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Private Tutoring Reviews
Japanese lessons with Ruchika
Beginner | Conversation Classes
“Chika is an absolute star! She is so funny and easy to learn with, always calmly and clearly explains everything we cover as well as extra hints and tips in terms of things to buy and places to go whilst we are away. If it wasn’t for her I would be so so so lost trying to learn on my own! Thank you Chika and Ffion.”
– Lillie, UK
French support with Betty
Advanced | Oxford Admissions Support
“Betty was amazing and so supportive throughout the entire Oxford application process, from the personal statement to pre-admissions test all the way to interview prep. Her expertise not only of the subjects I applied for but of the university itself was invaluable, and I truly believe she is a major contributor to my offer!”
– Sophie, UK
(Received an offer from the University of Oxford)
French tutoring with Georgia
Intermediate | A Level Tutoring
“Georgia is such an amazing tutor. Her lessons are always so enjoyable and informative. She is always smiling and happy which makes learning easier. She has really helped me to improve in skills such as translations and reading comprehension where we do exercises together to practise. I’ve gone from getting an average of 5/10 to 10/10 in translations thanks to Georgia’s help! Her notes and resources (such as PowerPoints) are also very helpful as they state what we have covered in the lesson and all the grammar rules to remember. At the start of each session, Georgia recaps what we did in the prior lesson which helps me to further enforce my knowledge and understanding of the topic. Her passion for French is really shown through her teaching which is very motivating and inspiring for me. I always look forward to having lessons with Georgia, she’s very kind and a fantastic tutor! I would highly recommend.”
– Charlotte, UK
Intermediate | A Level Tutoring
“Amazing tutor – nothing but positive/encouraging towards Amy and so knowledgeable. Georgia has already helped Amy’s confidence ten-fold.”
– Nicola, UK
Advanced | Oxford Admissions Support
“Georgia is absolutely amazing! I started tutoring with her in Year 12, and she supported me throughout the entire Oxbridge application process. She is patient, explains things with clarity (especially complex grammar), and always comes up with engaging ways to teach. Most importantly, her in-depth knowledge of the admissions process was invaluable in helping me prepare for the MLAT exam and my interviews. She really is an expert! It has been a pleasure being her student.”
– Jovian, UK
(Received an offer from Balliol College, Oxford)
Spanish tutoring with Cici
Advanced | Oxford Admissions Support
“I contacted LinguaTute last summer so that I could have some tutoring for my Oxford application, mainly for the MLAT, as I was applying for Sole Spanish and felt underconfident with the necessary grammar. Ffion assigned me to Cici, who went above and beyond to give personalised grammar worksheets and sessions. As well as this, she also gave me really useful personal statement advice and a number of mock interviews. Cici’s help has also given me so much confidence with my A-Level Spanish and LinguaTute has offered supercurricular courses to further my learning outside the classroom. All of these were so helpful as I went through the application process and today I have just accepted my place to study Spanish at Oxford next year. Thank you so much for all your support!”
– Poppy, UK
(Received an offer from the University of Oxford)
Japanese support with Beau
Advanced | Oxford Admissions Support
“Linguatute paired us with an incredible tutor who helped me prepare for Oxbridge interviews and also university life in general. So kind, so thorough and absolutely fascinating sessions with Beau. I am pleased to say I have secured my Oxbridge offer with my college of choice.”
– Esther, UK
(Received an offer from Queen’s College, Oxford)
French tutoring with Theo
A Level Tutoring & Cambridge Admissions Support
“From starting tutoring with Theo a quarter in of the school year to the end, my exam mark improved by 22% and took me to an A grade (the highest in my education system). Theo has helped me fill the gaps in my French knowledge around grammar and literature, and gives practical, honest feedback. The work he sets is simultaneously challenging and exciting which stretches me and furthers my love for the language. My confidence in speaking French has improved dramatically and I’ve gone from feeling lost when hearing French dialogue to realising I can understand what they are saying. I deeply value the tutoring I have received as it has encouraged me to pursue my French studies at a higher level.”
– Jordan, Australia
Received an offer from the University of Cambridge
A Fabulous Summer Course
I would thoroughly recommend this course to anyone interested in French language and culture. Adam’s lectures were incredible and really helped me improve my French and my knowledge of French history. An amazing way to spend my Summer. Thank you so much Adam and Ffion!
– Sophia, Yorkshire
2023
Engaging and Informative
This course was wonderfully engaging and I learnt so much from it that I would never have learnt by myself. I loved how flexible it was, in case you missed a lesson or two and could watch back the recording. 10/10 would definitely try again
– Harriet, Hampshire
2023
A Fascinating and Culturally Enriching Course
I completed the eight-week course over the summer of 2023, just after taking the French literature exams, which form part of my French baccalaureate. This course was fascinating and culturally enriching, as the works and extracts chosen were inspiring and thought-provoking. The diverse range of works, split into their respective genres over the weeks, spanned through works that I’ve studied previously and had some background knowledge on, to authors that I had heard of but never had the chance to explore, to literature that I was discovering for the first time.
