English Tutors For Grammar And Literacy
From only $29.95/week per family
Here at 123 Tuition, our English tutor programme integrates basic literacy, including English grammar and reading. Fully aligned to the New Zealand curriculum, the individual lessons focus on important areas, including reading comprehension (literal), phonics, spelling, vocabulary development, punctuation, parts of speech, sentence construction, word usage, common errors, figurative language and writing skills. Catering for students from the early primary years through to secondary students (and also adult learners), with assistance from our 123 Tuition English tutors, your child will learn to read and write English – full, correctly, and with style.
Our lessons have been carefully designed to match with your child’s capabilities and interests, and there is also significant revision across the more formal grammatical elements, assisting students so they can revise and practise their skills. If 123 Tuition sounds exactly like what you have been looking for, then call our English tutor team directly on 09 553 6453, to get started and book the free assessment.
It is not to be confused with English Literature, which is something quite different as this refers to ‘the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day.’ In layman’s terms, our programme does not touch on the reading and review of novels, plays and poetry.
The 123 Tuition English programme focuses on those core skills required by all students to learn to read and write English fully, correctly and with style.
The programme is structured to cater for students from the early primary years through to secondary students and adult learners. The lessons have been carefully graded to match students’ capabilities and interests. Within the programme there is significant revision of the more formal grammatical elements so that students can revise and practise their skills.
The programme encourages participation without the danger of exposing students to the stress involved in performing (reading) for others. The more formal Grammar lessons provide instruction in the areas of literacy and language. These lessons fulfill the requirements for the Curriculum.
The Key Components Of Our English Programme
Reading Comprehension
Students will develop their literal reading comprehension skills by reading, listening to, and interacting with a variety of text types from our 123 Tuition English tutor.
Punctuation
Students will cover all aspects of punctuation from full stops to the dreaded correct use of the apostrophe.
Spelling skills
Students learn various techniques to improve their spelling, from spelling lists to distinguishing short and long vowel sounds, prefixes and plurals.
Improved Writing Skills
Students will learn how to improve their writing skills by being able to identify and use phrases including adjectival and adverbial phrases; construct expressive sentences by using adjectives, adverbs, phrases and clauses; identify and use active and passive voice; and recognise the elements needed in writing different types of essays.
Vocabulary Development
Students increase their vocabulary by using new words and learning how to identify and use figurative language.
Parts of speech
Students will learn to identify and use various parts of speech, from the basic nouns, verbs and adjectives to the more complex form of pronouns and gerunds.
Correct Usage
Students will learn to use words correctly and structure their sentences correctly. This includes being able to identify and use comparative and superlative adjectives; the correct tense of verbs: past, present and future; the case of nouns, pronouns and adjectives; and how to eliminate some common errors in spelling and punctuation.
Students Practice Through Their Online English Tutor
There is a reason we say practice makes perfect. At 123 Tuition, we find that practising with our online English tutors will expose your child to the range of questions and problems they are likely to encounter during their main lessons. This is why a specific time called The Practice is set aside, to help students settle before they attempt the main lesson, and it helps to assess their level of knowledge around the selected lesson.
During the Practice, students can choose to have every single question read out to them, which can ease the burden on some students, who struggle with reading and find it tiresome.
Additionally, because this is about assessing and providing confidence, all students will have the opportunity to have a second attempt at each question (in case a simple mistake is made).
Students can also skip any questions they may already know.
The Practice also settles the student before attempting the main lesson and has them focused on the task at hand.
This 5 minute settling time is particularly useful after a long day at school, or after any long activity.
Our initial assessment will test your child on their current year’s work. This will produce a report that will detail those areas of weakness and those areas where your child is strong and competent.
Depending on the result of this initial assessment, it may be that we recommend your child attempts a further assessment but at a previous year’s level. Don’t be concerned about this. What’s most important is that we find their current level of competence.
Re-building their brick wall of learning will not only be a straightforward process, but a richly rewarding one for your child, as concepts not previously understood suddenly become areas of expertise for them.
IMPORTANT: All 123 Tuition courses have been aligned to the New Zealand Curriculum, so there will be no conflicting teaching methods, or material that is not required to be learned.
Expert Teacher Tutorials
A picture paints a thousand words…
Our Teacher Tutorials are the one-on-one teaching aspect of our tutoring. These supporting videos allow your child to watch and learn about the current topic they are attempting, in a similar way to how they would in the classroom. Children also have control over the Teacher Tutorials so they can watch it as many times as they need to in order to completely understand the current lesson. See the difference in your child’s learning with help from our dedicated English tutors at 123 Tuition.
If your child ever gets stuck on something in the lesson, or with anything at school or with homework, as a parent you may, or may not, be able to provide the clarification or answer they need – it may be they won’t even come and ask for your help, because at some point you may have said “maths isn’t my strong point”.
With 123 Tuition they can easily ‘unstick’ themselves by watching the teacher tutorials, and continue with their progress.
It is the access to these teacher tutorials that makes students all over the world refer to 123 Tuition as “my secret weapon”, because they can have anything learned at school reinforced and re-explained at home at the push of a button.
Book A Free Assessment!
With staff located across New Zealand, our expert Course Advisors are available to meet with you and your children online at a time that works for you, to fully explain the benefits of our programme. BOOK A FREE ASSESSMENT and an Advisor will contact you to arrange a suitable time to demonstrate our programme for you; all Online in the comfort of your home.