit each student's learning style 3) Provide a safe place for kids to learn and explore topics and subjects 4) Be a friend As a tutor, I believe my strengths…
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Georgia

English Tutor Trinity Gardens, SA
The most important thing an english tutor can do is help their students to see the value and potential in themselves. Through helping students find a learning style (and pace) that suits them and encouraging them to develop their skills in a wide range of subjects, tutors give students the foundation of confidence and understanding. I'm patient…
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Ayush

English Tutor Payneham, SA
The most important things that an english tutor can do for a student is treating them like a friend, making them realize the importance of education to the students like them, and making them aware about the competition that is to be faced by them when they pursue their future goals. Most importantly, I would say one has to teach student making…
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Jamie

English Tutor Payneham, SA
I will instill pride and confidence in students that they can be successful. Cultivating a growth mindset is important, a belief that small steps progress into achieved milestones. Importantly, I will instill in students the courage to try again and that there's no such thing as failure if we persevere. I can support students in their current…
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Ankita

English Tutor Glynde, SA
In my opinion, an english tutor must be able to empathize with the student and create a safe space for them. Its important to be constructive and patient especially with the ones that take time to grasp topics. One must keep instructions clear and always strive to empower the child by focusing on their strengths. Engage them instead of lecturing…
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Jeevika

English Tutor Tranmere, SA
The most important thing for an english tutor is to provide a fun learning environment for the student and empower them to learn. A tutor should be able to motivate the students to organise, formulate study goals and most importantly self learn and self improve. I am a very results-oriented person and one of my key strengths as a tutor is being…
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Anant

English Tutor Beulah Park, SA
A tutor can make learning enjoyable by emphasising on the practical aspects and usage. It is also incumbent upon the tutor to help the student realise the difference learning brings in life and helps them make a responsible and better human being. Patience, friendliness and ability to make the child comfortable by not being a 'Tutor' in the…
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Lucy

English Tutor Beulah Park, SA
A vital aspect of tutoring is being non-judgemental. it is important for an english tutor to make the student feel comfortable to share if they do not understand something or are struggling. If a student feels as if they will be judged or considered inadequate they are less likely to come to tutor’s for help. Building a strong relationship is…
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Elsa

English Tutor Hectorville, SA
Make concepts clear without doubts. I use simple real world examples to explain concepts so that they are well imprinted in pupils' minds clearly and…
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Connor

English Tutor Glynde, SA
The most important thing that an english tutor can do is to pivot their teaching style in order to suit not only the content but how the student learns. Without this ability to change as necessary you are putting your students at a significant disadvantage. Breaking down complex concepts into simple ideas. Creating a comfortable learning…
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Peter

English Tutor Glynde, SA
It is important that the tutor understands the needs and the gaps that the student has at the beginning of the sessions. An understanding of the needs of the student ensures that key objectives and targets are set with the student to drive ownership. As an english tutor, it is also important to constantly assess the impact of my tutoring method in…
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Thomas

English Tutor Kensington, SA
The single most important thing that an english tutor can do for a student is to help them build confidence in their own abilities to learn and overcome challenges. By helping grow and nurture this sense of confidence, a tutor can give a student the tools that they need to learn not only the subject they are working on, but also other subjects and…
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chenxi

English Tutor Marden, SA
A tutor can show new and different knowledge to students. He or she can help students better develop their problem-solving skills and inspire students to think about things from different angles. I am really passionate in tutoring and getting along with children. at the same time, i am really patient with them. i will try my best to make them…
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Mostafa Didar

English Tutor Norwood, SA
Besides helping them understand and learn a topic, the tutor should also help the student master the topic through mastery learning. Mastery learning is a way of designing units of work so that each set of tasks focuses on a particular learning objective and students must master a task to move onto the next one. The tutor should also help the…
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Saatvik

English Tutor Vale Park, SA
One of the most important things an english tutor can do for a student is to create a space in which the student is comfortable and unafraid to make mistakes. This is extremely important in not only allowing the student to learn to the best of their ability, but to be able to question their own logic, problem-solve, and actively engage with…
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Aaromal

English Tutor Magill, SA
The most vital thing an english tutor can do is to make study fun , yes, a student who just remained worried about studies and exams should no longer be worried if he or she has a tutor . A tutor should be someone on whom a student could rely on about their studies and performance. apart for that , a tutor should understand a student’s…
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Mohammadhossein

