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Theodora

English Tutor Holland Park West, QLD
Give them the tools to achieve a high standards and a sense of belief in themselves. My strengths as a tutor are ability to solve problems methodically and logically in a way that students can understand easily and apply for themselves to their school work and assist in achieving their…
Dylan
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Dylan

English Tutor Holland Park West, QLD
Give consistent, constructive, and detailed feedback as well as explaining all doubts the student has until there are no more questions and they fully understand the concept. Not only is helping kids with their work, the most important thing but also to help motivate themselves and become independent learners. Patience and empathy. Studying is not…
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Hope
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Hope

English Tutor Holland Park West, QLD
The most important thing an english tutor can do for a student is celebrate with them when they accomplish their tasks through patience, positivity and kindness. I foster a positive environment in which the student can feel understood and encouraged as they achieve their goals. I approach all obstacles calmly and with patience, and do everything I…
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Jennifer

English Tutor Holland Park West, QLD
I believe the most important thing an english tutor can do for their student is to guide and expand their worldview. To adopt new perspectives regarding politics, literature and sociology. I believe it is important to help students possess the ability to think critically, assert viewpoints and convey one's thoughts through various modes of…
Caitlin
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Caitlin

English Tutor Moorooka, 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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Gabrielle

English Tutor Moorooka, QLD
The most important thing for an english tutor can do for a student is to constantly be encouraging, calm and understanding. I believe that creating a great environment for the student to learn is essential to improving their grades, outlook towards maths, and problem solving tools. I believe my strengths as a tutor is being able to understand…
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Sophie

English Tutor Holland Park West, QLD
The most important thing an english tutor can do is give a student the tools and resources to be able to succeed and learn on their own, and giving them assistance whenever they might need it. My strengths when it comes to tutoring are that I'm patient, understanding, and empathetic. Being patient and understanding are some of the most important…
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Shalaka

English Tutor Annerley, QLD
A tutor can explain the practical applications of the subject he or she teaches in real life. As an english tutor I can make my students visualise the concepts which cannot be grasped instantly. I believe that as a tutor I know the potential areas or concepts where students face problems to understand and I am confident to explain the tricky and…
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Vivekananthan

English Tutor Salisbury, QLD
I firmly believe these are some important things an english tutor offers his/her student: 1.Set High expectations. 2. Establish classroom routine 3.Show that the tutor care about each student in the class 4. Be transparent and ready to help I think that my biggest strength is my confidence and willingness to always learn and try new things.…
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Mathew

English Tutor Mount Gravatt, QLD
I believe the most important thing an english tutor can do for a student is to give them confidence in their abilities and the ability to understand and implement the tools needed to succeed. Over the past 7 years I have been volunteering in a primary school, which has included assisting the teacher in taking students and doing one-on-one and…
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Hui Han Hannie

English Tutor Salisbury, QLD
The most important thing an english tutor can do for a student is to impart good skills and knowledge and a keenness for learning. I am a responsible person who makes sure that the tutee learns from the sessions. I have a lot of patience and can explain things…
Damini
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Damini

English Tutor Woolloongabba, QLD
The most important thing an english tutor can do for the student is to take time to understand their expectations and needs as well as motivate the student to do better using appreciation and engagement. As a tutor, using relevant and relatable examples to explain concepts, providing important tips to remember and understand is the content are my…
Kris
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Kris

English Tutor Robertson, QLD
Help them identify their strengths and weaknesses. Help them cultivate better study habits. Help them improve their own information and and task priority management. I have experience tutoring high school students in maths and English, up to Grade 8. I will build a good rapport with my students. I can use various approaches to suit their…
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Andrea

English Tutor Robertson, QLD
To prepare for class and constantly check up on their progress. Students often need help outside of class, which lots of tutors do not provide. I am always accessible outside of class hours, ensuring students get help whenever they need it. Another important thing is to motivate the student. I always felt inspired to study after my sessions with…
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Avanthi

English Tutor Robertson, QLD
To help students achieve success in their studies and develop an interest for the lessons and give them appropriate guidance and to make their future better. Communication Deep Understanding Strength Memory Attractive…
Anil
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Anil