The quality of the tutoring was outstanding: Adam was always engaging in his teaching and created a space in which the group could bounce ideas off each other, or disagree and debate on our opinions about the extracts. Our tutor also provided detailed multifaceted context surrounding each author: major historical events, but also the author’s personal life story, and how it all fit into French society at that time.
Overall, I couldn’t recommend the course enough. It was the perfect way to bridge the gap during the holidays, and over the weeks it became a routine that I now miss!
– Grace, France
2023
Varied and Helpful Course
I am really glad I had the opportunity to take part in the French literature course – it covered a wide and interesting range of genres and topics that I wouldn’t otherwise have learned about. I felt encouraged to speak up and join in with discussions.
– Gabrielle, Teesside, UK
2023
French Literature Perspectives: Renaissance to Modern Times
Great overview covering several hundred years of French literature and significant literary figures and movement.
Taught in a very collaborative style and with focus.
– Siddhartha, London
2023
Engaging, Thought-Provoking Course
A warm, friendly, inclusive group of students online to share Wednesday evenings with. We explored amusing, insightful extracts from the greats of French literature. Adam, our teacher, has a plethora of knowledge and understanding which he enthusiastically and sensitively disseminates.
– Sue, East Sussex, UK
2023
Fascinating course with interesting reflections
Throughout the course, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to other people’s thoughts as well as Adam’s, adding different perspectives and thought-provoking ideologies. In addition, my favourite lessons were on Romanticism and Realism as I learned about a lot of new aspects to French literature. It is challenging but informative and definitely helps to develop your literature analysis, therefore I would highly recommend it.
– Louis, London
2023
Great online course: The Evolution of Modern French Literature (Renaissance to Present Day)
This 8 week on-line course on French Literature was excellent. The tutor was very knowledgeable and engaging, and encouraged discussion. The slides for each week were really interesting with historical background and biographies of the authors to contextualise the extracts from the various works looked at. Extracts were given in both French and English, so no knowledge of French was required, though rendered discussion of translations more enjoyable.
Optional written assignments were also offered , which seemed very generous regarding the tutor’s time.
Also excellent website and admin- all very straightforward.
Highly recommended.
– Susan, UK
2024
A deep and engaging exploration of French literary modes/periods
An insightful and thought-provoking overview of the history of French literature/its key periods, using close reading and discussion to allow us to engage with the texts. I feel it has widened my understanding of analysis, context, and approaches to literature. Adam provided manageable weekly extracts with questions and summaries. He shared his extensive knowledge of historical and philosophical context, providing his own analysis and key critical concepts, allowing us to debate/explore ideas throughout. I felt he really tried to grapple with concepts, going beyond fixed/surface-level definitions of the philosophical/literary thinking of each period to bring us to a deeper understanding, which you couldn’t otherwise find from individual research.
– Holly, East Sussex, UK
2024
Well worth losing sleep over!
I found this course incredibly interesting. It was well structured and provided a taster of different literary periods in a way that allowed you to gain an understanding of the historical context, attitudes and writing style, for one to then further explore if they so wished. The discussions had throughout were both helpful and enlightening, it was great having a tutor so well-versed in literary knowledge.
I do think that for future courses it may be beneficial establishing levels, as this may allow for exploration of more difficult texts and complex themes, but may also make people feel more comfortable engaging in conversation.
This course had two rounds of optional assessments which I found quite enjoyable to do. The feedback given on these was highly valuable.
TLDR; I woke up at 1am for 7 weeks to attend this course if that’s any indication of how worth it I thought it was!
– Jordan, Australia
2024
French literature course
As a person with a little background in French Literature, this course helped me gain a new perspective on the movements in terms of Literature in France during each period. As someone who finished a degree far from Literature, during my university years, these movements were taught to us in terms of the historical evolution of structures and their different parts. But with my love for reading books, enthusiasm to learn, and eagerness to have in-depth knowledge of French literature, having an opportunity to know this short summer course is such perfect timing. It opened me to various literary works from different French authors per movement into how they developed, adapted, and even contradicted the period they lived with and it was an absolute fascination and enjoyment to me. Thank you, this course was a wonderful experience.
– Antonia, Philippines
2024
Brilliant Latin American literature course!
The 6-week course on Latin American literature was fascinating and I really enjoyed reading and discussing the works by various Boom and post-Boom writers from a range of countries in Latin America. Every session started with establishing the sociopolitical context in which the author grew up and was writing their work, which helped with our analysis of the themes and motivations behind their writing. I would thoroughly recommend this course to anyone studying Spanish or simply interested in literature as I have gained so much from it!
