LoginGabriela - Fulham tutor
Information About Gabriela:
Personal Description:
I was raised up in the environment where foreign languages have been always present. Since I was at young age, I have already started giving lessons of Portuguese and French. At that time I came to believe that I was destined to become a teacher. As a matter of fact, my passion comes from a family tradition: my mother, a lawyer, is also a Portuguese teacher specialized in legal language. My grandfather, in turn, was a Portuguese and Latin teacher. What is more, I inherited after him an intense fascination for French culture. At age of nineteen, having passed one year in Paris, I was accepted as a BA student of French literature at the University of Brasilia. While I was studying at the last year, I taught French as a student teacher in the School of Foreign Languages, which was within my university programme. In that way I became a professional French teacher the following year. Simultaneously, I devoted myself to teaching French and Portuguese to young candidates to Rio Branco Academy, the Institute responsible for the formation of future diplomats of Brazil. Having completed my BA studies, I left for France once again. That time I went to the north of the country, in order to teach Portuguese in two high schools in the region. In so doing, I had the opportunity to improve the knowledge of French and revive my passion for the culture of France. By means of UKtutors, I would like to obtain a new experience in teaching - this time in Anglophone area - and learn from my future students simultaneously. In effect, according to the words of one of the greatest Lusophone writers, Graciliano Ramos, "a master is someone who teaches and suddenly comes to learn".
* Apart from Brazilian nationality, I have also Italian nationality so I am eligible to work in the UK.
Teaching Experience:
- 2010 - 2011 (Lille/Roubaix - France)
Portuguese teacher at Lycée Européen Montebello and Lycée Général Baudelaire.
- 2010 (La Madeleine - France)
French interpreter at Lycée Valentine Labbé.
- 2008 -2010 (Brasilia - Brazil)
French teacher at University of Brasilia.
- 2009 (Brasilia - Brazil)
French teacher at l'École.
- 2009 (Brasilia - Brazil)
French teacher at Global Idiomas.
- 2009 (Brasilia - Brazil)
French teacher at ILE - Instituto de Línguas Européias.
- 2006 (Anapolis - Brazil)
French interpreter of CRUZEX III - the biggest aerial operation in Latin America (Air Forces of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France, Uruguay and Venezuela).
Tutoring Approach:
EXAMPLE OF PORTUGUESE COURSE PLAN:
- Portuguese Language and Brazilian Culture Programme for Foreigners
Portuguese: Oral and Written Comprehension and Expression (Beginner level)
Summary:
Vocabulary used in initial situations of communications. Simple texts making and comprehension. Elementary grammatical topics.
Objective:
- General objectives
Contributing to acquisition of communicative skills at the beginner level.
- Special objectives
Allowing to the comprehension of simple oral and written utterances.
Allowing to the production of simple oral and written texts.
Programme:
- Vocabulary used for communicating in basic social situations: restaurants, shops, transports, information demanding.
- Texts: e-mails, notes, phone calls and informal conversations.
- Basics of phonetics and phonology of Brazilian Portuguese.
- Grammar subjects: Orthography; Gender and number of a noun and an adjective; Using of articles and personal, demonstrative, possessive and indefinite pronouns; Conjugation of regular and irregular verbs to the indicative form.
Printed and electronic media:
- Press: FOLHA DE SÃO PAULO, O GLOBO, DIÁRIO CATARINENSE;
- Reviews: VEJA, ÉPOCA, ISTO É, LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA;
- Websites;
- URLS;
- DVDS.
Subjects Taught:
- French
- Up to 11 years (primary) (£25 p.h.)
- 11+ (secondary) (£25 p.h.)
- GCSE or Standards (£25 p.h.)
- A-Level or Highers (£25 p.h.)
- Further/Higher (university) (£25 p.h.)
- Adult/Casual learner (£25 p.h.)
- Italian
- Up to 11 years (primary) (£25 p.h.)
- 11+ (secondary) (£25 p.h.)
- GCSE or Standards (£25 p.h.)
- A-Level or Highers (£25 p.h.)
- Further/Higher (university) (£25 p.h.)
- Adult/Casual learner (£25 p.h.)
- Portuguese
- Up to 11 years (primary) (£25 p.h.)
- 11+ (secondary) (£25 p.h.)
- GCSE or Standards (£25 p.h.)
- A-Level or Highers (£25 p.h.)
- Further/Higher (university) (£25 p.h.)
- Adult/Casual learner (£25 p.h.)
Qualifications:
- BA degree in French Language and Literature at University of Brasilia.
- BA degree in Portuguese Language and Literature at University of Brasilia.
- DALF C2 - Diploma in Advanced French Language Studies (awarded by the French Ministry of National Education).
Further Information:
| Availability: | Weekends / Weekdays (all times) |
| Types of Tutoring: | Travels to you / From their home / Online |
| References Supplied? | Yes |
| Additional Languages Spoken: | English, Italian, French, Portuguese |
