About Saskia

What are the criteria for a good English teacher ?
Why choose me ?

I know all the ins and outs of English, I know the typical difficulties related to your own language.
I have worked in education since 2001, and since 2012 I live and teach in France. I know from experience that all my students, young and old, apprehend learning English because of bad experiences in the past.
I have family in England and as of a very young age I was immerged in English, I spent my summer holidays playing with my cousins.
I am certified, I have a lot of experience and I am accredited by DREETS Occitanie (a French organisation).

Where does all my experience come from to find the best method?

This is how it all began:

In 1992 the Dutch government started the WSNS project (“all children go to school together”, or in Dutch: Weer Samen Naar School). From that moment, most children with learning difficulties that were attending specialised schools, had to go to regular schools.

At first that caused a situation, because a lot of things needed to be adapted. The teachers had to be trained, and all the parents and children had to deal with start-up problems.
I was lucky to work for a school where there was an internal consultant present three days per week:

She taught us everything she knew by organising trainings and seminars.
She helped us work side by side with the parents.
She taught the children to accept each other’s differences and how to work together.
That a handicap is not a problem and they can be friends and play together, too.
Straight away I noticed the differences between ‘regular’ learning problems and the recurring problems of my DYS learners, and I adapted my way of working.
I have worked with children with Dyslexia, ADHD, Dyspraxia (DCD), Dysphasia (DLD), Autism (ASS), hearing problems, muscle disease, and a domestic violence victim.

In 2012 I moved to France and my first year here I worked as an AESH (assistant for handicapped children). Again, I followed training given by the DSDEN of the Tarn (educational organism). I loved doing that, but unfortunately that was a 1-year contract non-renewable.
After that I became an English teacher, and I have worked since with young and old, with and without a ‘DYS’.

What my colleagues say about me ...

In January 2021 I organised a webinar online about teaching English to students with Special Educational Needs. These are some of their reactions.

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