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Let an enthusiastic, friendly, qualified, DBS-checked German, French & ESOL teacher help! Perfect tutor for beginner level, intermediate or advanced level speaking, listening, reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar and/or translation for leisure, travel, a move, business or an exam.

German Lessons, French Tuition and ESL Teacher Online and Face-Face Near Spalding

Looking for a qualified, experienced and fun online language teacher isn’t as hard as it used to be…

My name is Sabina. Hi! I am a fully qualified language teacher with eleven years of teaching experience and I offer (EFL) English as a foreign language lessons, German lessons and French lessons to private individuals for leisure, travel, business and school, specifically KS3, GCSEs and A Levels online and in-person.

A Bit About Me

Over the last 14 years, I have helped students:

Of all ages
Of all levels from beginners, to intermediate and advanced learners
To improve their language proficiency
To improve their confidence in one-one and in pairs
Online, using Skype and on bespoke teaching platforms
In person at my premises in West Pinchbeck near Spalding, Lincolnshire.

To see if I am the best fit for you for your online language tutoring needs, or face-to-face teaching (if you are local to Spalding, Bourne, Peterborough or Boston), read on and contact me using the details below.

My Contact Details

Phone: 07989 727981 – please leave a message if I am unavailable and I will get back to you asap
Email: sabina@theidealteacher.com – please remove all spaces

Learn German, French or ESL online or near Spalding today!

A bit about my German teaching experience at A Level

My french teaching experience and qualifications

Why Learn German, French or EFL with Sabina?

You will find hundreds of language tutors online who teach all the languages you may wish to learn. So why choose me as a language teacher?

1. Fully Qualified Language Teacher

I completed my first teaching qualification in 2009 (Cert. TESOL) at Boston College, which taught me the basics of language learning, from this course, I was offered a job at the same college based on my teaching merit. Since then, I have gained a Post Graduate Certificate in Secondary Education (PGCE) for French and German, as well as Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with Outstanding. I have also obtained Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) Status.

My Language and Teaching Qualifications:

French GCSE (Grade A) – 2003
German GCSE (Grade A*) – 2003
French A Level (Grade A) – 2005
German A Level (Grade A) – 2005
Cert. TESOL qualification – 2009
BA French and German (2:1) – 2011
Qualified Teacher Status (Outstanding) – 2016
PGCE Secondary MFL (Merit) – 2016

2. Eleven Years of Teaching Experience

In addition to my qualifications, I am proud to hold fourteen years teaching experience, teaching individual, couples, small groups and large groups of children, teenagers and adults. I have taught German and French in local secondary schools, as well as as a private tutor online and near Spalding, with high levels of success. This includes helping students attain grades A and A* (from Grade D’s).As well as this, I have experience teaching Business English to students in France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland online for prestigious companies such as Siemens, Coca Cola, Redbull and EE. I have taught hundreds of ESL students, Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing at Boston College since 2009 with excellent pass rates.

My Language Teaching Experience

14+ years of teaching experience in secondary school, college, privately
10+ years of online teaching using Skype and professional bespoke teaching platforms
Top grades (A*-B & 8/9 for private tutoring students)
Helping students to build confidence from the very first lesson
Aiding students to improve their grades by a minimum of 2 grades within a few months

3. Learn German, French and EFL Online From Home

If you need a language teacher, but can’t or don’t wish to travel, Skype offers a reliable service with video for a very personal experience. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world (providing there is a good internet connection), you can have a language lesson! Often students are worried about losing something with online lessons, but there really is no need to worry! I share my screen, use the video camera and send files before the lessons so that you feel confident, ready for language learning

4. Learn French, German or EFL face-face near Spalding, Stamford, Bourne, Peterborough and Boston (South Lincolnshire / Cambridgeshire / Norfolk)

If you are in or near Spalding, Bourne, Peterborough and Boston, please get in touch. I offer German tuition, French lessons and EFL classes from my premises in West Pinchbeck. I am located near Spalding, Lincolnshire and offer face-face language tutoring at my premises for students living in PE11 and PE12 postcodes, mainly. However, if you live elsewhere, it’s not a problem because I teach French by Skype, German by Skype and English by Skype, too.

