The content of Home Tuition Scotland Primary English tuition, Standard Grade English tuition, Intermediate English tuition, Higher English tuition and Advanced Higher English tuition courses, and the purposes identified for each, are as follows.
Reading
During the English tutor course pupils learn to read for a variety of purposes and in appropriate ways. The main purposes are:
• to gain overall impression/gist of a text, through expert English lessons
• to obtain particular information from a text, working with a qualified English teacher
• to grasp ideas or feelings implied in a text, through English tutoring
• to evaluate the writer’s attitudes, assumptions and argument, working with a private English tutor
• to appreciate the writer’s craft, by working with a home English tutor
• to enjoy and obtain enrichment from a text, through English home tuition.
Writing
During the Primary English tutor, Standard Grade English tutor, Intermediate 1 English tutor, Intermediate 2 English tutor, Higher English tutor and Advanced Higher English tutor course pupils learn to explore feelings and clarify ideas by writing for a variety of purposes and audiences in appropriate forms and styles. The main purposes are:
• to convey information
• to deploy ideas, expound, argue and evaluate
• to describe personal experience, express feelings and reactions
• to employ specific literary forms (eg short story, letter, poem).
Listening
During the Primary English teacher, Standard Grade English teacher, Intermediate English teacher, Higher English teacher, and Advanced Higher English teacher course pupils learn to listen for a variety of purposes and in appropriate ways.
The main purposes are:
• to gain overall impression/gist of a message
• to obtain particular information from a message
• to grasp ideas or feelings implied in a message
• to evaluate the attitudes, assumptions and arguments expressed in a message
• to appreciate the techniques used in a message
• to enjoy and obtain enrichment from a message.
Talking
During the Home Tuition Scotland English tuition course pupils learn in discussion and individual talk to explore feelings and clarify ideas by talking for a variety of purposes and audiences in appropriate forms and styles. The main purposes are:
• to convey information
• to deploy ideas, expound, argue and evaluate
• to describe personal experience,
Home Tuition Scotland provides qualified English Teachers of Excellence. We do not work with students or non-qualified teachers. Tutors travel to your home at a time to suit you, and are an investment you can afford.
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