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Robert Leslie

Robert Leslie

Spanish and English (Foreign Language) Lessons in Cardiff

I am now retired, apart from teaching volunteer ESOL classes at the local refugee centre in Cardiff.
I speak and write Spanish fluently, have reasonable French, can understand beginners Italian and know a little Arabic. I am currently learning Portuguese. I am computer literate and have my own car. I am in good health and play sport regularly.

Tutoring Experience

• eight years and eight months years teaching EAP at a university in Swansea, UK
• over ten years tutoring Spanish courses for the Open University
• over eleven years as assistant examiner in ESOL and Spanish for examination boards in the UK
• five months as an Education Support Officer at an FE College in Swansea, UK
• two years and one term as co-coordinator of the adult short course programme at an FE College in Hereford, UK
• two years as part-time tutor teaching ESOL and Spanish at an FE College in Hereford, UK
• nine weeks teaching EAP and General English courses at a university in Cardiff, UK
• five years teaching and co-ordinating ESOL and EAP courses at a women's university in the UAE
• two years teaching and co-ordinating ESOL and EAP courses at a mixed university in Oman
• eighteen months teaching and co-ordinating ESOL courses at an FE College in East London, UK
• two years as middle manager for the British Council at an Institute of English in Valencia, Spain
• three years teaching ESOL to military personnel in Oman
• five years teaching ESOL at language schools in Madrid, Spain

Tutoring Approach

I like to help students to discover language by giving them tasks to do. I use a communicative approach, gradually building up a knowledge of the language through roleplay, question and answer sessions, worksheets, photos and images and discussion. , As far as languages are concerned, I prefer to conduct the class in the target language if at all possible.

LanguagesEnglish (British), Spanish, French
AvailabilityWeekdays (all times)
References Available On File

Qualifications

Edinburgh University1991MastersMasters in Applied Liguistics
Birkbeck College, University of London2004BachelorsBA in Spanish and Latin American Studies
Swansea University1975BachelorsBSc(Econs) in Sociology and Russian and East European Studies
Madeley College, University of Keele1978QTSPostgraduate Certificate in Education
International House, London1980ProfessionalPreparatory Certificate in TEFLA

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