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5 top tips to help yourself learn a language for adult students
Can I use Duolingo or the internet to teach myself languages at home? Do I really need to pay for a French or Spanish tutor? How can I...
Cate Taylor
Jan 26, 20233 min read
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Three reasons to choose a UK based tutor
If you’re based in Asia, perhaps Hong Kong or Singapore for example, and looking for a tutor for your child, why not consider a UK based...
Cate Taylor
Jan 9, 20232 min read
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Three things to do to improve your child’s maths understanding
As a UK based private tutor (in person and online via Zoom), and teaching a range of subjects, enquiries for maths support far outstrip...
Cate Taylor
Dec 22, 20222 min read
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Summer showcase: French - les vêtements
I have promised to share this delightful piece of work by one of my longstanding students. It's not necessarily word perfect but it...
Cate Taylor
Jul 20, 20211 min read
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5 tips to keep children learning over the holidays
Summer learning loss exists - we know this from memory research: if knowledge is not practised over a significant period of time, it will...
Cate Taylor
Jul 9, 20213 min read
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Academic Success
Over the past couple of weeks it's been so lovely to learn the news that my 11+ students not only passed their 11+ entrance exams with...
Cate Taylor
Dec 4, 20201 min read
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Thinking about a tutor? Don’t leave it too late!
Unsurprisingly, parents and students come searching for tutors in examination years: Y6 for KS2 SATS; Y8 for the common entrance exam;...
Cate Taylor
Aug 24, 20202 min read
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Confidence is based on knowledge
A poem for today ... Times tables, Number bonds, To add and to subtract; These key skills are what you need To start to love your maths!...
Cate Taylor
Jun 9, 20201 min read
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Resilience is key to learning
Resilience, the ability to bounce back and try again after something goes wrong, is key to being a successful learner. It also involves...
Cate Taylor
Feb 28, 20202 min read
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Planting a mindful seed
Yesterday was World Mental Health Day so it seems like a good time to talk about why I spent three days of my summer holiday in London...
Cate Taylor
Oct 11, 20193 min read
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Practice - and why it’s so important
“But we’ve done this before!” "Yes, we have. And yes, we’re going to do it again." Today, we are going to address why it is that practice...
Cate Taylor
Jul 10, 20193 min read
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Does your language shape the way you think?
The diversity of human languages has always fascinated me. Cognitive Scientist, Lena Boroditsky, talks about how linguistic diversity...
Cate Taylor
Jun 6, 20192 min read
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The 5 best reasons to learn a language...
There are a hundred different reasons to learn a new language which, by the way, far outweigh the number of counter-arguments given to me...
Cate Taylor
May 11, 20193 min read
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