– Anon
2024
Latin American Literature Course
This course is fascinating, and accessible whether you are new to the subject or an expert. The enthusiastic lecturer gave us a background about each author (6 authors, one per week) and, armed with this knowledge, we all analysed and discussed a particular extract from a work by that author. That might sound scary, but it’s not. It’s up to you how much you talk, but the lecturer was brilliant at making the whole thing so inclusive, so as the course progressed we were all weighing in with our thoughts and feelings. Brilliant, exciting, motivating. I will certainly do more courses with Linguatute.
– Paul, UK
2024
Latin American literature course
The sessions started promptly and the time was well used. The prep reading sent in good time.
Victoria was very well prepared for each session. The subject material was well illustrated with maps and photos. Victoria knows the subject very well and her background knowledge is superb. She is very encouraging and personable and included everyone in the discussions.
I am really impressed with the quality of the course.
– Anon
2024
Excellent Course
Well organised course- thoroughly enjoyed.
Our teacher Victoria was very knowledgeable. It was a really exciting course. I learnt a lot about politics and literature of Latin America. Ffion organised the course extremely well – no technical glitches ever.
Thanks LinguaTute for organising the course. Will definitely do it again if new authors are included in the syllabus
– Subhayu, Scotland
2024
Latin American literature course
Just to congratulate our tutor Victoria for her excellent lessons and her professionalism to teach us. She has planned our classes with interesting readings, great slices and interactive questions in class. Excellent tutor with a very good pedagogical teaching style, extremely knowledgeable in her field, patient and very organized. As a Spanish teacher myself, I could see her passion for teaching Spanish literature which was contagious in class and she has made learning quite enjoyable.
I highly recommend this Spanish Literature Course.
I enjoyed all the lessons and thanks for recording our sessions to catch up and revise our topics. Please let me know of future Literature Courses.
Also, I was very impressed by Fiona’s course organization and for making sure everything was working well; for being at the beginning of our Zoom sessions and sending our Course Certificates in good time.
Please pass my gratitude to Victoria and Lingua Tute Team.
– Eliana, UK
2024
Excellent Russian Lit course!
This course truly exceeded my expectations. This is my first course from LinguaTute. I signed up because I love Russian Literature and my friend David @therussianliteraturesociety from IG was advertising it. I signed up for the taster session and immediately loved Katya. I signed up for the course. I was going to be traveling for the first four sessions, so I emailed Ffion to see if she could send me all the reading material for the first four classes and she immediately replied to me and sent me all the PDF files. I was very impressed by how quickly I got the reply and all the necessary material to print everything out before my travels. The website where the reading material was uploaded together with the recorded lessons and the slides was very well organized and very easy to access. Ffion also took feedback and implemented it immediately, like making the classes a little longer to be able to cover more material. Katya was an excellent instructor. She is very sweet, soft-spoken, very smart, so much knowledge. She ran the classes so well, encouraging everyone to participate by asking questions, asking us to read from the slides, from the excerpts, etc. I like that she covered the background of the authors and also had enough time to analyze the reading material. I absolutely LOVED this course and I hope that there is a second Russian Lit course. We can either cover new authors, or different books from the same authors. Thank you for an amazing course! Lorena
– Lorena; Florida, US.
2024
Russian Literature Course
The Russian Literature Course by Linguatute has been a great learning experience, full of information and insight into the topic.
– Ezra, Spain
2024
Russian Literature Course
I did a course in Russian Literature and it was amazing. We read works of so many different authors and I fell in love with their writing style. Katya was a great teacher. Thanks again!
– Marouschka, Netherlands
2024
Enriching and rewarding Russian literature course 2024
Linguatute’s 8 week online course made it easy for me to delve into Russia’s exciting authors. The extracts we studied were so rich and meaningful. I don’t know why I’ve waited so long to read Dostoevsky, Bulgakov, Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gorky, Akhmatova etc. I really feel like I’ve experienced personal growth by being challenged with philosophical, theological and sociological ideas in their fascinating works. There are plenty of opportunities to contribute your personal analysis and insights, whether on the mic or in the chatbox. The forum is also a good way to connect with the other students, whether you’re in the live lessons or listening to the recordings. Thank you Linguatute and Katya for such a rewarding experience. I’ll be back!
– Sue, UK
2024
Russian Literature Course 2024
Absolutey loved this course!
Katya is an amazing teacher and has extensive knowledge about Russian history, Russian writers and their works.
The analysis and discussions of a great variety of texts during the course was very educational.
If you are interested in Russian literature I highly recommend this course. Very much worth it.
– Armelle, Belgium
2024
