Type of Programme
One-to-one, personalised English tuition living full-board with the tutor's own family and in the tutor's own home, including local visits and excursions, meeting friends, neighbours and professional colleagues etc.

Type of House: Detached House - England

Teaching Qualifications and Experience

A Levels DATES

Art B 1973
English D 1973
Biology E 1979

DIPL0MAS etc. CLASS DATES

Cert of Education, 2 1976
(University of Oxford)
Art and Geography

Certificate of Professional
Development in Mathematics, O.U.- 1991

Certificate in the Teaching of
Science and Technology (5 – 12),
Kingston University
CELTA Certificate, April 2011
ACTION ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING, 9 BLENHEIM TERRACE, WOODHOUSE LANE, LEEDS, YORKSHIRE, LS2 9HZ

Hobbies and Interests

Salsa dancing, natural history, gardening, cycling, walking, art.

I am able to teach drawing and painting (watercolour, acrylic and oils)to beginners or improvers.

Accommodation

This is a large double bedroom with a walk in wardrobe, dressing table, small desk,bookshelves and a bedside table with clock/radio and a lamp. There is also a small single room available.

Excursions and Local Attractions

York is a fascinating small city with historical buildings dating from the Roman era and the largest medieval cathedral in Northern Europe. It has a wide range of facilities: York Minster,the Jorvik Viking Centre, medieval buildings and city walls, art gallery and museums (re-trains,aircraft and general history) historical houses, one haunted, the York Dungeons and gardens to visit.

We are also in easy access of Leeds, a bustling city with a superb range of shops, Harrogate, a Victorian spa town and the countryside around York is very beautiful with many picturesque villages, small towns, castles, abbeys and stately homes to explore. There are also theme parks (Light Water Valley or Flamingoland) and sea-side resorts (Scarborough being the largest)nearby and excellent areas for walking and cycling.

The Henry Moore Sculpture park and Saltaire Mills, a world heritage site, are also possible for a days visit.