Online English Literature Tutor Sam
Sam
English PhD
$72/hr
Experienced English teacher, who has worked across Higher Education, Further Education, state and private sectors. My mission is to share my wealth of subject knowledge with students, in order to help each person develop to her/his fullest potential.
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University of Cambridge - English - PhD
Experienced English teacher, who has worked across Higher Education, Further Education, state and private sectors. My mission is to share my wealth of subject knowledge with students, in order to help each person develop to her/his fullest potential.
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About Me
I am an experienced English Literature and English Language teacher, having spent years teaching in various educational environments, online and in-person.
I have 14 top-grade GCSEs, 4 strong A Levels, a first-class degree from Cambridge, a Master's, a PhD, a PGCE, and a long history of publication: book (Travel Writing and the Transnational Author, 2014), journal articles (Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Journal of Commonwealth Literature, and more), reviews, and edited collections.
I started my teaching career in a Further Education college, where I taught GCSE and A Level English and coordinated the ‘Aim Higher’ programme — supporting students applying to Oxbridge and Russell Group universities. Later, at a private school, I led the Academic Enrichment programme, supporting Oxbridge applicants in everything from personal statements to interviews.
And here I am today: offering English tutoring and Oxbridge admissions support to students from all backgrounds.
In my spare time, I enjoy music (I've sung in choirs professionally for many years), reading, watching sport, and spending quality time with my wife and three energetic young sons.
Tutor Experience
What:
* English at all levels.
Where:
* 1-to-1 tutoring of undergraduate English students, University of Leeds, on essay structure and subject knowledge (2010--15)
* lecturing and teaching undergraduates at Newcastle University and the University of Lincoln (2012--13)
* cover supervision of all ages at state secondary schools in Barnsley and Leeds (2014)
* teaching GCSE English in a Further Education College (2015--17)
* teaching A Level English Literature and English Language in a Sixth Form College (2017--21)
* teaching English Language and Literature to Years 7 to 13 in a private school (2021--25)
Why:
* all English teaching and tutoring designed to help the progression of all students, at whatever level
* my mission is to share subject knowledge while helping others
How:
* my pedagogical approach is student-centred, question-based, and Socratic; I favour an interactive classroom, wherein every student is allowed to progress to her/his utmost potential.
Topic Expertise
I have expertise in postcolonial study (as explored in my postgraduate study, and publication of a book [Travel Writing and the Transnational Author, 2014] and numerous academic journal articles [in the Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Journal of Commonwealth Literature, and more]). I am thus expertly positioned to provide A Level and undergraduate students with tuition in this area.
In terms of exam boards covered, I have a great deal of experience (10+ years) teaching AQA (Literature 'B' A Level, Language and Literature GCSEs) and have also spent the past 2 years teaching IGCSE Language and 4 years teaching IGCSE Literature -- on which course I was an examiner for some years before my full-time employment at a Further Education College in 2015.
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Qualifications
BA (Hons), first-class, English: University of Cambridge, 2005
MA, distinction, English (Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Studies): University of Leeds, 2007
PhD, English (Between Travel Writing and Transnational Literature): University of Leeds, 2012
PGCE, Secondary English: Open University, 2020
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