English Tutor Magill, SA
A tutor could guide the student through few steps that make complicated questions easier for the student to handle. A good tutor will figure out the way of thinking of the student and modify his teaching methods to help the student in the best possible way. I carefully explain concepts and will always try to simplify or reword them if the people I…
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Siobhan

English Tutor Hectorville, SA
I think that the most important thing a tutor must do for a student is to make the student’s learning experience to be enjoyable and productive, where results of their hard work is clearly shown. I think my strengths include having patience towards younger students, being able to think outside the box when a student is unable to grasp the…
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Joshua

English Tutor Hectorville, SA
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to make a student enjoy the subject that they are teaching. This will give the students a bigger incentive to try and learn the subject for their self, as well as have more fun and eagerness in learning the subject. I try and cater more towards the things that my students are not as good at,…
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Daniel

English Tutor Toorak Gardens, SA
- Facilitate open discussion about the stresses, intricacies, and difficulties of schooling (especially in Year 12) - Explain the same concept as a student's classroom teacher but in a way that is digestible to the student (offering a personal approach) - Be able to provide detailed feedback and/or comprehensive drafts for assignments and…
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Kevin

English Tutor Campbelltown, SA
To help the student gain confidence, build motivation, and improve their results in subjects through carefully-tailored tuition sessions where knowledge gaps are filled and empathy is exercised to build effective rapports with the students and to better understand the challenges and needs of the client (including the parents of the student as…
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Smita

English Tutor Magill, SA
I will consistently encourage all my students to always try, and practise, and try again, until they master whatever they were first struggling with. Their dreams become my dreams for them, so I will never let my students give up on reaching their goals. Improvements do not happen overnight, but whenever they do happen, no matter how small, I…
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Mia

English Tutor Toorak Gardens, SA
A tutor must be patient, flexible, honest and attentive. It is important that tutors do not give students the answer directly but allows the student to discover the answer with extra guidance. The ultimate goal of tutoring is to help students become independent learners. A tutor must be willing to adapt to different situations and learning…

Local Reviews

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Inside Payneham SouthTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 6 student Pranavi worked on multiplying and dividing decimals by 10, 100, and 1000 as well as solving worded questions involving fractions and reviewing area and perimeter of quadrilaterals with decimals.

In Year 8, Milly tackled converting between fractions, decimals, and percentages along with practising division and order of operations.

Meanwhile, Year 10 student Harrison focused on solving quadratic equations using the null factor law in preparation for upcoming assessments.

Recent Challenges

A Year 9 student sometimes avoided writing out steps when working with algebraic expressions, which led to confusion about signs and coefficients—"she wrote 3y as 3 + y," a tutor noted, causing calculation errors.

In Year 7, one student's maths book showed layout issues: answers were jumbled and place value columns not lined up during grid multiplication, making it hard to spot mistakes until much later.

Meanwhile, a primary student hesitated to answer worded questions in English, often skipping them or providing only brief responses; this meant missed opportunities for feedback and growth in comprehension skills.

Recent Achievements

One Payneham South tutor noticed Milly now self-corrects her mistakes when working with algebraic expressions—last week, she spotted and fixed an error without prompting, something she hesitated to do before.

In a recent high school maths session, Harrison started showing all his steps for trigonometry problems after previously skipping working out; he even remembered the equations for sine and cosine with less guidance than usual.

Meanwhile, in primary English, Naba has begun tracing numbers 2–4 and 6–9 independently instead of waiting for direction—a real change from earlier lessons where she needed step-by-step help.

What they say about our tutoring

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Domenic has only had one session with Alvin, but he thinks he is 'awesome'. He likes the tips and tricks Alvin explains for solving maths problems. He's not keen on tutorials over holidays so will continue with more weekly lessons starting next week.

I am very happy with Aston. Joshua loved him and Aston is a great role Josh. Aston will be coming over for the second tutoring lesson tomorrow and I am pretty sure everything will work out perfectly.

We had one lesson with Taruka, she is lovely and Isabella enjoyed it. With school holiday and long weekend we haven't managed another but will definitely be starting up next week again.

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 Payneham Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like St Joseph's School.