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Sienna
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Sienna

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

English Tutor Mount Gravatt East, QLD
To make a person knowledgeable rather then just a money making machine. As Knowledge always wins when it is challenged. Students are living in the current era where they have plenty of distractions, but it is our duty to make them understand the importance of knowledge. My Strength, is my knowledge, My Quick Learning and adapting ability. I can…
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Jessica
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Jessica

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Help the student understand their content clearly and efficiently. I am able to clearly explain and communicate ideas to children so that they can understand their…
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Siddharth

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
The most important you can do for a student is to know their abilities and work their capabilities to make them better at the subject they're trying to get better at. It is also important to understand every student is different and not all of them can grapple a concept quickly. But as a tutor, I must make sure I am accounting for each students…
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Dhyana

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
I think the most important aspect of being a 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 be…
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Grace

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Help them to feel more confident and comfortable with the subject. It is most important for the student to reach a level of independent confidence with relying on the tutor or other forms of help. My strengths are my communication skills, problem solving techniques, and my patience. Tutoring my younger brother and other younger students has…
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Shivani

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
I believe a 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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Carol

English Tutor Mansfield, QLD
By far the most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to build up their self confidence in the area of weakness so that they can start a problem and having started a problem have the confidence to try to go forward. Being able to discern where the learning gaps are and being able to help the student close those gaps so that they can …
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Priyanka

English Tutor Macgregor, QLD
Understanding the needs of every individual student and making sure that he/she can help the student in every way possible. Gaining the students trust and making them comfortable around you so that they do not hesitate to ask you anything is important as well. Just creating a homely environment while teaching so that it doesn't feel like…
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Derek Joel

English Tutor South Brisbane, QLD
Answer their questions and give them the satisfaction of knowing that they are smart. I am patient and empathetic. I can relate to what a student is going through and show them tips and tricks to solving…
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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…
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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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MARK BENCIEL

English Tutor Highgate Hill, QLD
The student should excel and learn more. Gained unique abilities or skills on how to handle certain math problems, and as the student excels he learns the way of his/her own. Well, I think the strength could be you know better than your tutee. You have more experience (as it should) and aside from it, you have more knowledge and the way things…
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Phuc

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
The most important things a tutor can do for a student are to provide personalized attention, create a supportive learning environment, and adapt their teaching style to meet the student's needs. Additionally, it's crucial for tutors to foster a growth mindset in their students, encouraging them to persevere through challenges and develop a love…
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Joel

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
A tutor provides a supportive environment for their students. This is most true for the students who struggle the most, who may need more help than their peers who don't find the topic as difficult. Hello, I am a first-year university student studying the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Master of Engineering Accelerated Pathway at the University…
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Isabella

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
It's important that not only do they learn the content but they understand it and want to understand and learn. growing not only knowledge but a love of learning. I am able to make kids see me and the work as fun and not just boring weekly work. Building relationships is important in the learning process cause it makes all the difference in the…
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Janvi Rattan

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
To be the light that guides someone towards the right direction is one of the most noble things one can do. In addition to being this light in a student's life, a tutor shares the lamp of knowledge and thus helps him/her come one step closer to his/her goal. This, I believe, is the most important thing that a tutor can do for a student. I…
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Michael

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Connecting with them and helping them through their challenges in a patient and personal way. I'm very prepared and have lots of experience in a range of subjects and skill ranges. I've been helping explain and teaching new topics for years now, and I am very patient and capable of presenting information in varied ways for each individual student…
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Navdisha

English Tutor Sunnybank Hills, QLD
Listen to the students, being creative with students for their learning material, providing academic guidance, connection towards students. Patience, Active Listening, Communication, Creativity,…
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Vedant

English Tutor Mansfield, QLD
A tutor can give his time for the student and make him understand until he understands it completely Important thing would be tutor can make him study until he/she has aced that topic Make the student understand the topic/concept if they are unsure of anything Another strength would be that whoever has tutored from me, has always passed his/her…
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Nikka

English Tutor Mansfield, QLD
To advocate for their success through patience, empathy but also discipline. - I enjoy breaking down difficult/complex concepts to digestible knowledge nuggets. - I easily adapt to student's learning styles and challenges. - I am great at planning long-term and adjusting the teaching plan in accordance to their progress and any deadlines. - I…
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Kayla

English Tutor Carina Heights, QLD
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to take the time to understand what aspect of their learning is causing them difficulty, and to address it. Most of the time, a student is more than capable of understanding class content, but there is some inhibiting factor within their working process which makes it difficult for them to…
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Nicola

English Tutor Carina Heights, QLD
Providing a student with the fundamental skills they need to persevere and be confident in their own ability to achieve. A good tutor should be personable, responsible and articulate and employ methods of teaching that best suit a particular student. I explain difficult concepts as simply as I can and break it down so it's easier to understand.…

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.