English Tutor Upper Mount Gravatt, QLD
Provide a safe learning environment where all questions are relevant and tools for them to develop confidence in the subject matter. Patience, Experience, Approachable and…
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Umucaltum

English Tutor Coopers Plains, QLD
- Helping the student overcome their problem area (concepts or areas the struggle to understand or comprehend) - Motivate them along the way -Help them develop a good work ethic to enable them to stay motivated even when you are not tutoring them -Listen to their concerns and encourage them to ask questions along the way My strengths as a…
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Kyena

English Tutor Woolloongabba, QLD
Be patient and understanding and realise that each student has different needs, and that the best way to help each student is to alter the tutoring experience to they needs. Additionally being clear with the student of what their goals are from the beginning and reassuring and instilling confidence in them that they can achieve them. I think my…
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Sienna

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Build up their confidence and belief in themselves Patience,…
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Dhyana

English Tutor St Lucia, 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…
Shivani
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Shivani

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
I believe an english tutor play a great role in helping his/her student to build up self confidence. A tutor can help a student in identifying their strengths and weaknesses and work accordingly. 1. Customising the teaching methods as per the need of a student. 2. Dedicated individual focus. 3.…
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Nick

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Tutors are there to motivate a student to achieve greater outcomes in life, principally in the area of academic study. Whether this is confidence, the knowledge that someone believes in them, strategies for studying and/or comprehension, through to developing initiative, self correction skills and the ability to constantly improve, tutoring is a…
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Vibha

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Being a teacher, it's his/her duty to make the student understand any concept accurately with an ease and with great patience. It is not right to shout or get angry on any person if he or she is not able to do any thing, all you need is some time and practice and also some tricks to solve any problem. I am a very patient person and work with full…

Local Reviews

Baden is an excellent tutor, and he did great work.
Kat, Tarragindi

Inside TarragindiTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 7 student Ava practiced converting between decimals, percentages, and fractions, and solved chance questions using probability expressed as fractions.

Year 9 student Chloe worked through algebraic skills including expanding brackets and factorising quadratic expressions.

Meanwhile, Year 10 student Ben focused on the quadratic equation alongside techniques for solving linear equations and manipulating algebraic terms.

Recent Challenges

A Year 11 student working on polynomials needs improvement checking back over her work to ensure she doesn't make simple mistakes—overlooking this step led to avoidable errors persisting through solutions.

In Year 9 algebra, one student hesitated to trust their own working, repeatedly questioning themselves and slowing progress; as the tutor noted, he doubted himself constantly which doesn't allow him to reach his full potential.

Meanwhile, a Year 4 student's maths written work was sometimes unclear because numbers were placed in the wrong columns during multiplication—this made it harder for both student and tutor to spot where confusion began.

Recent Achievements

One Tarragindi tutor recently saw a Year 10 student move from frequent mistakes in expanding algebraic brackets to completing every question correctly and without hesitation.

Another high schooler who previously struggled to structure persuasive writing now drafts PESTO paragraphs independently, remembering all parts without reminders.

In primary sessions, a younger student who once guessed during oral reading now pauses to sound out difficult words, showing more care and accuracy with each line.

The same student finished his latest story plan entirely on his own—something he'd never attempted before.

What they say about our tutoring

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Hello , both Ruby and I are very happy with her expanding understanding and Boris is a positive , patient and focused young man , he seems to be connecting with Ruby quite well with mutual respect . We look forward to more understanding.

Thank you for your follow up of my son's tutor.  I am very happy with Ben and my son told me that he is getting along with Ben, much better than his previous teacher.  Ben's teaching techniques is very different compare to his previous teacher, therefore my son is finding he has learnt much more with Ben.  Thank you for sending him such a good teacher.  I would highly recommend Ben to my friends if they ever need a tutor. Thank you.

I would like to say that Justin is a wonderful young man. I know it's only early stages but Arin had a smile on his face that filled my heart. Arin has a lot of respect for Justin, which tells me there is a good connection or understanding developing. Thank you for finding us Justin. In Arin's words ' I have learnt more with Justin in three lessons than with the other tutor we had over the past year'Âť. I think we can say Arin has gotten off to a great start. My only hope is that Justin is also comfortable with us.

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 Annerley Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Wellers Hill State School.