WIlhelm S.

Auckland, New Zealand

PhD with 20 years' experience university teaching.

Bio

I am a semi-retired academic, having taught German and and Italian language ad literature as well as English for interdisciplinary courses. In English I specialist in language and ... Read more

I am a semi-retired academic, having taught German and and Italian language ad literature as well as English for interdisciplinary courses. In English I specialist in language and literature (for exam purposes or otherwise) and can teach from beginner's level through to advanced level courses, or post-graduate; I have supervised many a post-graduate essay.dissertation or thesis in a number of different subject areas and can provide hands one, face-to-face mentoring and editing for Masters and PhD students. Having a PhD myself in Comparative Literature I can help the student to craft their use of language in such a way so as to be most effective.
I am a South African, although I grew u in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) and hence am familiar too with the O and A level British system of secondary education. I have also studied in Italy and obtained my degrees from Stellenboscch University in South Africa. Read less

Teaching methodology

It depends what I am teaching. When teaching English I like to emphasis how sentence structures work and if the student is a second-language speaker my aim is to make them feel ind... Read more

It depends what I am teaching. When teaching English I like to emphasis how sentence structures work and if the student is a second-language speaker my aim is to make them feel independent wit the language, not to use stock phrases. I lay great emphasis on reading and developing vocabulary and helping the student to find their own voice. This same methodology I employ when teaching Italian or German. When it comes to history teaching I get the student to identify with the times events occurred. Read less

• NZ$40

  Hourly rate