Niall

Senior Academic Tutor

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Education & Professional Background

• PGCE (UK Qualified Teacher Status), UCL Institute of Education
  (British Council Scholarship recipient)

• MA in Translation (Spanish), University of Salamanca

• BA in Spanish and Philosophy, Queen’s University Belfast

• Former French, Spanish, and English teacher at leading London independent schools

• Conversational Mandarin speaker

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Teaching Style

• Niall adopts a task-based and immersive language-learning approach, believing that effective language acquisition is rooted in meaningful real-world contexts.

• He integrates literature, journalism, music, and contemporary media into his lessons to help students engage deeply with English, French, and Spanish.

• With strong awareness of the UK curriculum, he places particular emphasis on comprehension, translation skills, and bidirectional translation strategies required for GCSE and A-Level success.

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Subjects & Expertise

• GCSE English Language

• GCSE English Literature

• GCSE French and A-Level French

• GCSE Spanish and A-Level Spanish