5. Fun, Friendly and Flexible EFL, French and EFL Teacher

I am an extremely enthusiastic teacher with a real passion for teaching and helping learners reach their goals in a fun and engaging way. Teaching online has differences to teaching face-to-face. However, in the same way as teaching with a student in front of you, as an online language tutor, I use clear instructions, examples, games, gap filling activities, matching activities, role plays, explanation sheets, handouts and innovative methods of teaching that I have learned over the past nine years to help learners to learn any language. I am a native English speaker but I travel regularly to France and Germany and communicate with native French and German speakers every day.

Lessons are tailor-made for each student and they are as interactive as possible, with you contributing as much as you can. Students learn best by making mistakes and so I make notes of your mistakes as the lesson progresses and allow you to tell me how the mistakes should be corrected during the lesson at a couple of intervals – this really works on improving your fluency quickly!

To see if I am the best fit for you for your online language tutoring needs, or face-to-face teaching (if you are local to Spalding, Bourne, Peterborough or Boston), please read on for a little bit more background into my teaching skills, as well as my approach as a language teacher, my experience and qualifications, as well as an outline of pricing.

6. Great Results and Happy Students!

I am lucky enough to have had many students over the years, including children, teenagers and adults, for German lessons, French lessons and EFL. Here are just a few testimonials from them (Right sidebar).

Quality Tutoring Prices!

Please find an outline of my online language tutoring basic pricing below. However, please bear in mind that these are a guide and final pricing will be dependent on individual language tutoring needs. My pricing reflects my 14 years of secondary and private teaching experience, my qualifications, my 5* tutoring reviews and my ability to help you work towards achieving your language learning goals.

Face-Face or Online EFL / ESL Lessons

(60 minutes + homework)
Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced – £45

Face-Face or Online German Lessons

(60 minutes + homework)
KS3 – £40-£45
GCSE – £50-£55
A Level – £55-£60
Beginner – Intermediate Adult – £40-£55

Face-Face or Online French Lessons

(60 minutes + homework)
KS3 – £40-£45
GCSE – £50-£55
Beginner – Intermediate Adult – £40-£55

Do You Need a French, EFL or German Tutor?

Get In Touch for a FREE No Obligation Chat To Discuss Your Needs!

I am happy to adapt to your needs and focus on the areas you need help with. If you have questions or would like to book German lessons, French lessons or EFL lessons for yourself, a partner or child, please get in touch by calling me on 07989 727981 (please leave a message if I am not available and I will contact you as soon as possible), or email me at: sabina@theidealteacher.com (all one word). I am happy to answer any questions you may have to help you on your language learning journey!

French / German & English Tuition Reviews

I have a lesson with Sabina almost every week, often at different times due to my work schedule, we start our lessons in German. Greeting each other in German and talking about what I have done in the week, e.g. activities, work, going out, eaten etc… This way I’m learning the language by my own life, which I really enjoy. It puts relevance to what I am learning, its not just about saying hello, my name is, I like eating… its about being given the tools to hold a conversation with someone in another language.

Our lessons have taught me to communicate with people, not just talk to people. My biggest weakness is listening comprehension, I need to have someone say the words to me, and hold that conversation in German, as listening to TV, YouTube is not enough for you to have proper social interactions.

What Sabina has done for me is given me the tools needed to understand sentences not just a word here or there, so when our lessons are over I know I have learned something specific and helpful to my language comprehension, which makes me feel good about myself. Sabina takes the time to tailor a lesson to your needs, which is brilliant. For our lessons, I do want to learn the grammar, but I don’t want to drown in it, so she explains how and why sentences are structured in the way they are and what grammar to use. Then lets me use the sentences and grammar I have learned, without overloading my mind. This is very useful as the new information I am taught stays current.

She sets me assignments to do between lessons, this is also very useful as it allows expansion on the lesson gone and a good basis for the next lesson, allowing me to learn quicker.

