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What do I enjoy most about tutoring? 😁
I enjoy the satisfaction that comes from seeing my students succeed in overcoming challenges, especially when it's about something I have been trying to help them with for a while.My Strengths as Tutor 💪
I am patient, I understand that everyone has different strengths and my students have my full support as long as they are putting in consistent effort. I'm also aware that there are different ways to learn, some learn visually, or by working through examples. This is something important I keep in mind while teaching.Most important things I can do for a student 🏅
A tutor should simultaneously be a pillar of support and someone who pushes the student to a higher level, so I think it's really important to maintain a relationship where the student feels comfortable enough to lay bare their struggles with learning, as working on those is key to growth. Therefore it is important to be kind and encouraging.Subjects Tutored 🎓
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About Irene
Experience
Have tutored for almost a year with mainly primary school children, including for academic scholarship entrance exams
Real Experience Guiding Younger Learners
Irene’s experience supervising and babysitting younger family members has shaped her calm, patient approach to tutoring. She is used to supporting children who need extra time, repeating explanations in different ways until it “clicks”. At her tutoring role, she works with structured worksheets and practice problems, guiding students through worked examples and then encouraging them to attempt similar questions independently. This tutor combines gentle encouragement with clear expectations so students steadily build independence and responsibility for their own learning.
Multilingual Communicator Who Connects with Families
Growing up in a multilingual environment, Irene is proficient in Chinese and can connect with students and parents who speak languages other than English. She often uses translation to clarify instructions and reassure families about their child’s progress. Her experience in customer-facing roles has strengthened her communication and listening skills, helping her explain feedback to parents in a clear, respectful way. Irene brings reliability, strong task management and genuine care for her students’ progress to every tutoring session.
Recent Tutoring Comments:
- Understands that an angle on a straight line is 180 and an angle between two perpendicular lines is 90 - Can do simple algebra to find an unknown angle with ...
- Understands that an angle on a straight line is 180 and an angle between two perpendicular lines is 90 - Can do simple algebra to find an unknown angle with addition and subtraction - Can identify when diagrams are incorrect - understands bearings
- Work on division of angles (understanding that smaller angles make bigger angles and using this to find unknowns)
- We looked at parallel lines and she understands them conceptually quite well, along with theorems that help her find angles made with transversals, and angles in ...
- We looked at parallel lines and she understands them conceptually quite well, along with theorems that help her find angles made with transversals, and angles in parallelograms and trapeziums. - She has improved on being able to find unknown angles - expanding brackets
- Writing equations from word problems - more complex geometry problems involving parallel lines
She understands how to write an effective formula sheet for her test Understands volume conceptually as well as the difference between mL and grams
She understands how to write an effective formula sheet for her test Understands volume conceptually as well as the difference between mL and grams
It would be good for the future if she had the conversions memorised but for this test there is no need
- good understanding of persuasive devices, both visual and spoken
- good understanding of persuasive devices, both visual and spoken
- I think he should be more confident in himself, he has potential in Maths and English but I have noticed he feels the need to go over concepts or his work repeatedly. This is a good habit but sometimes he does it for things he already understands well, which may cause unnecessary stress. - This applies to his body language as well, he should project louder and engage with his audience more - English oral assessments almost always look for good presenting habits in their rubric