Hello, I’m Fliss. I’m a fully qualified English Teacher and Private Tutor. I teach English Language & Literature GCSE (all exam boards), A Level English Language & Literature (all exam boards), and I can also help with certain undergraduate modules, particularly those with a focus on literature or creative writing.
I am patient, supportive, and approachable, and believe strongly in the value of a good rapport between tutor and tutee. I am very good at quickly identifying specific weaknesses and areas for improvement which, in conjunction with an in-depth knowledge of the various exam boards’ assessment criteria, often produces significant and rapid improvement. I believe very strongly that teaching and learning should be creative and active and not be about the passive absorption of facts.
In my free time, I like to go poet walking. Poet walking is a bit like dog walking, except instead of taking a dog for a walk you take a poet. In my case, when I go poet walking, I take a poet (or several) and a dog, so I guess you could say that I’m poet-and-dog walking. Anyway, whatever I’m doing, I’m out in the big wide world, and there are bits of poetry spinning around in my head because I’m walking where the poets used to walk, seeing the things they used to see!
As you can probably tell, I’m passionate about English and enjoy instilling a love of the subject in others. If you’d like to find out more about my poet walking adventures, please take a look at my ‘Poet Walking’ page. If you’d like to find out how I can help you as a tutor, please use the contact form provided. If you’re just here for resources, then feel free to use whatever you like.