Most importantly though, if I have a question, if I don’t know what to say, if I can’t understand what I’m being told, I feel comfortable to ask for help, which to me, is very important. I would highly recommend her for any of your language learning needs.

Alex E., German Conversation Classes

Brilliant tutor, according to my 70 year old mother who has been taking lessons for a while with Sabina now.

Sue C., Adult German Conversation Classes

I have been learning French with Sabina for the past 4 months. She had a difficult task, having never learned a language before I was starting at age 46! From a standing start, she has brought me to a place where I can understand basic questions, form simple sentences, use correct grammar and respond in French – all in 4 months! I cannot recommend her highly enough. Her knowledge of the language is excellent, every lesson contains new learning, and most importantly, she makes it fun to learn!

Chris, Conversational French – Adult Learner

Put simply, Sabina is just amazing. She is well prepared before every lesson and she ensures that everything learnt in a lesson is recapped at the end. She is very thorough and always notes down topics and grammar sections that my son wants to go over in the future. She assists him with his vocabulary learning and she always encourages him to extend this further. Sabina has helped my son with all aspects of his German IGCSE course and recently she has helped him perform highly in his speaking exam by tailoring her teaching to his needs.

She is also very flexible with her lessons and always finds a way to fit in my son’s lessons, especially as he approached the speaking exam, she set aside many lessons just for him! My son has only been having lessons with Sabina for a short amount of time, despite this his confidence has grown, his vocabulary recall has improved and his use and variety of complex structures in his writing has developed. Sabina has taken my son from an A/B (6/7) standard to a high A* (8/9) level. Overall, Sabina is great German teacher and I highly recommend her!

J.S., Mother of Student for Private German GCSE Tutoring

As a tutor, Sabina has been a great help with Georgia whilst studying for her GCSE in German. She has helped with both vocabulary and speaking, and her confidence has gone from strength to strength since starting with Sabina. Georgia is hoping to continue with A-level, and Sabina’s teaching method has assisted Georgia with this decision. Sabina is punctual and an excellent teacher and I would strongly recommend her.

Lisa, Mother of Private German GCSE Tutee

My daughter, who is home-educated, has been working towards GCSE German with Sabina for about 9 months. She started as an absolute beginner and has made remarkable progress. She looks forward to her lessons, is motivated to do her homework, and is enjoying the subject. Sabina is friendly, professional and well organised, and her teaching has a clear structure, direction and purpose. Altogether ideal, in fact.

John Parkin, Father of Home-educated GCSE German Student

I highly recommend the Ideal Teacher Language School. Sabina is a wonderful teacher. She is helping my son with his GCSE German and he has seen huge improvements across all areas even after just one month. In addition to being a subject expert, Sabina is very adept at relating her subject knowledge to the GCSE syllabus, making it clear as to what is required at each level, all the way up to achieving the top grades. Sabina combines thoroughness with patience, kindness and easy to understand explanations which makes her lessons very enjoyable.

Emily Potts, Parent of German GCSE Student

Sabina is a great tutor for my daughter, who is studying GCSE German.The lessons are well structured with relevant back up materials. The lessons have focused on developing my daughter in those areas where she is less confident. However, Sabina has also introduced newer aspects of the language that has really enriched my daughter`s understanding. Overall, the lessons are excellently tailored to my daughter`s ability and progress.

Amanda, GCSE German Student’s Mother

Sabina has been teaching my daughter French and German on a weekly basis since February. She is friendly and professional at all times. The transition from face to face lessons to Skype due to COVID-19 was seemless. My daughter is always enthusiastic about, and really enjoys, her lessons and looks forward to them. She really likes Sabina too. Sabina is encouraging and challenging in perfect balance.

Clare, Mum of KS2/3 Student Working Towards GCSE

Would you like to see more reviews from students who have studied for GCSE French, GCSE German, A-Level German, Pre-U German, EFL, Beginner French or Beginner German with me? See more language student reviews here!